Associate Director

Our client is a major design, engineering and project management consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors and who is looking for multiple experienced professionals to join them on permanent basis. They are looking to appoint an Associate Mechanical Engineer into their Building Services practice, based in their Epsom office.  

You will work closely with bid teams to capture internal and external business opportunities in the above referenced sectors. You’ll have the capability to take a brief, provide a comprehensive Building Services bid response and manage a team to deliver project design services.  

Responsibilities:  

Commercial -  

- Commercially aware and capable of identifying and securing internal and external project opportunities.  

- Takes commercial responsibility for the delivery of the Building Services team engaged on projects.  

- Bidding for project opportunities in compliance with business guidelines.  

- Project Cost Control.  

People -  

- Generates good working relationships with internal and external clients and develops a client relationship management strategy.  

- Takes responsibility for key client management for specific clients.  

- Manages others performance to ensure customers receive a good service.  

- Provides management, motivation, inspiration and leadership for the Building Services team engaged on projects.  

- Undertakes appraisals and personal development plans for selected team members.  

- Good team leader skills in order to grow the business.  

- Recognises and develops talent in others; leads by example.  

- Can identify and nurture talent in others to build a high performing and technically sound team.  

Technical -  

- Assumes full technical responsibility and operational accountability for Building Services team output on projects.  

- Familiar with relevant industry standards and guidelines.  

- Comfortable in communicating and challenging other design team members to arrive at the optimum Building Services design solution.  

- Has an engineering design background and able to fully demonstrate an ability to design and lead Mechanical and Building Services teams.  

- Extensive Mechanical design experience in the construction industry.  

- Able to demonstrate a full understanding of the key Building Services design considerations when working on projects.  

Business Development -  

- Produces and implements discipline tactical marketing plans and ensure monthly business activities are undertaken regularly.  

- Develops marketing material, bid documents etc.  

- Customer focussed and builds, maintains and nurtures a high-profile client base.

- Degree qualified in the Mechanical discipline and Chartered with a relevant institution.  

- Ability to influence senior management and peers within the industry and positively challenge.  

- Experience in either Airports, Commercial or Defence sectors.  

- An astute Mechanical Building Services Engineer of high technical standing.  

- Extensive project experience, necessitating high levels of technical competence.  

- Experience working on a variety of major multi-discipline design projects.  

- Demonstrable leadership and people management skills with the ability to run a team.  

- Good commercial awareness, business management skills and results orientation.  

- Customer focused with a high level of relationship management skills.  

- Confident ability with good communication skills and a professional approach to clients and other employees.  

- Ability to collate information and have a clear and structured approach to report writing.