Projects Director

Job Title: Projects Director
Location: Ibstock, Leicestershire (LE67)
Salary : Competitive – To Be Agreed
Hours of Work: Full-Time
Type: Permanent
Start Date: Immediately (flexible for notice periods)

We are hiring for a Projects Director who is RICS qualified (or working toward it), with the ability to lead and deliver commercial property developments across pre-construction and delivery phases in the Ibstock, Leicestershire area. This is a strategic, long-term leadership role with a pathway to directorship. You will be responsible for end-to-end project delivery and client relationship management across various sectors, including industrial, commercial, infrastructure and mixed-use developments.

Duties of a Projects Director

In this role, you will be working in the senior management team to ensure successful project delivery and strategic business growth. Reporting to the Managing Director and helping manage a growing internal team and external consultants, you will be responsible for:
• Leading the full project lifecycle, from site acquisition to construction completion
• Managing feasibility studies, cost planning and financial viability assessments
• Coordinating consultant teams and guiding design and planning processes
• Overseeing procurement, contract administration and construction delivery
• Managing funder drawdowns and end-user agreements (leases, purchases)

Skills and experience of a Projects Director

As a Projects Director, you need to have experience with:
• Commercial project and cost management across multiple development sectors
• Managing both pre-construction and on-site project delivery activities

It would be beneficial to the Projects Director role if you also had:
• MRICS qualification (or working towards it)
• Experience with bank-funded developments and drawdown processes
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities
• Excellent client communication and stakeholder engagement skills

What the client offers a Projects Director

This client offers:
• A flexible and personalised benefits and remuneration package
• Long-term leadership and career progression to Managing Director
• Broad exposure to the entire development lifecycle

About the Client

Our client is a commercial property development consultancy working across infrastructure, commercial, education, industrial and residential schemes. They are looking for a Projects Director to join them on a permanent basis as part of their long-term succession planning. You’ll be joining a small, dynamic team and working closely with trusted consultant partners. The company environment is collaborative, hands-on and offers significant flexibility and autonomy.

Next Steps:

Apply to this Projects Director role through this advert. If you would like more information about this role, please contact our Industrial team on (phone number removed).

If successful, you will need to digitally register with our agency (if you haven’t already done so). If you have not been contacted regarding your application within 7 days please assume that you have not been successful. We will however retain your application for any future roles for which you may be suitable.

About Regional Recruitment Services – A Recruitment Agency in Leicestershire

This position is advertised by Regional Recruitment Services Ltd, an award-winning independent recruitment agency that has been operating since 2008. We offer permanent, temporary and contract jobs within the Commercial, Construction, Industrial and Engineering sectors. To view all of our positions available throughout the United Kingdom, please visit our website