Associate Director - London, United Kingdom - Faithful+Gould

Faithful+Gould
Faithful+Gould
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is an international company with great strength and a culture of progression and diversity.

Placing a strong emphasis on the training, development and assessment of our staff, we're dedicated to providing cutting-edge expertise.


At Faithful+Gould, we believe that, in today's global market, diverse groups make better decisions and that better decisions lead to better business results.

We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment, where world-class talent knows no distinctions and is empowered to realize their full potential as important members of our team.


  • Draw upon a proven track record to lead projects for or on behalf of local or national developers, RP's or local authorities.
  • Continually strive to improve the business value proposition and develop knowledge and expertise within the team.
  • Help to develop new business opportunities, with the assistance of senior colleagues whilst deepening key client understanding and relationships.

Responsibilities:


Reporting into a residential sector Regional Director and being a member of the regional residential team, you will be responsible for helping to grow the existing team and building long term, sustainable team relationships with our most important clients.


You are expected to have:

Project leadership:


  • Leadership skills necessary to direct and manage the project team having responsibility, under minimum supervision, delivering projects, including pre and post project stages.
  • Be the ambassador for Faithful+Gould, your profession and the professional institution to which you belong.
  • Providing guidance and technical advice to different stakeholders, including effectively chairing meetings.
  • Clear understanding of and competence in project commercial accountability.

Technical Understanding:


  • Actively broaden your experience and expertise in line with the core expertise.
  • Have an uptodate and developing knowledge of legal and technical matters relevant to the work you do, and the law of the region or country in which you practise.
  • Have an up to date and developing knowledge of a range of building contract forms including JCT and NEC.
  • Participating in relevant internal/external training initiatives.
  • Managing the client relationship and service delivery.
  • Ability to team build.
  • Growing and actively participating in a sectorfocussed team.
  • Expressly, an appropriate amount of highquality experience required in the residential sector, having worked on all aspects of quantity surveying/cost management roles in this sector.
  • Effective and efficient in the preparation of feasibility and precontract estimates.
  • Effective and efficient transition of precontract through to post contract advice.
  • Productive supervision of support team including adequate planning, monitoring and control.
  • Client interface level of responsibility on a project basis in conjunction with senior grades.
  • Effective and efficient knowledge of a range of project procurement options
  • Ability to work with the minimum of supervision and on own initiative in a client facing role.
  • Ability to advise clients on strategic matters, key cost drivers, project costs and added value.
  • Knowledge and understanding of overall construction costs.
  • Experienced in client, consultant and contractor facing roles and working as a member of a busy team. Used to working to tight and everchanging deadlines.
  • Understanding of the London residential property market would be considered advantageous.
  • Internal commercial management of projects.

Deliver:


  • Full quantity surveying and cost management duties.
  • Provision of pre contract feasibility and viability advice.
  • To provide high quality cost advice on complex, urban, residential led regeneration developments.
  • Increase our share of the client's spend.
  • Build client relationships and harness opportunities for cross selling our full spectrum of services & locations.
  • Managing interfaces with design and construction teams.
  • Guidance, care and mentoring of supporting staff, upskilling others and providing career growth opportunity.
  • Drive high levels of client satisfaction.
  • Delivery projects to satisfaction of our clients on programme within the agreed cost and quality parameters.

Attributes:


  • Proven track record to manage projects for or on behalf of local or national clients.
  • Chartered with RICS, CIOB, ICE, RIBA or similar.
  • Assist in business development and/or account management activities.
  • Participate in marketing and thought leadership campaigns.

Training:

You should possess a willingness to continue to develop your career through our structured training programme.


Faithful+Gould develops individuals through a portfolio of training and development courses designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents.

We provide a structured training scheme and endorse Continuous Professiona
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