Project Director
2 days ago
Kettering
Role: Project Director – High Voltage (Healthcare / Mission Critical) Location: Kettering Salary: £90,000 – £100,000 + Car Allowance + Package Type: Full-time, Permanent We’re working with a well-established M&E design & build contractor delivering complex, large-scale projects across the UK and Europe. They’re now looking to bring in a Project Director with a strong High Voltage background to lead the delivery of a major hospital project in Kettering, with further mission critical and industrial projects lined up straight after. This is very much a hands-on leadership role, where you’ll take full ownership of delivery on technically demanding HV packages within live or critical environments. What you’ll be doing • Leading the end-to-end delivery of a large-scale HV-focused healthcare project, • Taking full responsibility from pre-con, design coordination, construction through to commissioning and handover, • Acting as the senior point of contact for the client, main contractor, and key stakeholders, • Driving programme, quality, and commercial performance across the project, • Managing and supporting a team of Project Managers, Engineers, and site teams, • Overseeing HV installations, including substations, switchgear, and associated infrastructure, • Ensuring works are delivered in line with programme, safety, and technical standards, • Working closely with commercial teams on cost control, variations, and risk management, • Leading progress meetings and providing clear reporting back into senior leadership, • Setting the standard on HSE, RAMS, and overall site governance What you will bring: • Proven experience operating at Project Director or Senior Project Manager level, • Strong background delivering High Voltage (HV) packages, • (substations, transformers, switchgear, grid connections etc.), • Experience within healthcare, data centres, or other mission critical / regulated environments, • Full lifecycle project delivery experience across design & build, • Strong understanding of commissioning and integration of HV systems, • Comfortable leading large teams and interfacing directly with clients and Tier 1 contractors, • Solid commercial awareness across P&L, CVRs, variations, and risk, • Able to operate in a high-pressure, technically complex environment This will suit you if: • You’ve delivered large HV packages on complex builds, not just facilities or maintenance, • You’re used to being the lead on site, not just part of the team, • You can deal with clients, push programmes, and make decisions when needed, • You’re comfortable in environments where quality and compliance really matter (healthcare, DCs, pharma etc.)