Project Director - Cost Management - Data Centres
- Project Director level
- Manchester (Hybrid working, mixture of home, office and client sites)
- Permanent
- Full-time with flexible working and core hours
Gleeds is a leading global property and construction consultancy. Independent since 1875, we are proud to deliver award-winning projects around the world. We are a Great Place to work accredited employer, with our people at the heart of everything we do.
Gleeds Data Centres is recruiting for an experienced Project Director in Cost Management / Quantity Surveying to lead delivery for one of our most important data centre clients from our Manchester office. You will be accountable for ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality while growing our service offer and building a high performing team.
Your day to day will be varied depending on the project you are working on; this will keep you challenged and engaged in the work we deliver however some key responsibilities that will always remain constant are:
- Lead end to end commercial management for a strategic account across multiple projects, ensuring contractual compliance and commercial controls.
- Drive service expansion by identifying new opportunities, developing proposals, and securing additional scope with the client.
- Coach, mentor, and empower a multidisciplinary team to lift performance, retain talent, and embed best practice cost and risk management.
- Maintain robust client relationships as the primary point of contact, representing Gleeds’ technical and commercial credibility.
- Implement processes and reporting that improve transparency, forecasting, and decision making across the account.