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Construction Director

Job Posted: 23 days ago

Salary: £ 110,000 - 130,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh

Expire in: 5 days

Job Description

Pre-Construction Director

Our client is a growing contractor delivering major projects across residential, commercial, social housing, and public sector environments. Their portfolio includes multi-million-pound new build developments, large-scale refurbishments, commercial buildings, and specialist construction projects across the UK.

With a strong focus on compliance, operational excellence, and long-term growth, the business is continuing to expand its pre-construction capability and senior leadership team.

This position offers the opportunity to operate with genuine autonomy, leading your own region, projects, and commercial performance as if running a business within a business. You will have full accountability for delivery, operational success, client relationships, and financial performance, whilst being supported by an established infrastructure, technical teams, and wider business support functions.

This role would suit an experienced construction professional with a proven background delivering large-scale projects across any major construction sector. The scale, complexity, and delivery experience of the projects are considered more important than the specific sector background.

Key Responsibilities

Lead major pre-construction and construction projects
Oversee commercial performance and project delivery
Manage client relationships and internal teams
Drive programme performance, quality, and compliance
Support business growth and operational developmentRequirements

Experience delivering large-scale construction projects
Strong leadership and commercial capability
Able to spearhead projects from pre-construction through to delivery
Excellent stakeholder and client management skills
Experience managing teams within fast-paced construction environmentsThe successful individual will be someone who takes full ownership and accountability, thrives under pressure, and can lead from the front within a fast-paced construction environment. They will understand the wider commercial picture, balancing operational delivery, client expectations, programme management, and profitability.

This role requires a strategic thinker who can plan ahead, make commercially sound decisions, and drive performance across both projects and people. Strong leadership, clear communication, and the ability to build and develop high-performing teams are essential.

Candidates should be highly organised, solutions-focused, commercially aware, and capable of delivering complex projects whilst maintaining quality, compliance, and operational standards throughout.

Package

Salary ranging from £110,000 to £130,000 dependent on experience
Bonus scheme offering up to 50% of annual salary
Comprehensive benefits package
Clear career progression within a growing business
Ongoing CPD, technical training, and leadership development
Flexible and hybrid working options available
Private healthcare package included
Exposure to complex, high-profile projects across multiple sectorsThis is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly growing business in a senior leadership position with genuine long-term progression.

If you are interested in this position, please send an up-to-date CV outlining your technical experience, project delivery background, and leadership experience within the construction sector

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