Associate Director - Project Management

Our client is a world-leading design, engineering, and project management organization. They are looking looking for an Associate Director to join their project & programme management team in Edinburgh, Aberdeen or Glasgow.  

Responsibilities:  

- Lead the management and execution of construction projects through the whole project life cycle, utilising best practice methodology.  

- Establish and build positive and collaborative relationships with all project stakeholders in accordance with the client's values.  

- Act as lead Client interface in providing service delivery, demonstrating your role as a key stakeholder, account lead and first point of contact.  

- Responsibility for the commercial success of projects placed under your control, including the effective and efficient management of project accounts, governance, and resource requirements.  

- Ensuring service delivery compliance with the client's policies, toolkits, and standards.  

- Line management responsibility within the team managing workload whilst providing guidance, leadership, and technical expertise to your reports.  

- Act as a mentor and coordinate and support the development activities of junior team members.  

- Work with regional and UK sector and account leads to drive the development of new business opportunities in line with business strategy whilst optimising market opportunities for new or repeat business.  

- Lead the preparation of fee proposals and bid submissions.  

- Lead large scale, complex projects from inception to completion with minimal support from senior colleagues.  

- Have an up-to-date 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.  

- Applying the fundamentals of quality assurance and environmental management in compliance with the organisation's Policies.  

- Developing your understanding of the organisation's Policy and arrangements for managing your own personal safety while at work.  

- Consciously monitoring how you interact with others, in accordance with the organisation's values.

- Degree qualification (or equivalent) in a construction related discipline.  

- A professional member of a recognised professional institution (MRICS, MAPM or equivalent).  

- A positive, collaborative, and innovative approach able to work on your own initiative.  

- Effective leadership of project management services in a Client facing role.  

- Experience of building positive Client relationships and business networks.  

- Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams & delivering successful projects through a recognised project management methodology.  

- Sound technical project management knowledge demonstrating established experience and aptitude.  

- Experience of administering standard UK building contracts (NEC and JCT forms) and ability to advise on appropriate procurement routes.  

- Effective review of contracts documents including familiarity with contractual obligations, breaches, and remedies.  

- Thorough understanding of Health & Safety and Environmental legislation relevant to the UK construction industry.  

- Committed to ongoing personal development.  

- A valid UK driving licence.  

Key Attributes:  

- A highly motivated and collaborative Project Management Practitioner experienced in delivering best practice Project Management methodology on larger and more complex projects.  

- Recent Client facing Project Management consultancy experience within the Development, Commercial Property or Public sectors is highly desirable.  

- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to proactively lead multi-disciplinary project teams.  

- Recent experience acting in an NEC Project Manager role essential.  

- The ability to articulate construction industry knowledge and technical excellence to Clients and colleagues.  

- A keen desire to proactively lead and develop Client relationships and accounts.