Building & Construction Project Leader
Location: Broughton (on-site)
Hours: 35 per week (4.5‑day week, flexible between 7am-7pm)
Clearance: BPSS+ (processed via Airbus Security)
Pay: £31.40/hour PAYE | £42/hour Umbrella
Join us and lead high‑impact CAPEX projects that shape the future of the site
Guidant Global is proud to partner with Airbus to recruit a skilled Building & Construction Project Leader. In this role, you'll take ownership of capital investment projects from early feasibility through to design, delivery, and final handover. It's a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced engineering environment and enjoys working with a wide network of stakeholders.
You'll be part of a collaborative, supportive environment where your expertise will directly influence the success and safety of building services across the site.
What you'll be doing
As the Building & Construction Project Leader, you will:
Lead and deliver CAPEX projects
- Manage multi‑functional project teams (internal and external) to deliver safe, compliant and cost‑effective solutions.
- Oversee projects from inception and feasibility through detailed design, specification, site monitoring and handover.
- Develop and maintain project delivery plans, business cases and risk/opportunity registers.
Drive technical excellence
- Produce detailed design briefs for building services, including major plant replacement and refurbishment works.
- Prepare reports, drawings and specifications, ensuring technical compliance and alignment with H&S requirements.
- Apply industry‑standard design software and engineering tools to support project decisions.
Work with a range of stakeholders
- Collaborate with clients, architects, structural engineers and other design professionals.
- Build strong working relationships and act as a key point of contact throughout project delivery.
- Support financial management, including external cost control from approval through to completion.
Maintain safety and compliance
- Monitor installation works on site, ensuring adherence to technical standards, H&S requirements and Airbus procedures.
What you'll bring
We're looking for someone who can confidently lead construction‑focused engineering projects and build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Skills & experience
- Proven experience managing capital investment or building services projects (client‑side experience highly advantageous).
- Strong project management skills with the ability to motivate and coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams.
- Experience in delivering refurbishment and engineering services projects within existing buildings.
- Ability to translate client briefs into robust construction requirements, including scopes of work for external professionals.
- Good working knowledge of mechanical and electrical building systems, their design, operation and lifecycle.
- Competence with IT and project tools such as SharePoint, MS Project and G‑Suite.
Qualifications
- ONC/HNC or equivalent in a Building Engineering Services or related discipline (experience may outweigh formal qualifications).
- Professional membership (e.g., CIBSE, IMechE, IET) is desirable.
Why join through Guidant Global?
At Guidant Global, we're committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive recruitment experience. When you join us as a contractor on site at Airbus, you can expect:
- Supportive onboarding and ongoing contractor care
- A transparent and streamlined recruitment process
- An inclusive environment where every voice matters
- Opportunities to work on meaningful, high‑profile engineering projects
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
