Project Director

Requirements

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold a third level Engineering Qualification.

• Have 10+ years’ experience operating at a senior executive level within the construction industry.

• Demonstrate a proven track record of delivering large-scale construction projects.

• Demonstrate a proven track record of successful client management.

• Drive safety to the highest standards.

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

• Have excellent organisational skills with an ability to produce quality work.

• Possess proven commercial skills with the ability to manage projects to budget hours and commercial return targets.

• Have proven experience managing senior, technical, and complex teams to successful outcomes.

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

• Be self-driven, results-oriented, with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality and business.

• Be a forward planner who identifies and resolves project issues.

• Demonstrate proven experience in multiple project delivery.

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

How This Role Lives Our Values

Integrity

• Leads with honesty and transparency.

• Makes fair and evidence-based decisions.

• Maintains trust with clients, colleagues, and supply chain partners.

Teamwork

• Builds high-performing project teams.

• Collaborates across disciplines.

• Creates an inclusive culture where people are supported, developed, and empowered to deliver together.

Sustainability

• Champions sustainable construction practices by reducing waste.

• Improves energy and resource efficiency.

• Ensures environmental commitments are embedded in planning and delivery.

Safety

• Sets the standard for a proactive safety culture.

• Ensures safe systems of work are in place.

• Prioritises everyone going home safe through visible leadership and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

As a member of the senior project management team, you have the opportunity to influence safety culture onsite by demonstrating personal commitment, setting clear expectations, and effectively communicating safety policies. By consistently modelling safe behaviour, prioritising safety above productivity, and ensuring that all workers receive proper training and resources, you can foster an environment where safety is ingrained in every aspect of the construction process.

Encouraging open communication, recognising and rewarding safe behaviour, and conducting regular inspections further reinforce the importance of safety. By taking these steps, you can help create a culture where safety is a shared value and a top priority for all stakeholders involved in the project.

Strategic

• Ownership, management, and execution of all project elements from concept through to handover.

• Create a project profitability strategy and ensure execution of same.

• Be accountable and responsible for the profitability of a specific large-scale project.

• Develop, lead, and execute strategies to ensure projected profitability is achieved and quality and safety standards are maintained.

• Deploy these strategies effectively throughout the project so that objectives are achieved at project level.

• Deliver visible leadership on all health and safety matters.

• Develop a project execution strategy and agree same with the project team and the client.

• Monitor the effectiveness of the strategy and modify as necessary to accommodate changing circumstances throughout the life of the project.

• Identify and develop innovative techniques that deliver cost-effective construction solutions that gain industry approval.

• Create an atmosphere of trust and collaboration through sound decisions and clear leadership that elicits respect and inspires teams at all levels within the company.

Leadership

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

• Create and lead a culture which prioritises safety and people at all phases of the project.

• Implement and co-ordinate construction solutions on all projects.

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

• Liaise with the Commercial Director on the implementation and co-ordination of commercial solutions across specific projects.

• Use strong communication skills to deliver professional presentations to clients and design team members while building client relationships.

• Deliver all projects within programme and on budget.

• Lead and manage construction teams to ensure efficient project performance.

• Identify and actively manage construction risk.

• Set up and maintain the Project Compliance Tracker (PCT) for early notification of any significant project issues with potential compliance risk for the company.

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

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

• Report and participate in company leadership meetings when required.

• Effectively communicate relevant information to company leadership.

• Uphold a position of trust.

Business Development

• Represent Collen in the public arena, always acting to maintain Collen’s reputation and build a public profile for the company.

• Collaborate with the Business Development department.

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

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