Project Director.

Bath, Somerset.

Mixed-Use Regeneration.

Package to Attract the Best.

I’m working with a leading UK developer to appoint a Project Director to take charge of a landmark scheme in Bath. The project will transform a long-standing brownfield site into a vibrant new neighbourhood, delivering high-quality homes, community amenities, and significant public realm. With planning secured, funding in place, and early works underway, this is a rare opportunity to lead one of the South West’s most ambitious developments.

The Role

As Project Director, you will have overall responsibility for the safe, timely, and high-quality delivery of a multi-phase regeneration programme. Reporting to senior leadership, you’ll act as the key point of accountability for programme performance, stakeholder engagement, and governance.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Setting and managing programme strategy and sequencing across multiple phases.

  • Overseeing remediation, enabling, infrastructure, and major RC frame delivery.

  • Leading consultant, contractor, and partner teams across shell & core and fit-out.

  • Ensuring financial control, governance, and risk management.

  • Maintaining quality, placemaking, and sustainability standards across all phases.

  • Driving compliance with statutory, funding, and safety requirements.

  • Providing clear, decisive leadership across all internal and external stakeholders.

What They’re Looking For

  • 15+ years’ experience in project or construction management.

  • Proven track record in delivering large-scale, multi-phase residential or mixed-use schemes (£100m+).

  • RC frame delivery expertise, ideally spanning both contractor and client-side roles.

  • Familiarity with ASTRA or similar programme management/reporting tools.

  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, ideally with exposure to public or grant-funded projects.

  • Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills, with credibility at board level.

  • Professional qualification (RICS, CIOB, RTPI, ICE) or equivalent desirable.

Why This Project?

This role offers:

  • Leadership of a £200m+ regeneration programme in a nationally visible heritage city.

  • The opportunity to deliver new homes, community uses, and public spaces in a UNESCO World Heritage setting.

  • A pivotal role in shaping one of the South West’s most transformative brownfield redevelopments.

  • The chance to combine large-scale regeneration with modern placemaking and sustainability outcomes.

About Cognisant Search

At Cognisant, we work with high-calibre property, construction, and development professionals across the UK, matching leadership talent with the projects and clients shaping the built environment of tomorrow.

If you’re a senior delivery professional ready to step into a role with genuine scale and legacy, I’d welcome a confidential conversation.
Dan Petrie, Principal Consultant, Cognisant
07487 795148