Office Director

About the role

The Office Director provides strategic leadership and oversees all office operations, delivering cost management, building surveying, project management, and advisory services across a diverse portfolio of projects. This role is responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality service that aligns with and advances client objectives.

Responsibilities

• Identify individual key target clients and contacts for incorporation within business plan
• Build customer relationships to ensure high standards of technical service, secure repeat business and develop profitable workload
• Identify opportunities with existing clients and contacts and follow-up with Principal or President
• Identify opportunities with existing clients to cross sell other services of Rider Levett Bucknall
• Contribute to monthly team meetings and business development activity
• Share marketing information with other regions within Company
• Prepare proposals and fee submissions
• Preparation and delivery of presentations
• Maintain individual project profiles
• Attend external functions to raise the profile of Rider Levett Bucknall and to generate new contacts
• Responsible for all aspects of the delivery of projects from feasibility to handover and maintenance
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication
• Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes
• Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum Education (or substitute experience) required: 4-year college degree in quantity surveying, construction management, architecture or engineering science
• Minimum Experience required: 5-10 years’ relevant experience of management of staff including project professionals and/or technicians, managing major projects including development of project scope, goals, work plans, timeliness and implantation strategies, developing measurement processes/methods for assessing progress toward goals and project outcomes. Prior experience with developing and monitoring contracts required
• Skills Required: Expert in quantity surveying, cost management, or project management, including planning, development, implementation and evaluation of large, complex projects. Good communication skills required