Construction Director

 

Main characteristics

Location

Cheshire

Company

Watkin Jones Group

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Construction / Skilled Trades

Job summary

Watkin Jones, the UK's leading developer and manager of residential for rent homes with a focus on the build to rent (BTR), co-living and student accommodation (PBSA) sectors, are looking to appoint an experienced and driven Construction Director to manage a growing area of the business. Joining the senior leadership team during an exciting period of development youll have the opportunity to help shape the future of the business.

Reporting directly to the Operations Director you'll be accountable for managing PBSA and BtR site-based activities ensuring developments are delivered on time, to the required standards within budget, co-ordinating site works and management of subcontractors resulting in a successful project completion.

Your Role

Your main place of work will be our Chester office, however as you have accountability for our UK wide construction sites, travel across the UK (specifically in and around London) will be a part of your role.

Youll be responsible for:

Providing accurate and timely project performance reports, ensuring projects are on track and contract requirements are met.

Providing solutions to any high-lighted areas of concern

Lead on all construction aspects of the divisions work

Providing strategic and professional guidance to the Contracts Managers, Project Managers and member of the team

Working collaboratively with the project teams and sub-contractors, building strong and trusted working relationships

Developing team capabilities and shaping the future strategy

About You

Youll be a team player with a real passion for construction and project delivery, an excellent communicator with the ability to build strong, trusting relationships and able to influence at all levels. Experienced in managing small teams your leadership skills will be the key to success in this role. Youll be both quality and customer focused whilst still able to operate commercially. Through experience and strategic thinking, youll be confident making high risk decisions whilst maintaining your commitment to excellence with the best interests of clients and the wider business. Previous experience of student accommodation and the BtR sector is essential. Degree qualification is desirable however not a pre-requisite of the role.

Ideally you will hold the following:

SMSTS certificate

First Aid certificate

Scaffolding certificate

CSCS Card

Why Join Us?

In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you some extensive benefits which include 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing after 2 years service by 1 day up to a max of 29 days per annum), discretionary annual bonus, a range of benefits including discounted gym memberships, exclusive shopping discounts, healthcare Cashback Scheme and a 7% contributory pension scheme.

Watkin Jones success to date has been based on our emphasis on building relationships of trust, our customer focus and our forward-thinking structure. Our intention is to create the future of living, which to us means high quality rental homes, community focus and sustainably driven development.

About Us

Watkin Jones Group is the UKs leading developer, builder, and manager of residential for rent homes, with 52,000+ homes developed and in-build across 135 schemes. Our operating arm, Fresh, manages over 22,000 units across 64 schemes, reflecting approximately £1.7bn of assets under management, giving us unique and unrivalled insight into what tenants and investors desire.

Our company was established in 1791 and has been building homes since 1927. More recently, we listed on the AIM market in 2016, and have a current market cap of c.£250m. In FY2022 we generated gross revenue of £407m and a Gross Profit of £67m. Our position in the market is based on a capital light model, where we typically work with institutional forward funders