Project Director

  • BAM UK & Ireland Enabling Services Limited
  • Bridgwater, Somerset
  • Dec 05, 2025
Full time Executive

Job Description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

We have an opportunity for a senior and progressive leader to take on the role of Project Director for our programme of works at Hinkley Point C. A great opportunity to be part of a project that will play a major role in achieving the UK carbon net zero target, leading a significant team delivering critical and innovative scope for a world leading project.

The successful candidate will be a strategic leader with proven credibility in the delivery of complex infrastructure, either in a civils or construction environment.

Making Possible

As Project Director, you will be responsible for the following;

  • Leading a team of circa 600
  • Responsible for teams delivering Civil Engineering, Building Services and Marine works within a regulated environment. In additional to delivering work in hand, the role involves development of strategies to identify, and secure further scope within the Framework.
  • Reporting to the Joint Venture Board, the candidate will lead a Framework with a significant turnover, over a range of bespoke Contracts. Each individual contract will be at different degrees of maturity from Pre Construction and Negotiation stage, to Delivery, Close out and Final Account
  • Responsible for the management of a Joint Venture agreement between two leading Tier 1 Civil Engineering Contractors along with responsibility to the JV Board for Safety, Commercial, Financial and Operational performance.
  • Responsible for raising the bar when it comes to the health, safety and wellbeing leadership on the project, pioneering innovation and consistently striving for best in class approaches.
  • Responsible for nurturing and maintaining a good working relationship with the customer, to be able to continue to grow the pipeline of work and opportunity on this programme.
  • Responsible for the overall success of the programme of works, administering our contractual and scope requirements and working with our client and associated stakeholders to achieve best for programme outcomes.
  • Oversight of our supply chain performance and ensuring that Quality management standards are maintained in this highly regulated and unique environment
  • Provide strategic direction and support to your teams to ensure that performance is predictable, well planned, well resourced and successful
What do you bring to the role?
  • Degree, HND in Engineering or equivalent
  • Successful experience and performance at a senior level.
  • An excellent communicator who is able to articulate successes and challenges, negotiate terms and conditions of Contracts and build relationships with the Customer at Executive level.
  • An individual who is able to motivate and create environments that enable teams to be the best they can be
  • Must be able to demonstrate leadership and management capabilities to manage both single and multiple projects of complexity and value
  • Detailed working knowledge of the construction environment and NEC forms of contract.
Whats in it for you?
  • Competitive salary
  • A wide range of family-friendly policies
  • Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
  • 8 % matched pension contributions
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • 26 days holiday
  • 2 wellbeing days
  • 1 volunteering day
  • Personal and professional development

BAM Infrastructure is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.


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