Project Director
What is your purpose?
This role will bring together muti-discipline teams and key stakeholders, to ensure the smooth and effective project completion of £100m worth of UKRI Capital funding. This funding will further develop the worlds most advanced wind turbine blade and drive train testing assets. The new facilities will provide the ability to test blades up to 150m and drivetrains up to 23MW, which will enable the evolution of the next generation of wind turbines in the UK. This is critical role, delivering significant infrastructure investment keeping the UK at the forefront of offshore wind technology development, for decades to come.
What are you accountable for?
- Delivery of a ‘first of a kind’, large scale and technically complex build of industrial test facilities, safely, on time, within agreed standards and within statutory consents.
- Creating and leading a project team to deliver on all aspects of the contract requirements.
- Developing the capability of wider operational support teams and the test facilities build team, to deliver on all aspects of a large scale build.
- Providing strategic updates on this key project to ORE Catapult Executive Team and Board.
- Managing key senior stakeholder relationships throughout the project.
- Using resources and expertise, to foresee and resolve all issues impacting deadlines and standards.
- Ensuring compliance with all Statutory and Company Health and Safety standards, policies and procedures, recommending and delivering improvements where necessary.
- Actively promoting our Company’s Inclusion and Diversity standards in all areas
Skills & Experience
- Minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in a similar level Project leadership role, likely having already successfully delivered on a number of large scale industrial builds. First of a Kind would be an advantage.
- Ability to apply Project Management methodology.
- Commercial Awareness and budget management experience
- Qualified to degree level in an Engineer/Technical qualification
- Additional formal qualifications in a Project Management or business related subject would be desirable.
- Member of an appropriate professional standards body.
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