Job Title: Project Director
Reporting to: Managing Director
Department: Commercial
Job Profile:
Take financial responsibility and accountability for several projects or take the leas on a strategically key project within a division as a site based Commercial Director. To take responsibility for the regular review of financial performance or projects within division in order to improve financial certainty and maximise commercial success of projects. To ensure best practise and continuous improvement in divisional financial processes on site. To provide high quality management information to commercial leaders and support, monitor and advice to financial staff throughout the division. To lead and develop teams of commercial staff on a number of projects to suit their aspirations and needs. To have the knowledge and interpersonal skills to be involved in identifying future work and actively participate in securing it. To assist the board deliver increasing margin.
Key Deliverables & Responsibilities:
Accurate and timely project financial management:
Attend start up meetings with the financial and delivery team within first week of contract award for allocated projects
Ensure project team approach is clearly aligned with StructureTone’s expectations for the specific project
Monitor financial resources on allocated projects to commercial leads ensuring risks are clearly identified and brought to their attention promptly and regularly
Completion of all identified actions to deadlines
Collect retention monies by due date on allocated projects
Collate, review and submit monthly MCRs and CVRs
Attend all VPMs on allocated projects, and as requested by the commercial leads on non-allocated projects in a visiting capacity
Pro-active project and technical support:
Hold regular financial review for allocated projects, held on project site, with project financial team to address financial performance, identity potential issues or problems and collaborate to deliver solutions and accurate forecasts
Provide accurate and timely feedback and guidance to the project financial teams on allocated projects
Ownership for implementing solutions and closing issues where appropriate in support of the project financial team
Timely transfer of skills and experience to the project financial teams on allocated projects
Attend monthly financial meetings and contribute as required by the commercial leads
Attend and promote company forums
Effective people management
Adhere to the employment policies
Manage project financial teams in line with the values, psychological contract and culture
Provide clear, appropriate and timely feedback on performance, attitude and behaviour to project commercial individual team members on allocated projects
Encourage Commercial managers to attend to their training pathway, monitoring attendance
Participate in the PDP review process
Develop and implement a mechanism for allocated project financials to share with project construction team’s continuity of approach and lessons learnt
Act promptly and positively to address performance or behaviour issues when they arise, utilising the support of HR
Productive trade contractor relationships
Develop and maintain positive relationships with directors of trade contractor organisations and other suppliers for allocated projects
Ensure Bid Lists are prepared with proper commercial consideration and integrity and that all Bid lists are approved
New Opportunities
See out, follow up and develop sales opportunities (in conjunction with sales and marketing teams)
Positive contribution to winning work
Provide financial input to proposals
Contribute to client presentations
Key Qualifications and Memberships:
Experience in establishing, managing and leading a large project team and/or multiple smaller project teams
Experience in managing relationships with clients/ consultants and suppliers which raise profile and lead to new opportunities
Commercially focused with a proven track record of delivering high quality results whilst maintaining positive relationships
Accurate with figures and reports
Relationship Colleagues:
Proactive, diligent, able and willing to think ahead
Values: the jobholder must understand the values of the business and respond positively
Ability to communicate positively and effectively
Structured approach: focused, thorough, high level of attention to detail
The duties listed are not exhaustive and may be varied from time to time as dictated by the changing needs of the business. The post holder will be expected to undertake other duties as appropriate and as requested by his/her manager.
As the needs of the business change so the above job profile, duties and location of the role within the Department of the business will be adjusted accordingly.
Acknowledgement
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of the work performance by employees within this post.
It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications / experience required by employees assigned to the role.
These may be subject to future amendments following appropriate consultation.