Project Director – Pharma Process Plant Construction project

About the Opportunity

Project Camelot involves the extension of an existing Ecolab chemical facility producing resin used in the cleaning of pharmaceutical vessels and equipment. While the facility supports the wider pharmaceutical supply chain, this is a chemical / process facility project, not a pharmaceutical project.

Designer Group's scope includes approximately 14,000m of piping, split across clean utilities and black utilities. The package includes clean utility pipework, black utility pipework, inline equipment, valve installation, minor equipment, pressure testing, flushing, chemical cleaning, passivation, testing, commissioning, insulation and cladding.

The programme is aggressive and will require strong site leadership, disciplined planning, subcontractor control, commercial focus and a right-first-time approach to quality. The delivery strategy relies heavily on offsite manufacture, prefabrication, modular pipework, accurate progress tracking and early focus on system completion and turnover.

Role Overview

The Project Director will take senior responsibility for the safe, commercial and operational delivery of Designer Group's scope on Project Camelot. This is a hands-on, site-based leadership role suited to a senior project leader with strong experience in mechanical, process piping, industrial, chemical, energy, pharmaceutical construction or complex M&E environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Project leadership and delivery
• OSM, fabrication and subcontractor management
• Programme, commercial and stakeholder control

Requirements

Required Experience and Qualifications

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:

• Senior project leadership experience within mechanical, process piping, utilities, industrial, energy, chemical, pharmaceutical construction or complex M&E contracting.
• Experience delivering large-scale, site-based construction projects with significant subcontractor and supply chain involvement.
• Strong understanding of piping installation, fabrication, testing, commissioning, system completion and turnover.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will be:

• A strong, visible site leader with the confidence to take ownership of a high-pressure project.
• Technically credible in mechanical, piping or process-led construction environments.

Benefits

Why Join Designer Group?

This is an opportunity to join a growing international engineering business with a strong UK project pipeline and a clear commitment to safe delivery. You will be joining a team where health and safety has real visibility, where your input will directly influence site standards, and where you will work across varied, technically interesting M&E projects.

At Designer Group, we invest in our people, support professional development and offer the opportunity to build a long-term career within a business that continues to grow across the UK and Europe.

Application Process

If you are an experienced Health and Safety Advisor and are interested in supporting major M&E projects across the UK, we would welcome your application. Apply today and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch with shortlisted candidates. Designer Group is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation or background.