Area Director

Overview

As Area Director you will lead the Southern region’s civil engineering portfolio, driving safe, on-time and profitable delivery across multiple projects. You will set the area strategy, manage performance and risk, and cultivate strong customer relationships while developing a high-performing team. You’ll influence work-winning and pre-construction activity to secure future opportunities and support sustainable regional growth. This role offers scope to shape the business direction within a leading UK infrastructure group.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• family-friendly policies including extended maternity/adoption pay
• pension
• share incentive plan
• volunteering leave

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the Area Leadership Team and implement area strategy
• Direct Portfolio Directors and Project Managers to meet time, cost, quality and sustainability targets
• Own the area’s financial performance including budgeting, forecasting and risk management
• Identify opportunities to grow the area into a 100 million-plus business
• Plan and manage regional resources for efficient delivery
• Maintain Zero Harm and improve health and safety across live projects
• Develop customer relationships to secure advocacy and repeat business
• Contribute to work-winning and pre-construction to align submissions with operational requirements
• Collaborate with commercial, design, engineering, finance, HR, work-winning and technical teams
• Coach and develop high-performing teams and build talent pipelines
• Support delivery of sustainability commitments across UK Construction Services

Key requirements

• Proven senior leader in civil engineering, infrastructure or related sector with regional leadership experience
• Track record of delivering operational, commercial and financial performance with P&L accountability
• Strategic thinker capable of managing complex, diverse project portfolios
• Experience identifying growth, managing risk and governance for sustainable growth
• Success leading multidisciplinary teams in large, complex organisations
• Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder influence
• Ability to build lasting customer relationships and generate repeat business
• Experience supporting work-winning activities and shaping business strategy
• Collaborative, influential leadership across customers, partners, suppliers and senior stakeholders
• Commitment to safety, operational excellence, teamwork and continuous improvement

• collaborative
• influential
• customer-focused
• P&L accountability
• portfolio and project delivery management
• risk and governance

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