Associate Director, Commissioning Management

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About You

We are looking for an Associate Director - Commissioning Management (internal job title: Project Manager) who is self motivated, dynamic, and professional. Resilient with the intent to continuously self improve and always ready to go the "extra mile" for clients, both internally and externally. Someone who actively demonstrates pride in meeting client needs and spotting opportunities to increase service levels.

Primary Objective

As an Associate Director at HDR, you will oversee complex engineering and construction related projects, particularly in the area of Commissioning (Cx) Services. This includes:

• Leading commissioning and handover processes for buildings, infrastructure, and technical systems.
• Managing quality, safety, and risk aspects of engineering and construction projects.
• Coordinating multi disciplinary design and engineering teams across HDR's global network.
• Driving project delivery from contract execution to final acceptance, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget compliance.
• Developing and maintaining safety protocols, ISO systems, and technical best practices.
• Supporting business development by managing key clients, preparing bids, and identifying new opportunities.
• Delivering projects in sectors such as Commercial, Finance, Hotel & Leisure, Healthcare, Education, and others.

In the Role of Associate Director, We'll Count on You To

• Generate new business leads and own the process through to contract execution and project delivery.
• Drive consistent and effective communication across Cx and the HDR Enterprise.
• Support the development and delivery of financial budgets and forecasts.
• Serve as a Senior / Escalation point for selected key clients.
• Leverage company wide project delivery tools and systems to ensure successful project delivery, workload forecasting, staff recruitment, and performance management.
• Conduct selected key client contract negotiations and management.
• Monitor and manage financial aspects of business operations in close collaboration with accounting leadership.
• Work closely with the safety team to develop guidance and safe work systems related to commissioning, including refinement of company wide safety protocols and management KPIs.
• Participate in local, regional, and global leadership meetings as required.
• Review risk management plans for projects.
• Identify and prioritize new hires, and recruit new candidates including graduates and apprentices.
• Support the annual budgeting process for commissioning planning.
• Demonstrate a commitment to quality, ongoing improvement, and HDR's values.
• Identify and develop organic and new business opportunities.
• Collaborate with other leaders in defining engagement strategies for selected key clients.

Other Duties

• Structure training and succession of the teams to enhance performance and ensure future engineering expertise.
• Lead bid preparation, delivering high quality, commercially viable bid documents.
• Support the Managing Principal in running the Cx Business class, assisting with all aspects of quality management.
• Ensure no claims are made on PI and that all contract documents are diligently checked.
• Interview and recruit new personnel / leadership, subject to approval.
• Own, develop, and be accountable for best practice in house technical documents and guides.
• Sign off timesheets and expenses of direct reports.
• Authorize holiday requests of direct reports.
• Complete health and safety and quality audits during site attendance.
• Maintain all quality & ISO systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Construction Management, or Industrial Engineering.
• 10 years of related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, and project management software.
• Excellent organizational, project management, and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• Commitment to being an active participant of our employee owned culture.

Primary Location

United Kingdom - England - London

Schedule

Full time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

Mar 4, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrests, and conviction records.

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