Director ( Mechanical )

My client are a circa €40-50m revenue company that provide mechanical and process engineering services to clients that range from Life sciences to residential ( apartments ) to food and beverage to healthcare.This client is over 30 years in business with offices in Ireland and the UK, they have a reputation built on delivery but also on delivering a quality service / product.They now require a new director who will report into the CEO. They already have a technical director but he's now very focused on European projects that they are on and also the new ones in the pipeline.Would be managing anything from 6 to 10 PM's at a time depending on size and number of projects.They've a very strong pipeline and a solid senior management so great career prospects.Main Duties & Responsibilities:Role modelling our values so as to create a culture and work environment where people feel respected and valued.Proactive planning of resources (Craft & PM's) to execute your contracts. Working closely with each PM to enable resources to be assigned in a timely manner.Developing a competent, engaged, empowered and motivated team to deliver the work.Mentor and coach PM's, QS's, engineers and others in the site team to ensure excellence in our deliver.Create a high-performance culture with our people where performance is recognised and valued.Monitor performance of contract appropriate to the scale of the project, including internal reporting on contract progress, KPIs such as EVA, Labour Productivity as required by the business.Engage with QSs to resolve all commercial items and minimise work in progress.Ensure a consistent execution model where capital projects are adequately planned, including baseline schedules which protect the company from contract risk.Provide input to scope definition, commercial reviews, of tenders for which you are involved.Person SpecificationSkills and EducationA qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, and at least 7 years relevant experience in delivering mechanical / Process engineering projects in industries such as general building, Life Sciences, Semiconductor, Food and Beverage.Ideally has formal Project Management training and experience in delivering large scale complex capital projects.Performance driven with strong people and technical leadership skills.ExperienceEssentialStrong people management, demonstratable experience in managing teams/people.Commercial knowledge, pricing, cost control and reporting responsibility for contracts.Experience in the full life cycle of projects from Pre-Qualification, tendering, presentation, planning and execution of projects through to closure and handover.Commercial experience in construction.PreferableBusiness Development and or tendering experience.Engineering and business systems development and implementation.This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of the continued success of a decent business based on the right values.