About the role
HS2’s c.£1bn Old Oak Common Station will be one of the UK’s best-connected transport hubs, linking high-speed rail with the Great Western Main Line and providing connections to London, the Midlands, the North and major airports. Delivered by the Balfour Beatty VINCI Systra (BBVS) joint venture, it is a landmark infrastructure project that will transform how people travel.
As the MEP Project Director, you will lead the successful delivery of complex mechanical, electrical and public health packages across the station, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, to budget and to the highest quality standards. You will provide strategic leadership to multidisciplinary teams and supply chain partners, manage commercial performance and risk, and build strong client relationships, while embedding a culture of safety, sustainability and operational excellence.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading the delivery of MEP packages across the project, ensuring safety, quality, time and cost objectives are met
- Providing strategic leadership to multidisciplinary teams and supply chain partners, driving high performance and accountability
- Managing commercial performance, including cost control, forecasting, risk and change management
- Building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships, ensuring expectations are met and exceeded
- Driving a culture of safety excellence and continuous improvement across all project activities
- Embedding sustainable practices, supporting environmental targets and community initiatives
- Overseeing procurement and delivery of work packages in line with programme requirements
- Ensuring robust governance, reporting and compliance with project processes and standards
- Championing Lean construction principles, digital delivery and innovation to improve performance
- Coaching and developing teams, building capability and supporting future talent pipelines
Who we’re looking for
- A strong leader with a track record in leading the delivery of complex MEP or major infrastructure projects in a senior role
- Demonstrated experience of leading high-performing, multidisciplinary teams and managing supply chain partners
- Commercially astute, with experience managing budgets, risk, contracts and programme delivery
- Confident communicator, able to build trusted relationships with clients and key stakeholders
- Passionate about safety, with a commitment to driving a Zero Harm culture
- Experience embedding sustainable practices and continuously improving performance
- Knowledge of NEC contracts and large-scale project delivery environments
- Familiar with Lean construction principles and the use of digital tools to drive project outcomes
- A natural leader who can influence, inspire and develop others while building a collaborative team culture
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us? As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life.
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working where roles allow
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner’s leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
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