Project Director- Finland

Job Title: Project Director HV Substations

Location: Finland

Reporting to: Operations Director, Nordics

Job Type: Full-Time

Department: Operations

About H&MV Engineering

H&MV Engineering is a global leader in high-voltage electrical engineering, powering the transition to a sustainable future. We’re at the cutting-edge of renewable energy, data centres, and complex utility projects - powered by a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.

Our foundation is built on safety, collaboration, and respect. These values shape how we work, how we lead, and how we grow. And at H&MV Engineering, growth isn’t just a goal—it’s a mindset.

We invest in our people, offering opportunities to develop, lead, and shape the future of energy. We value passion, motivation, and problem-solving skills, and we believe that diverse perspectives fuel better outcomes.

We’re not here to keep up—we’re here to lead.

About the Role:

As Project Director – Finland you will be responsible for overseeing and optimising operational performance, ensuring project delivery excellence, and driving business growth in alignment with H&MV Engineering’s strategic objectives. This role requires a strong leader with expertise in HV Substations engineering, project execution, and team management, as well as a deep understanding of the European Market and Data Centre environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Deliverables:

• Leads a team of one or more project managers, commercial managers and lead engineers.
• Receives regular reports from the project manager, commercial manager, lead engineer and/or team leads to monitor project performance.
• Has authority to make changes to project program and resources.
• Attends all major project and principals’ meetings with clients, attends Monthly internal project meeting and ensures project team are carrying out appropriate level of internal meetings. Attends all weekly review meetings as much as possible.
• Ensuring H&MV polices/standards are maintained on project.
• Ensures project team is working efficiently with the supporting departments, safety, procurement, quality, planning.
• Reports project performance to Operations Director.
• Manages project risks with project teams.
• Escalate any site issues to Operations director or regional Operations Manager.
• Ensuring project commercials are accurate and processes are being followed.
• Involved heavily at sub-contractor appointment stage to ensure no scope gaps.
• Review all contract documentation prior to contract signing (program is correct, milestone schedule is correct, Scope of work is clear, and risk register is up to date from estimating team)
• Assists Operations Director/Manager in ensuring adequate labour is on project and suitable project team is in place for the duration of the job.
• Has Overall accountability for their project’s success alongside his respective Project Manager.

Client Engagement Role:

• Develops business opportunities with existing clients and review pipeline plans.
• Lead all early project discussions with clients on a design and delivery point of view.
• Work closely with BD team on developing business opportunities with new clients.
• Escalation points for Clients and ensures client satisfaction during project lifecycle.
• Negotiate any potential Variations with clients that project team may be struggling with. Ensuring any EOT’s or Escalations are handled correctly with the clients and can be done with a collaborative approach.
• Ensuring clients are kept informed during tender stage or during validation periods to ensure that they are not surprised by any cost uplifts, program or major lead time issues.
• Working closely with clients at LOI/LNTP stage to ensure future project dates can be met and managing their expectations on project deliverables.

Interface and reporting lines:

• Gives monthly update on projects as part of overall company Operations meeting
• Attends monthly internal project meeting on their projects to be available for any questions from senior management team that may arise.
• Attends monthly Commercial review meeting on the second Monday of each month for their respective project updates and to discuss any potential risks/concerns.
• Works alongside Operations Director or Regional Operations Manager to ensure all project resources are adequate, labour is performing on site and to ensure that Ops team have clear lookahead on future requirements so they can future plan across all projects.
• Attends Quarterly review meeting with the H&MV Executive team to discuss the following points - Top Risks on current projects, Resources required, Client project lookaheads and overall company strategy/opportunities.

Key Requirements:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related technical field – often essential.
• 10–15 years of progressive project management experience, with at least 9+ years in a senior or leadership role.

Skills & Competencies:

• Proven leadership at Director level, with a strong record of managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, trusted at all levels from boardroom to site.
• Skilled at navigating ambiguity, addressing sensitive issues, and leading cross-functional teams to effective solutions.
• Results-driven, with consistent success in delivering large-scale projects safely, on time, and within budget.
• Resilient under pressure, adept at managing complex operational and commercial challenges in dynamic environments.
• Strong commitment to safety, sustainability, and the highest ethical and professional standards.
• Experience working in a data centre construction environment would be highly regarded

H&MV Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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