Director of Building Surveying – London

Overview

In this role you will lead the Building Surveying offer nationwide and drive growth for the London and South-East teams. You will leverage a healthcare/commercial client base to implement a business development strategy, with marketing support and team leadership to scale the service. You’ll actively manage commissions, client relations and financials while shaping the building surveying service offering. This is a senior opportunity within an expanding team, offering significant career progression and impact on strategy and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nationwide Building Surveying offer and contribute to growth strategy
• Drive business development for healthcare and/or commercial sectors in London and the South-East
• Manage and execute commissions across various instruction types
• Oversee financial management and client relationship management at director level
• Grow and lead a team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment
• Contribute to development of the building surveying service offering
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and marketing to support business development initiatives

Key requirements

• BSc in building surveying or equivalent
• MRICS
• minimum 15 years of technical delivery experience in a construction consultancy
• IT skills: AutoCAD, NBS, MS Project, Outlook, Word, Excel
• significant experience in a similar role
• knowledge of local and national marketplace
• good technical writing, client-facing and communication skills
• well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, team player with a can-do attitude
• ability to win work and deliver business growth
• outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible

• team player
• can-do attitude
• outgoing
• AutoCAD
• NBS
• MS Project

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