Dynamic Sector Director - United Kingdom - Laminarprojects

Description

Dynamic Sector Director - Power & Renewables – Construction Project Management Consultancy

If you have already heard about us, you are probably reading this because you are tired of the typical old-fashioned and chaotic ways of doing things in construction. But in case you haven't; we are a high-end construction project management consultancy and also a construction management tech developer. Improving construction strengthens the very foundation of human civilisation.(Watch our short film about it )

As a consultancy, we are focused on genuinely upgrading the way construction projects are delivered. We bring control and clarity to projects using a pragmatic mix of the latest technology, our own processes, and a big dose of common sense.

The core of all this is our true secret sauce; people. We only recruit the very best both in capability and personality. We are deeply focused on designing a new type of organization that is optimised for the flourishing of the people in the team first and foremost. People that join us develop fast as a whole person in ways they never imagined. (Read more about our vision and mission )

This approach has allowed us to grow from just 2 people in 2017 to over 160 today and we are still very much at the beginning Joining us isn't just some "job", it is a transformative educational experience. We challenge you to be your best self in all aspects of life.

Any role that you start with at Laminar should be seen only as a starting point. Our fast growth means that there are many diverse and interesting challenges available and it is up to you to guide yourself into whichever areas you are most interested in – we will enable it.

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4 core values for a good life

We believe a life of human flourishing is all about meaningful relationships with others and challenging yourself to create a positive impact. So our values reflect the 4 levels of relationships that each of us has:

Grow yourself – Your relationship with yourself

Care about people – Your relationship with others around you

Execute to greatness – Your relationship with your team

Build civilisation – Your relationship with humanity and the world

This goes much deeper but for the sake of brevity, we will keep the summary version

We enshrined our values in our vision:

We exist so that everyone in our team can thrive in a high-impact community that:

Connects us withmeaningful relationships

Inspires us to develop ourselves to become better humans

Empowers us to pursue our own learning adventures

We believe that, by first doing this, we can achieve the highest levels of value for the world

And enable the achievement of our vision through our dual mission:

To fully digitise the construction of human civilisation

To create a new type of organisation that enables human flourishing while delivering a huge positive impact on society

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The Role

Purpose of the role

You will be developing and implementing our strategy to deliver construction projects better for organisations within the power and renewables sector.

Team

This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy which focuses on:

Understanding what the real problems of projects are

Implementing the best solutions to those problems

Developing scalable best practices, tools and technology

More specifically you will be leading our Power and Renewables sector combining our skills in project management, project controls and digital to deliver complex construction projects. Your initial leader will be the CEO.

Your top 3 objectives:

• To define and continuously improve great delivery approaches to the power and renewables sector
• To develop yourself and everyone around you
• To grow our client base in the power and renewables sector

Your top 5 responsibilities:

• Great delivery: Ensure our teams are delivering great results in collaboration with the discipline directors.
• Develop everyone: Maximise the development of your team personally and professionally and educate our clients to improve as well.
• Lead scalable solutions: Lead the team to develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools to enhance our delivery for the sector
• Define and drive the strategy: The buck stops with you when it comes to the power and renewables sector. You will need to autonomously create a strategy and make it happen
• Grow and expand for impact: Drive the development of new and existing customers where we can make the most impact. We don't want to grow by pushing more people and fees onto clients. We grow by making more impact.

Your Capabilities:

You are a seasoned business leader in construction project management that wants to do things better. We are open to candidates that are either a director who wants a change or an associate director who wants to step up. You must have established networks in the power and renewables sector.

Must-Have (The fundamentals)

Mastery: Construction engineering background with experience on construction projects as a key leader. Proven impact in business development

Communication: Proficient communicator in written and verbal English. A gravitas thatinspires others

Leadership: A proven leader/coach/developer of teams or teams of teams

Impact: A track record of droving growth and improvement in organisations that had a significant positive impact

Nice to Have

Mastery: Prior experience as a project director or operations director for both contractors and consultancies

Communication: The charisma, influence and presence that inspires trust from the moment you meet

Leadership: An industry thought leader

Impact: A track record of starting new businesses from scratch

Laminar isn't the place for you if any of the following is true:

You want an easy, chilled-out role without much challenge

You like to be the smartest person in the room

You don't like continuously receiving honest candid feedback

You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you tell me more about what the role is like?

This is a very open ended, yet high accountability role. You and you alone will be responsible for driving our impact within the power and renewables sector. You will be supported by our discipline teams and whatever else you need to get it done. This is a rare opportunity to join in a key position at the early stages of what will be a world-leading institution.

Who are our clients?

Our clients include major Owners/Operators, Main Contractors, and Subcontractors, with project values between £100m and £1B+ globally.

Where would I be working?

Some weeks you might be working from home all week. Others you might pop into our London office for a workshop/beer/social event. Maybe you will travel to exotic (and sometimes not) locations in Europe or the Middle East to visit clients. It really depends on what you need to do to achieve your aims.

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Salary and Benefits

Industry standard base salary with performance bonus

Paid Annual Leave 25 days + statutory Bank Holidays

Flexible hours

Pension & private health insurance

IT Equipment

All travel costs outside of your local area are covered

The Life-Changing Stuff

Grow your whole self: Our leaders are more like coachesand one of our mainobjectivesis to give 5 years'worth of learning and development for every 1 year with us. You have a coach, mentor, well-being therapist and a development-orientated environment: That's literally what our vision is all about and the primary reason Laminar exists.You can checkout more of Laminar'scoaching programhere .

Be surrounded by the best: We only hire and retain the very best people. You might be used to being the smartest in the room but that won't be the case in Laminar. You will be surrounded by people you can learn from. We are 100% meritocratic so fast progression is the norm. You will be supported to excel in whichever areas you are most interested in With Laminar, development is unbounded.

Long-term impact: We are focused on solving the biggest issues in construction project delivery in a way that can spread and outlast us.

A generous equity scheme: as a fast-growing consultancy as well as the fact we are building software this has a huge upside, particularly for people that stay with us through our growth.

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Applying properly Important

We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining:

Why do you want to join us?

What do you think you bring to the team?

We aren't a giant faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team so all letters will be read thoroughly.

After that, we will reach out to you to schedule a casual conversation to help you to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself.

After that, we will schedule a couple of technical and personal assessments to understand what your level of capability is based on our own development matrix. This is to ensure that when you join you are starting at the right level of responsibility based on your capability not just based on experience.

What's your annual salary expectation (GBP Currency)?*

Do you have the legal right to work in the UK/EU?*