A large Irish business is seeking to hire a Head of Delivery for their busy infrastructure team.
Reporting to the Director of Infrastructure, this role will sit just below and requires an experienced person with an engineering background to manage a team of motivated Programme Directors to ensure the delivery of their infrastructure portfolio with a billion euro budget.
Responsibilities;
* Define and establish a strategy and structure for achieving objectives
* Manage the activities of internal and external teams
* Exert strict oversight on schedule, cost, and quality
* Monitor and drive the delivery of all programmes, setting the standards for reporting and challenging deviations from process or best practice
* Constantly review and assess project / programme performance
* Prepare monthly board papers for internal committees, briefing Senior Leadership on any key issues, progress and performance
* In conjunction with the Head of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), drive the HSE framework and standards across the Infrastructure Portfolio
* Keep up to date with changes in legislation and best practice to ensure all programmes are fully compliant
* Manage delivery outputs using resources available to reach clearly defined targets, with a focus on financial performance, quality, client management and service
* Provide direction to Programme Directors
* Ensure the optimisation of programme delivery across the Infrastructure Portfolio
Qualifications:
* Degree qualified in a relevant field. Ideally an engineering degree but construction, project management, surveying etc qualifications will be considered
Experience:
* 20 + years' experience with at least 10 years in a management role
* Extensive knowledge and understanding of capital project and programme delivery
* Strong and demonstrable leadership and management experience, including project management, procurement, contract management, financial management and change management
* Experience in planning, governing and delivering, having managed multiple teams
* In-depth understanding of the design and delivery requirements of technically complex projects in the architectural / engineering / construction sectors.
* Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation, influencing the improvement of process to support successful project, programme and portfolio delivery