Project Director – Commercial Fit Out

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The successful candidate will provide leadership across the entire project lifecycle, driving programme, commercial performance, quality, safety and client satisfaction while leading a high-performing project team.

Key Responsibilities: • Take overall responsibility for the successful delivery of a £70M+ commercial fit-out and refurbishment project from pre-construction through to completion and handover. • Lead, inspire and manage the project leadership team, ensuring clear direction, accountability and high performance across all disciplines. • Develop and implement the overall project delivery strategy, ensuring programme, commercial and operational objectives are achieved. • Build and maintain exceptional relationships with the client, consultants, design teams and key stakeholders, acting as the primary senior point of contact throughout the project. • Ensure the highest standards of health, safety, quality and environmental compliance are embedded across all project activities. • Oversee project programming, resource planning and delivery, identifying risks and implementing effective mitigation strategies. • Provide strategic leadership on commercial performance, working closely with commercial teams to manage budgets, forecasting, change control and project profitability. • Chair senior project meetings, client reviews and executive progress updates, providing clear reporting to business leadership. • Drive quality assurance throughout the project, ensuring the finished product exceeds client expectations. • Lead the resolution of complex operational and technical challenges, ensuring successful project outcomes. • Mentor and develop senior project staff, promoting collaboration, continuous improvement and best practice across the project.

Requirements: • Proven experience operating as a Project Director or Senior Project Manager leading major commercial fit-out, refurbishment or retrofit projects. • Demonstrable experience successfully delivering projects valued at £50M+ within the commercial construction sector. • Outstanding leadership skills with a track record of managing large, multidisciplinary project teams. • Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to build trusted, long-term relationships. • Strong commercial acumen with experience managing project financial performance, risk and contractual matters. • Excellent programme management and strategic planning abilities. • Comprehensive understanding of construction health and safety legislation and industry best practice. • Relevant qualification in Construction Management, Building, Engineering or a related discipline. • Professional memberships and relevant industry certifications would be advantageous.

What's on Offer: • Opportunity to lead one of the UK's most prestigious commercial fit-out projects. • Strategic leadership role delivering a flagship £70M+ development for a major blue-chip client. • Long-term career progression with a market-leading commercial fit-out contractor. • Exposure to technically complex, high-profile refurbishment and workplace projects.Competitive executive salary, comprehensive benefits package and performance incentives. • Collaborative culture focused on innovation, quality and delivery excellence Location: Bristol Sector: Commercial Fit-Out | Refurbishment | Retrofit | Luxury Workspace An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Director to lead the delivery of a landmark £70M+ commercial fit-out and refurbishment scheme in Bristol.

Working for a leading specialist contractor, this flagship project will transform a prestigious commercial building into a world-class, design-led workplace for a major client.

This is a career-defining opportunity to take full strategic and operational responsibility for one of the region's largest and most technically challenging commercial fit-out projects.