Construction Director

Overview

In this role you will lead a large, multi-site residential construction operation in London, spanning a growing portfolio of schemes. You will drive delivery, safety, and quality across sites while shaping the construction function through senior team leadership and hands-on intervention. Partnering with MD, Commercial, and Technical leads, you’ll navigate complex regulatory requirements and deliver on a significant development pipeline. This role combines strategic oversight with field leadership to ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery at scale.

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery across a large portfolio of residential schemes
• Lead and develop Construction Managers, Project Directors and site teams
• Maintain focus on programme, quality, safety and delivery
• Provide hands-on leadership and intervene on projects when needed
• Build strong relationships with subcontractors, consultants and delivery partners
• Identify issues early to keep projects on track
• Drive accountability and performance across the construction operation
• Support growth of the development pipeline
• Operate within complex regulatory requirements including BSR and Gateway processes
• Spend time on-site across the portfolio with a high degree of autonomy

Key requirements

• Experience at Construction Director, Regional Construction Director or equivalent
• Proven track record managing a substantial multi-site residential portfolio in London
• Delivery experience on 1,000+ units (ideally more) and strong high-rise experience
• Excellent programme and delivery credentials
• Experience managing senior construction professionals and large site teams
• Strong relationships across subcontractors and supply chain
• Good understanding of BSR / Building Safety Act and Gateway processes
• Strong commercial awareness and familiarity with the developer environment
• Hands-on, solutions-focused approach rather than purely office-based

• hands-on leadership
• solutions-focused mindset
• strong interpersonal and relationship-building
• programme management
• large-scale multi-site delivery
• BSR / Building Safety Act knowledge

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