1 Construction Director roles in Leeds

As Construction Director, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across major transmission and cable infrastructure works, ensuring projects are set up for success from the outset and delivered safely, efficiently and in line with customer expectations.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing overall leadership and accountability for construction delivery across major transmission and cabling projects.


• Ensuring construction considerations are embedded throughout development, design, planning and delivery phases.


• Driving a strong focus on front-end project planning, constructability, delivery strategy and risk management.


• Leading multidisciplinary teams including Construction Managers, Project Managers, technical specialists and support functions.


• Ensuring landowner, consenting and access requirements are understood, managed and incorporated into project delivery plans.


• Identifying and mitigating delivery risks early to protect programme, cost and customer outcomes.


• Building and maintaining effective relationships with clients, delivery partners, local authorities, landowners and key stakeholders.


• Leading project governance, reporting and performance reviews.


• Driving a culture of Zero Harm, quality excellence and continuous improvement.


• Overseeing commercial performance, budget management, risk, opportunity and change control.


• Ensuring supply chain partners are aligned and performing against project objectives.


• Championing collaboration across all stakeholders to maintain programme certainty and delivery confidence.


• Developing and mentoring future leaders while creating high-performing, engaged project teams.

We're looking for an experienced construction leader with a proven track record of delivering major cable, transmission or linear infrastructure projects.

You'll understand that successful project delivery starts long before construction begins and will have the experience to influence critical decisions during project development and planning phases.

You'll bring:

• Significant experience in a senior construction leadership role delivering major power transmission, cable installation or large-scale infrastructure projects.


• A strong understanding of the end-to-end cable delivery lifecycle, from development and planning through to construction, testing and commissioning.


• Practical knowledge of constructability, installation methodologies and delivery challenges associated with major cable projects.


• Experience managing the interfaces between engineering, construction, land, environmental and stakeholder functions.


• A clear understanding of the importance of early project planning and the consequences of getting key activities such as consents, land access and construction sequencing wrong.


• Demonstrable experience leading large multidisciplinary teams across complex projects and programmes.


• Strong commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, change, risk and opportunity.


• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to build credibility and influence at all levels.


• Experience operating within complex client environments and maintaining productive relationships through challenging delivery situations.


• A resilient and confident leadership style, capable of navigating competing stakeholder priorities while maintaining focus on successful project outcomes.


• The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery leadership.