Associate Director

Posted 6 days 11 hours ago by Linesight

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Not Specified, United Kingdom
Job Description

We would love to hear from you if you:

  • Have strong operational management experience in a dynamic environment
  • Have experience in pre- and post-contract cost management with mission critical projects
  • Have 10+ years' experience in construction with previous cost management experience in the pharma sector
  • Have confidence to head up meetings with clients
  • Have a degree or comparable experience in a cost management or quantity surveying
  • Are chartered and ideally a member of the RICS
  • Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
  • Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun
  • All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

In this role you will:

  • Act as the key account manager in the team, developing client relationships based upon partnership and trust
  • Use your business development skills to engage new clients as well as repeat projects with existing clients
  • Oversee key strategic client projects in both the United States
  • Apply your wealth of cost management experience to achieve all project deliverables within contract performance measures
  • Expertly negotiate contract terms and commercial agreements with external clients and contractors
  • Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership
  • Lead your team to deliver impeccable quality and client value

About Linesight

Since 1974, we've been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We're a business on a journey - an agile business that is proud to be different. We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.

Our approach to DE&I

At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.

As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.

About Planning and Scheduling

Integrated and reliable construction planning, scheduling and project controls expertise are specialized management skills that support the effective use of funds, and provides a project execution roadmap of meaningful progress and realistic forecasts against a baseline. Our expert teams offer critical insights to our clients, to ensure predictability of outcome, timely and informed decision-making, and that the correct processes, tools and reporting are implemented effectively. We have a range of exciting opportunities around the world for professionals in these areas, to further develop their skillset and expertise, and to elevate their career to the next level.