Project Director

Project Director Bureau Veritas Australia Pty Ltd Perth WA Full-time, Onsite

About Bureau Veritas - Buildings Bureau Veritas supports clients in shaping future buildings, from initial concept and masterplanning through to delivery and ongoing operations. Our integrated services span the entire asset investment lifecycle, aiming to help clients maximise value from their investments. We deliver with rigour, precision, and a commitment to excellence across conception, planning, development, construction, and operations. Bureau Veritas offers expert advice across diverse market sectors, contributing to safer, more resilient, and future-ready buildings.

The Opportunity Bureau Veritas is seeking an inspiring and commercially astute Project Director to join our Buildings Project Management team in Perth. This leadership role is for a proven project professional who excels at shaping outcomes for clients, teams, and the built environment. In this position, you will be key to growing and strengthening Bureau Veritas' buildings capability in Western Australia. You will lead complex projects from strategic inception through to delivery, handover, and post-completion, while fostering trusted client relationships and a high-performing local team.

As Project Director, you will provide leadership across the entire project lifecycle, acting as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to clients from early strategy through design, procurement, construction delivery, and operational transition. You will establish standards for delivery excellence, governance, and professional leadership, while contributing directly to the growth, performance, and market presence of Bureau Veritas in Perth. This role combines hands-on project leadership with people leadership, client advisory, and business development, offering genuine scope to shape both projects and careers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the full lifecycle management of complex buildings projects, from early strategy through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Provide Project Director-level governance and leadership across cost, program, risk, quality, safety, procurement, and commercial outcomes.
• Take accountability for project financial performance, client satisfaction, and delivery in accordance with contractual obligations.
• Oversee programme performance, including delay mitigation and extension of time assessment.
• Be accountable for project financial performance.
• Act as a trusted advisor to Clients, supporting informed decision-making and delivering strategic value beyond traditional project management.
• Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of Project Managers and Senior Project Managers, fostering capability, accountability, and career development.
• Drive collaboration across Bureau Veritas' multidisciplinary technical, advisory, and assurance services to deliver integrated solutions.
• Actively contribute to business development, pursuits, and strategic growth, helping expand Bureau Veritas' buildings portfolio across Perth and Western Australia.
• Represent Bureau Veritas in the market with confidence and integrity, strengthening our brand, reputation, and Client relationships.

About You You are a respected and credible project leader with 10+ years' experience delivering buildings projects within a consultancy and/or client-side property development environment, and you are ready to operate at a strategic, market-facing level. You will bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in construction, engineering, architecture, construction, project management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience as a Project Director, Senior Project Manager, or equivalent, leading complex, multidiscipline projects.
• Strong technical project management capability across the full project lifecycle.
• Proven experience managing project financial performance, reporting, and contractual obligations.
• A deep understanding of the consultancy environment, including commercial drivers, governance frameworks, and client expectations.
• Proven success as a people leader, with a genuine passion for developing talent and building engaged teams.
• Exceptional stakeholder, client, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong commercial acumen, sound judgement, and a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

Why Bureau Veritas - Buildings and Infrastructure? At Bureau Veritas, you will have the platform to:

• Play a foundational leadership role in shaping and growing our Perth buildings business.
• Lead diverse, high-profile, and meaningful projects across multiple sectors.
• Take ownership of major projects and programmes with real commercial and strategic impact.
• Leverage the strength of a global organisation, while enjoying autonomy and influence at a local level.
• Build a long-term career where your leadership, vision, and impact are recognised and valued.

This is a role for a project leader who wants to do more than deliver projects — to shape strategy.