Director of London Building Surveying

* Director of London Building Surveying
- London based hybrid working
- Competitive salary and package on offer
Director of London Building Surveying
London based hybrid working
Competitive salary and package on offer
Company Overview
Our client is a well-respected, independent, global, multi disciplinary, building consultancy. As an organisation they are owner managed and are achieving year on year organic growth targets. They are proud to deliver award-winning projects around the world.
They help businesses and investors achieve the best value from their assets by providing advice that's reassuringly free from conflict of interest. With over 130 years' experience, their impartial intelligence is key to helping their clients realise their projectson budget, on time and to an exceptional quality.
They currently require a Director of Building Surveying to lead their London Building Surveying division at their office in London. The role reports directly to the Business Unit Director, and has a team of Associate, Senior and Junior Surveyors to assist withdelivery.
The work streams are varied and include both the professional services and project management. Clients range from TDD for large investment banks through to the contract admin on public sector frameworks.
The business views London Building Surveying as a key growth area and are investing heavily into attracting new people to grow the business over the next 3 years.
The Role
The Director of Building Surveying role will hold responsibility for London and the South, assisting with setting and delivering the divisional business strategy and overall company objectives. Main duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Support with the production and delivering of the divisional business plan, including networking and marketing activity to deliver in line with that plan
- To provide support and assistance in all professional work and client management including bid proposals, instructions and internal project monitoring, whilst working in collaboration with other staff
- To provide management of the Building Surveying function in London managing quality, workload planning and financial management of teams
- To provide financial management of the London part of the division including reporting, updating and maintenance of fee forecasts to ensure targets are met as per agreed timescales and processes
- Attend and actively contribute to Divisional Executive meetings. Direct, attend and participate in staff meetings and related activities as necessary
- To undertake contract management and/or monitoring work as appropriate opportunities arise
- To pursue business generation opportunities to introduce new work from either new or existing clients and build the London team in line with business plan
- Update and maintain Business Development processes including opportunities tracker and marketing plan
- Recruitment to support business plan/company objectives
As a Director of Building Surveying you will have a considerable amount of Building Surveying experience at a senior level and hold professional qualifications and memberships.
- Hold full membership of RICS or equivalent
- A range of building surveying experience covering all aspects of the work at senior level
- Strategy development and implementation
- Experience in a range of sectors
- Strong relationship management and interpersonal skills coupled with excellent communication, influencing and negotiating skills
- Change management
- Multiple Project/Service activity management
- Experience of using various standard contract forms and procurement routes
- Experience of managing budgets and delivering on time to cost and quality
As a gold standard investor in people employer, our client recognises the importance of work/life balance and are committed to agreeing working arrangements to suit each individual.
You will join the business with a clear view of what the next promotion will look like and what you need to do to get there. The timescale is down to you being able to show that you are at the next level, not on time served basis. They recognise the skillsand future potential of their team more than any other firm we have worked with and as a result pay above average for their team even in this market.
The company operate in an open fashion with no silo mentality, coupled with the planned growth there are genuine career opportunities for the right individual. This is a great opportunity to join a growing business with an exciting pipeline of work.