About the Company
This organisation is the leading independent firm of Development, Built Asset & Engineering and Sustainability consultants. They place the wellbeing of people and the performance of buildings at the heart of everything they do.
They’re proud of their reputation for integrity and delivering work of the highest quality, blended with commercial pragmatism. They offer a strong track record across all commercial property sectors, advising investors, developers, occupiers and owners on maximising best property asset values. Diversity and strength in depth is important to them. Whether it be a technical thought leader with a career’s experience – or a recently qualified rising star – in today’s risk averse world you need people on your side with a reputation for diligence, transparency, intellect and commercial insight. Clients see this firm as large enough to provide the expertise and resources to get the best from their portfolios, and small enough for it to matter personally.
They have over 180 employees operating from a network of offices across the UK.
This organisation is passionate about people development and will provide you with excellent and progressive career opportunities and sponsored learning.
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If you’re driven to perform, you’ll fit right in, they approach work fearlessly, learn quickly and improve constantly. A bright idea can come from anyone. They believe diversity drives innovation.
Job Description
As a result of continuing business growth and client demand, this organisation has an exceptional new opportunity for a Director of Building Surveying to grow the service line and deliver work for their clients, working for high profile investor, institutional logistics and retail clients. You will assist in leading the Cost Consultancy service line with the Senior Director across this organisation, forging relationships with both internal and external investment and institutional clients to deliver market leading consultancy advice.
As well as working to develop and grow the service line across this organisation, you will be working with existing clients such as Railpen, Aviva Investors, Legal & General, Grainger, Knight Frank Investment Management, GIC, abrdn, and M&G delivering on a range of high-profile projects across several sectors, including industrial, office, residential, purpose-built student accommodation and build to rent.
As a commercially focused consultant, you will be helping us to grow their Cost Consultancy services with the lead Senior Director, maintain and further develop client relationships and diversify the range of their current service offering, as well as progressing your own career. You will be expected to help lead the CC service line and support the below actions:
Coordinate business development, marketing, resourcing, and knowledge sharing, across all offices
Champion the service line internally; driving improvements to working practices including templates and quality control
Advocate and oversee operational and process improvement, promoting innovation and new ways of working.
Drive and manage consistency and adherence to best practice
Promote the service line externally for new and existing clients, supporting marketing as required
Identify service line priorities and link back to the service line business plan, update annually
Set service line SMART actions and deliver; updating progress quarterly
Celebrate service line successes internally and externally
Ensure marketing materials are up to date – case studies, capability statements
Develop a community of practice and share across the firm
Support the development of others within the business
Key Accountabilities & Deliverables:
Manage and drive this organisations dilapidations bringing a profile of technical strength and commercial excellent, to complement the existing team, and that established by this organisation across the UK.
As well as being a hands-on delivery role for a wide range of Building Surveying, you will work with the dilapidations Senior Director to help develop and deliver against a business plan for dilapidations across this organisation.
Support the management and development of the technical team, to deliver quality cost consultancy services to existing and new clients.
End to end cost consultancy delivery
Achieving performance targets (fee delivery and business development)
Liaise with the Service Hub Leaders across Built Asset, Development and Engineering & Sustainability to align services with strategic goals and performance standards
Network effectively with existing commercial clients and agreed targets.
Skills & Behaviour:
Inspire others to achieve, and help in their development, through mentoring, coaching and achieving engaging appraisal discussions.
Demonstrate excellent team skills, embracing the support and expertise of the wider business
Prioritise work effectively to enable quality of work and wellbeing for self and team
Client facing and comfortable in business development
Able to handle multiple jobs and manage your own workload
Risk-manage through best practice aligned with this organisations Risk Management Guidance protocol
Confident and concise communicator both verbally and in writing
Technology oriented to share information centrally
Knowledge:
Be aware of the latest commercial property challenges technically and commercially
Be aware of market trends to inform business direction
Identify areas of personal development to enhance performance.
Be aware of the latest company research on Redefining Building Performance, and such other industry/company research that is relevant to clients
Requirements
Relevant degree equivalent qualification and MRICS
Personable and confident with industry contacts
Hands-on high-quality delivery of technical services, demonstrating expertise in dilapidations
Gain client trust with regard to commercial confidentiality be a direct contact for instructions
Demonstrable ability to influence, lead and respond constructively to challenges
Existing building surveying and dilapidations client base with potential to generate new work and introductions
Attain financial targets (2.5 base salary for Directors), and support and manage the performance of others
Engage with the team to win work and deliver profitability