Our client, one of the UK's leading Construction businesses, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Delivery to join their team to oversee the successful delivery of non-infrastructure capital programmes. This is a senior director role requiring a breadth of relevant industry experience in delivering major capital programmes for utility clients and a proven track record of delivering to time, cost and quality targets.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Head of Delivery will oversee all projects delivered; leading overall coordination and management of teams and projects through detailed design, construction, commissioning to handover and commercial closeout.

Key Responsibilities:

• Form excellent relationships with Senior Leadership Team members ensuring all delivery aspects are represented in optimum solution delivery strategies
• Lead the team safely ensuring rigorous adherence to Time, Cost, and Quality requirements in line with the commercial model agreed with client
• Co-ordination of all pre-con and constructability input during solutions identification, design development and construction stages
• Manage the various departmental stakeholders to ensure buy-in of delivered solutions
• Ensure rigorous project management processes are developed and maintained that result in positive outcomes
• Ensure control of accurate management of scope including contractual change
• Provide an overview and sign-off of governance and gate completion documentation
• Forming effective relationships with the various project-delivery disciplines and programme stakeholders
• Develop the delivery strategy for projects as they pass through clients gated governance process
• Work closely with Supply Chain Lead, building delivery relationships that will assist effective outcomes on value for money, quality, safety, and constructability
• Ensure at all times alignment with key Client's vision through delivery of the contract
• Ensure solutions are delivered sustainably with cost and carbon opportunities realised
• Set and maintain the delivery strategy to align with outcome requirements
• Hold accountability for the commercial performance of the projects passing through governance gateways
• Maintain and influence opportunities to support off-setting of the Target Efficiency Factor
• Reviewing and implementing improvement plans relative to health and safety KPI information.
• Manage the Operational Team resource, forecast and plan to meet changing requirements.
• Manage and mentor approximately 6 direct reports (Operations Leads)
• Lead in establishing productive client and subcontract relationships
• Produce reports and board papers as required

Experience and Qualifications:

• Strong technical knowledge
• Proven Track record of managing multi-disciplinary operations staff across multiple sites
• Motivational individual with strong leadership qualities
• Aware of individual Health and Safety responsibilities and adheres to company health and safety policy and procedures
• Expert working knowledge of major programme portfolio on design and construct projects
• Relevant Degree or equivalent qualification
• Chartered or Professional Body accreditation preferred
• Trained in Operational Health and Safety procedures and policies
• Experience of PLC policies and procedures relating to BMS / Quality / Employment

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As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.