Project Director

The Vacancy

Wates Group have an opportunity for a Project Director to join Smartspace, our fit out and refurbishment business, to lead a project team on a high value project in Haverigg.

As the Project Director, you will play a pivotal role in driving project success by effectively leading teams, prioritizing safety and quality, promoting environmental sustainability, managing customer relationships, and ensuring contractual compliance.

As our Project Director you will:

• Lead and support our zero-harm initiative through implementation of exemplar standards and behaviours and the creation of a positive safety culture through observational praise and challenge.
• Proactively manage the customer relationship during pre-construction, delivery, and post construction, including change management, risk management and decision making to effectively manage expectations, and maintain long-term relationships.
• You will understand the contract terms and conditions for each project you are accountable for and ensure your teams understand these and have the knowledge needed to correctly administer the contract.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car
• Travel covered to any of our sites (In line with HMRC guidelines)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.