Project Delivery Director

px Group Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

px Fairport (pxF) is a project delivery specialist offering full turnkey EPC and OEM solutions to the bulk material handling and plant processing markets. Our services cover the aggregates, processing, tunnelling, mining, quarrying, alternative fuels, waste-to-energy, ports, and food sectors, globally. With unrivalled industry expertise, pxF manages, specifies, engineers, designs, supplies, installs, operates, and maintains market leading equipment for complex material handling needs, guaranteeing performance excellence, reliability, and optimal operating costs.

We are now recruiting for Project Delivery Director.

• Provide line management to Senior & Project Managers, and project support teams across the two offices (Sunderland and Adlington).
• Accountable for reporting weekly / monthly major project updates to the Group Projects Director and monthly performance to the Managing Director & SLT, as well as monthly performance metrics including Safety, Cost, Progress, Scope, Quality, Opportunity, and Risk.
• Accountable for the management, governance, and reporting of monthly project performance, including agreed metrics OTD, resource recoveries, load forecast, quality, adherence to schedule and cost.
• Identify potential issues, provide analysis, and solutions during SLT reviews and meetings.
• Ensures 100% compliance and governance with business policy and procedures.
• Responsible for monitoring and control of budgets and working with the Financial Controller to manage risk as well as providing guidance to the Project Delivery Team and outputs to the other members of the SLT.

• Degree qualified in Engineering or Business discipline or equivalent
• Significant experience in a leadership role and managing teams
• Experience in a projects biased senior leadership position
• Experience of P&L management and managing budgets (cost centres)
• Able to work at speed, making decisions and solving problems efficiently
• Experience and understanding of heavy engineering and/or material handling products/processes

• Contribution towards eye test and glasses
• Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
• Long Service Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Benefits Package
• Onsite parking

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

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