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.)