Construction Director

Key Requirements

Candidates for this role should:

• Hold a relevant degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or construction management.

• Have strong commercial skills, with the ability to manage projects to budgeted hours and commercial return targets.

• Have proven experience successfully managing multiple large-scale project portfolios to demanding deadlines.

• Have proven experience in a similar position.

• Have substantial senior leadership experience within the construction industry.

• Demonstrate a proven track record of successful client management.

• Demonstrate a strong commitment to maintaining high safety standards.

• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels within the organization.

• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and the ability to deliver high-quality work.

• Have experience leading senior, technical, and complex teams in delivering strong project outcomes.

• Have proven experience leading and developing team members across direct and matrix reporting lines.

• Demonstrate a results-focused approach, sound judgment, and a commitment to quality and business performance.

Reporting to the Managing Director, Finland, you will be responsible for the strategic management and delivery of construction projects in a specific region of Finland or within a specific campus on larger projects. The role will span from the pre-construction planning stage through to post-completion.

How This Role Reflects Our Company Values

This role plays a key part in delivering projects in a way that reflects Collen’s core values. Through leadership, decision-making, and daily project delivery, the successful candidate will help embed these values across teams, client relationships, and project outcomes.

Safety: By promoting safe planning, risk awareness, compliance, and a strong culture of health, safety, and wellbeing across all stages of project delivery.

Integrity: By acting with professionalism, accountability, and transparency in decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and project governance.

Integrity: By acting with professionalism, accountability, and transparency in decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and project governance.

Teamwork: By fostering collaboration across project teams, functions, clients, and partners to achieve shared goals and strong project outcomes.

Ownership: By taking responsibility for delivery, performance, risk management, and continuous improvement from pre-construction through to completion.

Sustainability: By supporting efficient, forward-looking construction practices that consider long-term value, responsible resource use, and sustainable project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic

• Develop short, medium, and long-term construction strategies to ensure projected profitability is achieved and quality and safety standards are maintained.

• Lead the development of existing construction management processes and the creation of new processes aligned with best-in-class standards.

• Build relationships with the Project Director and the management team on each campus to ensure ownership, management, and execution of all project elements from concept through to handover.

• Lead the project delivery teams to ensure the project profitability strategy is in place and executed effectively.

• Be accountable for the profitability of large-scale projects.

• Ensure the project delivery teams deploy these strategies effectively throughout the project.

• Demonstrate visible leadership and accountability on all health and safety matters.

• Ensure the project delivery team develops a project execution strategy aligned with the project team and the client.

• Guide and advise the senior management team to ensure all construction management factors are appropriately considered, risk-assessed, and compliant with relevant standards and legislation during the construction process.

• Identify and develop innovative, cost-effective construction techniques that support quality, compliance, and project outcomes.

• Foster a culture of trust and collaboration through clear leadership, sound decision-making, and respectful engagement across teams.

Leadership

• Influence and lead the development and growth of the construction management team.

• Create a culture of commercial awareness at every stage of the project.

• Create and lead a culture that prioritizes safety, wellbeing, and collaboration at all phases of the project.

• Implement and coordinate construction solutions across all projects.

• Review internal processes on an ongoing basis and identify areas for improvement.

• Consult with the Commercial Director on the implementation and coordination of commercial solutions across specific projects.

• Use effective communication skills to deliver professional presentations to clients and design team members, and to build client relationships.

• Identify and actively manage construction risk.

• Drive compliance standards within the project management team.

• Empower growth within the teams through effective delegation, training, and professional development.

• Champion and uphold Collen’s values in all aspects of the role.

• Report to and participate in company leadership meetings when required.

• Communicate relevant information effectively to company leadership.

• Maintain confidentiality and act with professionalism and integrity.

Business Development

• Represent Collen professionally in external settings, helping to maintain the company’s reputation and strengthen awareness of its capabilities.

• Collaborate with the business development department.

• Secure new work and repeat business by strengthening market perception of the company’s capability, actively developing industry contacts, and building a professional network.

• Develop cost-saving techniques that contribute to successful tendering.