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Delivery Director - Water Services Major Projects

Client: RSK Group

Location: United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: a311ce1aedd1

Job Views: 5

Posted: 14.07.2025

Expiry Date: 28.08.2025

Job Description:

Binnies an RSK Group company is recruiting a Delivery Director for our Water Services Major Projects Business Unit. The Water Services team consults, delivers, and manages projects in the Water Utilities sector. The Delivery Director will be accountable for the ongoing strategic growth within our Major Projects team under our Major Projects Commercial Director, in collaboration with our Delivery Directors from the wider Water Services team. This includes planning and executing projects across key clients, resource management, and client relationship management. Applicants should be able to work flexibly from one of our offices, with travel to client and Binnies offices essential.

The Major Projects business unit already contains exciting projects such as Thames Water’s SESRO and Anglian Water’s Fens and Lincs reservoirs.

This role suits someone with project management and project director experience within professional services in large Water Utilities capital projects or similar fields, seeking the next career step.

Responsibilities

• Taking a key fee-earning position within major projects, including commercial/project management.
• Planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling projects in scope, time, cost, quality, resources, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management across multiple projects of medium to high complexity.
• Contract management across multiple contracts/frameworks.
• Ensuring project teams deliver projects to or better than the As-Sold financial metrics.
• Balancing the needs of multiple projects within the Major Projects portfolio.
• Leading a team of resources to service major projects or frameworks, including strategic growth and direction.
• Organizing and chairing professional client meetings, including business development activities.
• Understanding customer requirements and formulating a scope of work that adds value for customers and Binnies.
• Assessing technical and commercial risks of projects.
• Leading project pursuits and bids as Bid Manager or Bid Director, creating and reviewing proposals and costings for new opportunities.

Attributes

This role is suitable for an individual with a proven track record in delivering water projects. Qualifications, skills, and knowledge include:

• Professional qualification in an engineering discipline.
• Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) discipline.
• Proven ability to manage projects in scope, time, cost, quality, resources, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management.
• Leadership skills for managing project teams and fostering positive change.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Proactive, methodical problem-solving skills, both individually and in teams.
• Successful customer-facing experience in project delivery and business development.
• Collaborative mindset for team building.
• Ability to develop relationships with internal and external clients.
• Excellent communication skills with staff, clients, and stakeholders.
• Understanding of consultancy commercial models.
• Desire to develop skills and advance your career.
• Flexible working options, including a mix of office and remote work, and nine-day fortnight arrangements.