Head of Major Projects

Head of Major Projects £700 per day | Inside IR35 | 3–6 Months
Morden, South London | Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite

Intec Select has been engaged by a large government-backed enterprise organisation undergoing an ambitious period of transformation and significant investment across its property and major-projects portfolio.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Major Projects to provide strategic leadership across a substantial programme of high-value capital, refurbishment, planned maintenance and decarbonisation projects.

This represents an exciting opportunity to join an organisation during a period of considerable change, with the successful individual playing a central role in shaping and delivering a major programme of transformation.

The Role Reporting directly into the Director of Property & Major Projects, you will provide strategic leadership across a portfolio with £25m–£30m budget responsibility, managing Project Managers and external contractors.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing strategic leadership across major capital and revenue programmes.
• Leading planned maintenance, refurbishment, decarbonisation and major capital projects.
• Managing and developing a team of Project Managers.
• Providing oversight of projects from business case and inception through procurement, delivery and completion.
• Leading project governance, financial management, risk and programme assurance.
• Managing high-value procurement and contractual arrangements.
• Ensuring programmes are delivered to time, cost, quality and health & safety requirements.
• Reporting programme performance to Directors, Executive leadership and corporate boards.
• Managing senior relationships with internal clients, contractors and delivery partners.
• Advising senior officers and other key stakeholders on major-project delivery.
• Driving improvements in project and programme management capability.
• Deputising for the Director of Property & Major Projects when required.

• A significant track record of leading complex, high-value capital and built-environment programmes.
• Extensive experience taking projects from concept through design, procurement and construction to completion.
• Strong knowledge of refurbishment and construction delivery.
• Excellent programme-management, governance and commercial capability.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary internal teams, consultants and contractors.
• Strong budget-management and financial-control experience.
• The ability to operate credibly with Directors, senior officers and other executive-level stakeholders.
• Previous local government or wider public-sector major-project experience would be highly advantageous.
• RICS, CIOB, RIBA or similar professional membership/qualification would be desirable.