Project Director

  • Job Reference: 1290131717-2
  • Date Posted: 9 April 2024
  • Recruiter: KEEPMOAT
  • Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
  • Salary: On Application
  • Sector: Construction
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

Keepmoat Homes is a fast growing top 10 UK housebuilder. We design and build quality homes and create places where people want to live.

Our investment and participation helps transform communities and improves the lives of local people. We have a national presence combined with local knowledge and expertise in all aspects of housing - from finance, design and planning, to developing and building. Our comprehensive skills and capabilities give us a wider perspective across the whole housing lifecycle and we create lower risk ways of building homes people need.

For more than 90 years our work has been absolutely visible to local communities so being part of the community is in our DNA. We hire local suppliers and tradespeople and work with local communities to make sure that our plans meet their needs.

Job description

Main purpose of the role

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Project Director to join our Northbridge site in this pivotal role on the development at Sighthill, Glasgow, which has recently been shortlisted for Large Development of the Year Award at this year's Homes for Scotland Awards.

The project Director will lead and deliver the full profit and loss management responsibility for the Development, including direct leadership of the project team and delivery against project KPI targets; achieved through a great housing product on site and supported by a strong customer focus that achieves and sustains 5-star Hallmark status, as well as maximizing the revenue, ROCE and cashflow profile.

They will build and maintain key stakeholder relationships including with local housing authorities, having a detailed understanding of the development agreement and contract provisions to ensure compliance with Keepmoat's obligations, providing strategic leadership to the Northbridge project team enabling them to ensure operations are carried out efficiently and within budget, whilst achieving 5 HBF for the development and complying with NHQC and our internal Hallmark process.

HS&S Responsibilities

To take care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your work and adhere to the Keepmoat Health, Safety and Sustainability standards.

Skills, knowledge & experience

We are looking for someone with strong demonstrable experience in a similar role, who can ensure delivery on financial profits and cash targets of large developments and that revenues are maximised, and all costs controlled. They will have experience of overseeing financial reporting outputs to ensure accuracy and deliverability. Knowledge and experience of Health and Safety Legislation and ensuring that safe working practices are in place is essential. A skilled and experienced leader, the successful candidate will be enthusiastic, and solutions focused, with a high degree of resilience. They will have highly effective communication and influencing skills.

Why work for us?

At Keepmoat Homes we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As the market leader in our industry we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service for our customers.

  • Competitive rates of pay - We regularly check our pay against our competitors to make sure they reflect our position as market leader. We also review our pay every year.
  • Bonus Scheme - Our annual bonus scheme is linked to team and company performance.
  • Special offers for staff - We run a range of offers and discounts exclusively for our employees including holidays, health club memberships and days out.
  • Trust - We encourage you to come up with ideas and get the most out of your job with us.
  • Development - we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.

Our values

Our values are the foundation for our vision, the cornerstone of our culture and the benchmark for our achievement.

  • Straightforward - We get the job done in the most efficient and effective way. We are friendly, open and honest. It's about being respectful and working in a transparent and honest way.
  • Collaborative - We work together in partnership to deliver the very best customer experience. Partnership working is key to our business. We work collaboratively to deliver the best results possible.
  • Passionate - We care about what we do. We put pride and energy into delivering results. It's important to us to do a good job.
  • Creative - We are proactive, flexible and resourceful. We listen, learn and deliver solutions. We don't offer a one size fits all solution; we are flexible and will tailor our services to our customers' needs.