We're looking for a Regional Pre-Construction Director to join our Construction team working across the Gloucester, Bristol and Oxford regions.

Location: Gloucester, Bristol or Oxford.

Contract: Permanent – Full Time

Responsibilities

As the Regional Pre-Construction Director for our Gloucester, Bristol and Oxford business, you will be a member of the business unit's Senior Leadership team, and report to the Regional Director. You will be responsible for aligning your businesses strategy with the overall Western & Wales Regional Business plan. Within the role, will be responsible for managing the pre-construction team and for taking overall responsibility for targeting and securing quality projects that support the profit aspirations aligned to the regional growth and business plans.   

Duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to (full Job Description attached below):

• To lead the development and implementation of the BU preconstruction strategy aligned with W&W strategy. Working with the BU Senior Leadership team to achieve the BU objectives in support of the W&W business plan aspirations.
• Responsible for creating work winning strategies and taking this forward into successful execution of pre-construction and mobilisation programmes.
• To lead, manage, motivate, and inspire the BU preconstruction team, providing opportunities and development for all employees, enabling them to bring their best selves to work and create a culture where everyone can reach their potential, be included and contribute to business success.
• Understanding team aspirations and jointly creating development plans for all team members to ensure training, development and career paths are clearly defined and actioned.
• Work closely with the BU Business Development team to support the business in developing relationships with current and potential customers.

Who are we looking for?

To be considered for the role, we're looking for applicants with the following skills and attributes:

• Demonstrable leadership skills: trusted, focused and collaborative
• Ability to Communicate with clarity and authenticity to motivate and inspire our people
• Able to create an environment that promotes open conversations at all levels of the business. 
• Have a strong market presence to drive external relationships
• Develop and communicates a strategy that helps their teams to understand the role they play in achieving Kier's purpose. 
• Create opportunities for sharing knowledge, learning and best practice across Kier teams and businesses.
• Excellent understanding of the pre-construction process, interpreting client requirements and converting them into outstanding project solutions that deliver technical, quality, budget, programme, and sustainability targets, whilst achieving margins aligned to the Business Units aspirations.
• Excellent track record of work winning with knowledge of multiple sectors including public and private
• Strong team leadership with demonstratable capability in developing talent, skills and the potential of individuals and teams to create high performing teams.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier