Project Delivery Director

Project Delivery Director

Final date to receive applications: 2 July 2026

Department: Business Operations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Stockton on Tees

Our Business

Engineering services are delivered for the px group by the engineering consultancy division px Engineering Consultants Limited (“PXECL”). The team comprises managers, senior engineers, engineers and designers that have direct experience of construction projects and operating facilities, as well as exceptional engineering expertise.

PXECL has established an excellent reputation with its clients and consequently much of the business is of a repeat nature. The team prides itself on the quality of its services and the strong relationships it builds with its clients and has a track record of delivering an integrated range of services. By combining technical and operational excellence, a sound understanding of regulatory environments and a robust and reliable project management system, px consistently delivers safe, efficient and compliant capital projects and services to a diverse client base supporting most industrial sectors.

The Opportunity

We are now recruiting for a Project Delivery Director.

The Projects Delivery Director provides leadership to the engineering group's operational team and is responsible for ensuring the safe and successful execution of pxE projects, on time, to scope, achieving target margins with optimised engineering solutions. Responsible for developing and implementing delivery strategy, tools, reducing lead times, improving quality and accuracy, and reduce costs without compromising safety or scope.

You’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain and develop your contributions and competence.

• Responsibility of engineering “project” delivery relating to all awarded work, ensuring day to day business as usual delivery activities are managed, controlled and delivered to plan
• Provide Line Management to:
  Projects/ engineering delivery teams across pxE
• Accountable for reporting weekly / monthly project updates and monthly performance to the pxE Managing Director & Leadership Team (LT), as well as monthly performance metrics for projects including Safety, Cost, Progress, Scope, Quality, Opportunity, and Risk
• Accountable for the management, governance, and reporting of monthly deliverable performance, agreed metrics, OTD, resource recoveries, load forecasting, quality, adherence to schedule and cost.
• Identify & support with potential issues, provide analysis, and solutions during LT review & meetings
• Ensures compliance and governance with business policy and procedures
• Responsible for monitoring/ control of planned budgets and working with the Financial
• Controller to manage risk as well as providing guidance to the delivery teams and outputs to the other members of the leadership team.
• Responsible for projects execution - handover through to signoff & completion (cost, schedule, scope, quality, team) with lessons learned KPI’s and metrics reported (PvA)
• Drive continuous improvement strategies by proactively develop pxE project delivery process to continually improve and enhance team outputs
• More details can be found in the role profile

• Degree qualified or equivalent in an engineering or business discipline
• Significant experience in a Leadership role and managing teams
• Strong experience in an Engineering / Projects biased senior leadership position
• Strong experience of P&L management and managing budgets (cost centres)
• Able to mentor/lead management teams effectively
• Demonstrable knowledge of the AACE International Estimate Classification System, based on design maturity, estimating methods, & accuracy to guide budget /funding (Class 5 to 1 frameworks)
• Experience and understanding of heavy engineering processes relating to studies, feeds and general engineering consulting

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Contribution towards eye test and glasses
• Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
• Long Service Awards
• Employee recognition scheme – ELITE 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.