Project Director

**Location**: Frankfurt / Mainz

We require a Project Director to join our Datacentre business to help us deliver our World class projects.

You'll be joining our growing international team, which delivers our most technically complex engineering led projects. ISG as a whole turned over approximately £2.5bn in construction projects in 2019, of which circa £750m was delivered by the Engineering Services business; the largest contributing sector of the business. We are a privately-owned company with strong financial resilience and a growing order book. We are specifically targeting growth in the Data Centre sector.

**About the role**:
You will deliver a quality of service and product to the client and their customer in line with project goals. Leading the building and services engineering design/procurement/construction and installation process to minimise risks associated with this to the project and to the company.

The team you'll be joining integrates the skills from the client, main contractor and subcontractors to deliver the projects as partners opposed to the traditional general contracting model. You will be involved in winning work, effective resourcing, project set up & close out, H&S, quality, risk management and people management.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible and accountable for working in a team environment, providing support and project direction to ensure that win of prospects and opportunities in accordance with the cost and schedule requirements that lead to quality contracts for ISG.
You will be responsible and accountable for providing project direction to ensure the safe, successful, cost efficient and timely delivery of a variable number of projects at any time, enabling and providing as necessary, effective risk management and problem resolution.
Take full responsible for all aspects of project, including development, engineering & design, supply chain & subcontracting, fabrication, construction, MEP and commissioning.
You will develop, manage and provide personal input to client, professional and supplier relationships for assigned prospects, opportunities, and projects.
You will work with ISG leadership to ensure adequate resources for the assigned projects, ensuring appropriate levels of skill, especially for design and engineering, facilitating skills transference with the assigned project team staff to develop their recruitment, selection and resourcing capability.
Provide guidance and to personally manage, as appropriate, risk and client and professional expectations through early identification of issues from project reporting, project meetings and other inputs.
You will proactively set health & safety standards and culture for all assigned projects and to take appropriate action where necessary to reduce safety risk.
You will have experience with winning work and help identify and develop long term relationships to grow the business unit.
You will be part of effective resourcing, setting up projects and closing them out.
Ensuring best health & safety practice along with quality project controls and reporting and effective risk management.

What do you need?

Evidence of strong interpersonal and people management skills are essential
Ability to understand the wider picture whilst devoting attention to detail
Proactive, diligent, able and willing to think ahead

**Commercial awareness**: understanding and ability to make profit whilst retaining relationships and company values
Quality driven; demonstrates attitude and experience of delivery projects based on quality, attention to detail and client satisfaction.
Is driven by high standards and has a proven record in delivering projects of various sizes and effective leadership skills
Shows understanding and capability of resolving complex issues and have excellent negotiating skills
Is an accomplished presenter who has experience of creating and leading skilled teams who win business and are delivery and client motivated.
Experience developing opportunities and proposals and winning projects.
Complete Design, Supply, Fabrication and Delivery of several projects
Experience in all forms of contract
Strong CSA or MEP background (or both)

Our workplace strategy ‘Work for You’ includes flexible working practices such as hybrid working where employees can split their working time between work and home. We also recognise that some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please discuss this with your recruiter, during the hiring process.