Director – Marine & Coastal Infrastructure - CK3450611

Director - Marine & Coastal Infrastructure - CK3450611

South Coast (Winchester, Southampton or Plymouth) | Hybrid

c£90-£100,000+ Executive Benefits Package

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced and market-facing leader to establish and grow a Marine & Coastal Infrastructure offering within a highly respected, multi-disciplinary consultancy.

This is a pivotal leadership role, offering the chance to shape strategy, build a high-performing team, and drive growth across a sector benefiting from significant investment in ports, coastal resilience, decarbonisation, and infrastructure modernisation.

The Opportunity

You will join a nationally recognised consultancy with a strong presence across infrastructure and the built environment, now investing in a dedicated Marine & Coastal capability as part of its long-term growth strategy.

The marine and ports sector is experiencing substantial expansion, driven by investment across defence, port and terminal operations, offshore wind, and coastal protection, alongside the increasing need for sustainable, digitally enabled and resilient infrastructure.

In this role, you will lead the development of a market-leading service, working closely with senior leadership while collaborating across wider business lines to maximise opportunity and capability.

Projects are diverse and high-impact, including:

• Port and harbour infrastructure upgrades
• Coastal protection and shoreline management schemes
• Flood defence and climate resilience programmes
• Maritime and offshore support infrastructure

This position combines strategic growth, client leadership, and project delivery, with full responsibility for building a strong pipeline, shaping market presence, and delivering excellence across the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

You will take ownership of both business growth and operational delivery, with responsibilities including:

• Leading and growing the Marine & Coastal Infrastructure team, including recruitment, mentoring, and capability development
• Defining and executing a business plan aligned with market opportunities across the UK and wider European marine sector
• Identifying, positioning, and securing key opportunities across ports, maritime and coastal infrastructure markets
• Building and maintaining senior client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor across public and private sector organisations
• Leading major bids and pursuits, from early positioning through to successful award
• Collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to strengthen technical capability and work-winning strategies
• Overseeing delivery of major programmes, ensuring quality, commercial performance, and timely execution
• Driving a client-centric, high-performance culture focused on innovation, sustainability and long-term value

About You

You are a commercially astute and highly credible infrastructure leader with a strong track record in marine, ports, or coastal engineering environments.

You will bring both technical depth and market presence, with the ability to influence, lead and grow a business unit in a competitive and evolving sector.

Key experience includes:

• Significant experience (typically 15+ years) in marine, ports, coastal or civil infrastructure
• Proven success in leading multi-disciplinary teams and delivering complex infrastructure projects
• Strong business development capability, with a track record of winning work and growing client relationships
• Deep understanding of the UK (and ideally European) ports and maritime market, including key drivers such as decarbonisation and infrastructure investment
• Experience across the full project lifecycle, including planning, design, procurement and construction delivery
• Established client network across sectors such as ports, defence, offshore energy, or coastal infrastructure
• Commercially aware, with experience managing performance, pipeline and profitability
• Degree qualified, with professional membership (CEng, ICE, RICS, APM or equivalent) preferred

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a specialist capability within a growing and future-focused sector.

You will benefit from:

• A genuine platform to shape and grow a Marine & Coastal Infrastructure business
• Access to a strong national and international network to support work winning and delivery
• A collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a focus on innovation and sustainability
• Flexible hybrid working across key South Coast locations
• A strong pipeline of opportunities aligned to long-term infrastructure investment

Alongside a highly competitive salary and executive benefits package, this role offers the chance to make a lasting impact on critical infrastructure shaping the UK’s coastline and maritime future.

If this opportunity aligns with your experience and ambitions, please get in touch for a confidential discussion:

Caroline

M: 07768 381831

E: caroline@kingsleyrecruitment.co.uk

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