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Full-time Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Building Construction Job-ID: req71855
Construction Director
If you are an ambitious Engineering lead professional looking for a new challenge in build construction and would like to help shape future of STRABAG, then please read the below job description.
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What matters to us

• Degree-level qualification in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in delivering large-scale private sector building projects (20m-100m+).
• Proven ability to embed ESG, ED&I, and social value into project delivery (Sustainability / Diversity).
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with experience of P&L responsibility (Ownership / Success).
• In-depth understanding of UK procurement processes, contracts (JCT, NEC), and regulatory frameworks (Reliability).
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams, with experience in succession planning and staff development (People Development / Appreciation).
• Excellent client engagement and stakeholder management skills, with evidence of building long-term relationships (Partnership / Appreciation).
• Demonstrable competence in digital construction tools (BIM, project controls software, data reporting systems) (Innovation / Future).
• Ability to align Central Services expertise with operational delivery requirements (Partnership / Reliability).
• Member of professional body (CIOB RICS) preferred

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Your contribution to our company
The Construction Director is accountable for the leadership, performance, and delivery of STRABAG's Public and Private sector building portfolio. This role provides strategic and operational oversight of projects, ensuring health, safety and wellbeing, quality, client satisfaction, programme certainty, and commercial success. The Construction Director must embed STRABAG's People. Planet. Progress. agenda and 9 Core Values across all aspects of leadership, ensuring that ESG, ED&I, and social value commitments are delivered in parallel with technical and financial excellence.

• Adhere to & ensure all STRABAG Group policies & procedures, systems and governance requirements are followed which stand the scrutiny of internal compliance.
• Provide visible leadership for health, safety and wellbeing across all projects, embedding a zero-harm culture and ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations and STRABAG standards (Health & Safety Leadership / People. Planet. Progress.).
• Monitor, challenge, and support project teams to deliver proactive HSEQ management, including behavioural safety, inspections, and close-out of actions (Reliability / Responsibility).
• Drive quality assurance processes, ensuring project teams actively manage inspections, testing, and defect resolution, and guarantee snag closure within agreed timescales (Reliability / Success).
• Ensure sustainability, ESG, ED&I, and social value strategies are integrated into project planning and delivery, delivering measurable benefits for clients and communities (Sustainability / Diversity / Social Value).
• Lead pre-construction governance including Estimating to Delivery handover, Project Kick-Off workshops, and development of robust project strategies covering procurement, programme, risk, and value engineering (Future / Innovation).
• Work with Project and Commercial Leads to ensure contract obligations, insurance requirements, and authority levels are understood and adhered to across all projects (Reliability / Transparency).
• Build and maintain strong senior-level relationships with clients, consultants, and stakeholders to secure confidence in STRABAG's capability and ensure long-term partnerships (Partnership / Appreciation).
• Act promptly on client concerns and ensure project-specific commercial and operational issues are resolved in line with the Business Unit Authority Matrix (Ownership / Reliability).
• Take full accountability for commercial performance, including cost control, change management, and maximising value through proactive risk and opportunity management (Ownership / Success).
• Ensure rigorous governance of Monthly Project Reviews (MPRs), providing clear visibility of cost, programme, risk, and performance status (Transparency / Reliability).
• Oversee and challenge cash management, prelim expenditure, procurement scheduling, and subcontractor performance to safeguard project financial health (Ownership / Reliability).
• Provide programme leadership, ensuring project teams develop, monitor, and deliver against contract programmes; intervene where performance is at risk and lead recovery strategies (Reliability / Success).
• Chair and direct regular programme reviews with project leadership teams, ensuring progress monitoring and early warning reporting are consistently applied (Transparency / Reliability).
• Champion digitalisation in project delivery, driving use of BIM, project controls, and data-driven reporting to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance client reporting (Innovation / Future).
• Lead, mentor, and develop project leadership teams; ensure succession planning, performance reviews, and training plans are in place across all projects (People Development / Appreciation).
• Create a culture of accountability and inclusivity, ensuring all staff understand their roles, responsibilities, and opportunities for growth (Diversity / Appreciation).
• Collaborate and align with Central Services functions to align governance, finance, HR, sustainability, and IT support with operational requirements (Partnership / Transparency).
• Ensure full compliance with the Build Business Unit Authority Matrix, escalating decisions where required and restricting external commitments to approved levels (Reliability / Ownership).
• Report with authority to the Business Unit Director on project portfolio performance, covering safety, quality, programme, commercial, ESG, and client outcomes (Transparency / Success).

Pre-employment screening is required for this position. More information on our .
Pre-Employment Screening (PES) ist die Prufung von relevanten Bewerbungsinformationen auf ihre Richtigkeit unter Berucksichtigung geltender Datenschutzbestimmungen und sonstiger rechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen. Das PES soll in der Regel nur bei denjenigen Bewerbenden durchgefuhrt werden, die sich auf eine Stelle bewerben, die mit der Wahrnehmung von besonders vertraulichen Aufgaben oder einer personellen und/oder finanziellen Verantwortung verbunden ist. In bestimmten Anlassfallen kann ein Teil der im Rahmen von PES vorgesehenen und unten im Einzelnen dargestellten Checks und Massnahmen auch bei den anderen Bewerbenden erforderlich erscheinen.
What you stand to gain
We stand for respect, partnership, and sustainability, creating a work environment that promotes safety, health, and development. Our committed and healthy employees are our most valuable asset - the foundation for sustainable growth and innovation. With our "People. Planet. Progress." strategy and the motto WORK ON PROGRESS, we drive change forward - with the goal of climate neutrality by 2040.
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Recruitment Team
The Tower, 65 Buckingham Gate
SW1E 6AS
Together we achieve great things.
Filip Warchalowski
What's next in the process?
This happens after the successful application
1. Screening of applications - careful review and evaluation of submitted documents
2. Decision, whether to invite an applicant to an interview
3. Getting to know the candidate in a virtual or personal setting - the number of interviews may vary depending on the position
4. Welcome to STRABAG SE- clarifying the offer and the final details regarding the candidate's entry
Your future employer
Bei STRABAG bauen rund 86.000 Menschen an mehr als 2.400 Standorten weltweit am Fortschritt. Einzigartigkeit und individuelle Starken kennzeichnen dabei nicht nur unsere Projekte, sondern auch jede:n Einzelne:n von uns. Ob im Hoch- und Ingenieurbau, Strassen- und Tiefbau, Brucken- und Tunnelbau, in der Baustoffproduktion, Projektentwicklung oder im Gebaudemanagement - wir denken Bauen weiter, um der innovativste und nachhaltigste Bautechnologiekonzern Europas zu werden. Chancengleichheit, Vielfalt und Inklusion sind integrale Bestandteile dessen, was uns als Unternehmen ausmacht und wie wir arbeiten.
Gemeinsam setzen wir Vorhaben erfolgreich und partnerschaftlich um und wachsen an neuen Aufgaben. Gemeinsam erschaffen wir Grosses. Let's progress!
Filip Warchalowski
I value the work I do at STRABAG as it gives me the opportunity to not just develop professionally but also personally. Maja
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