Associate Director

7 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Mace Full time

**The company**

For more than 28 years our adventurous spirit has driven us to do things better and drive change through our industry. We have helped shape cities around the world. Mace is now a £2.35bn company, operating in 21 sectors from five global hubs across consultancy and construction, inspiring each other and our clients to innovate.

Four simple values guide our behaviour in our pursuit of a better way:

- Safety first - going home safe and well
- Client focus - deliver on our promise
- Create opportunity - for our people to excel
- Integrity - always doing the right thing

We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most complex and inspiring projects around the world.

**The role - Associate Director - Highways**

**Typical duties will include**:

- Leading the delivery of our services to our clients
- Supporting the growth of the business
- Managing, estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan.
- Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
- Being a key interface with client, stakeholders and other consultants at all project stages.
- Handling of contractual frameworks and standard form of contract.
- Identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve cost management procedures, templates, products and hence improve the services provided to the clients.
- Identifying and acting upon ways to improve internal systems and processes.

**Your knowledge, experience and skills need to include**:

- Demonstrable leadership capability
- Previous experience in a cost consultancy practice in a similar role.
- Previous experience working with highways projects / frameworks
- Cost planning, budgeting and estimating experience.
- Previous experience of managing people and risk management.
- Sound knowledge and ability to undertake and advise on Contract Administration
- Knowledge of value engineering and life cycle costing.
- Strong understanding of industry best practice.
- Understanding of hot topic issues such as Sustainability, Social Value, Carbon Reduction impacting Public Sector
- Capex V Opex Cost Analysis/ advice

**Qualifications**
- A degree in quantity surveying/cost management or equivalent.
- Professional membership i.e. MRICS/RICS (Desirable)


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