Position: Framework Director - Thames

Location: Rickmansworth or Hampton with hybrid working

Salary: £110-120k+ (Neg DOE), car/allowance, bonus, and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role: Our Client is looking to strengthen their Operational team with a Framework Director based at Thames Water. Strategic and instrumental decision making, enabling framework activities to meet the targets for delivery, turnover and profitability. You will support and advise to improve business performance leading to a successful culture and effective operational service and efficiency to the frameworks.

Responsibilities: You will report directly to the Director of UK Operations and the responsibilities will include:

Lead on all contract preparation and associated client liaison duties.

Support all aspects of the framework, providing strategic and professional guidance to the delivery teams from project identification through to takeover.

Oversee the successful delivery of projects to scope, target cost, quality, programme and completion encompassing design, engineering, construction, handover and commercial aspects ensuring perfect delivery is achieved.

Advise the project management team on project planning activities and initiatives and present recommendations and project delivery status updates to key customers and stakeholders.

Implement and maintain appropriate systems for measuring necessary aspects of operational, programme, project management and development.

Lead, review and challenge project budgets and forecast to ensure a consistent, challenging but deliverable approach is adopted.

Be accountable for, and deliver, high levels of performance in key areas of health and safety, environment, sustainability and quality and champion continuous improvement and best value, ensuring compliance with the quality systems which constantly support their delivery philosophy.

Establish and maintain financial metrics including outlooks, project/program development, project/program delivery, risk control, bidding and management of all managers and delivery teams.

Provide the senior management team with advice and expertise on critical issues regarding the projects, and implementation.

Ensure that project costs are rigorously managed, and expenditure is recorded accurately at all times.

Implement the business plan for projects, managing and reviewing performance of contracts against financial and operational targets.

Meet with the Board/Client to review project financials including cost to date, procurement, change orders, predicted final profit and contingency, and margin distribution.

Work closely with the leadership team to maximise global resource sharing, optimise technical skills and ensure that project best practice is developed and used effectively.

Provide direction, motivation and leadership to both internal staff and external consultants or contractors engaged in providing technical support activities to the project.

Act as leader on technical engineering issues.

Forecast long-term resource needs based on investment programmes.

Experience: Experience in a similar role with senior management responsibilities

Strategic, operational, technical and management skills

Able to demonstrate strong leadership capability

Demonstrable client facing joint venture experience

Drive to establish and embed positive delivery within the JV organisation

Degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering or construction related discipline.

Must be delivery driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives

Experience in the Water/Wastewater Treatment Industry (preferred)

Package includes: A competitive salary, bonus, car/car allowance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance and many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.

Key Words:

Framework Director

Programme Director

Project Director

Delivery Director

Operations Director

Contracts Director

Construction

Engineering

Strategic Management

Project Delivery

Project Management

Programme Management

Commercial Management

Joint Venture

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Wastewater

Sewage

Utilities

Power Generation

Power Sector

Power Industry

Energy Industry

Renewables

Energy from Waste

Nuclear