Associate Director - Building Services

We invite you to bring your expertise as a Building Services Associate Director to join our Building Services team based in Birmingham. We are looking for an inspirational leader to help grow our Building Services team in Birmingham over the coming years with the support of the wider ‘London, Cambridge and Birmingham’ regional leadership team.

Inviting bright minds

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies and people around the world.

About the role

Ramboll has a long established presence in Birmingham and ambitious growth plans in the UK. Growing our Building Services team in Birmingham and positioning ourselves as a ‘go to’ Building Services consultancy in the local market is central to those plans.

Joining the established regional ‘London, Cambridge and Birmingham’ Building Services team, you will be supported by a wider management team to support with team growth, development and management, financial performance, client relationships and business development.

Ramboll’s strategy to be the ‘Partner for Sustainable Change’ is fundamental to our continued evolution. Ramboll are commissioned to design extraordinary, exciting, iconic projects. Our projects are at the heart of everything we do and as an Associate Director you will have the experience and skills to lead these projects with technical excellence, to our client’s satisfaction whilst ensuring they are commercially profitable. Proven experience of successful project delivery, of both building services projects and multidisciplinary projects, is crucial.

You will join our Building Services Department

Our Building Services team has a strong in-depth focus on digitally enabled technical delivery, low/NZC building design and an excellent understanding of client care. We offer a supporting and collaborative culture and environment, in which you can develop and grow in your role.

Main Role Responsibilities

• To support, develop and grow our existing team of Building Services Engineers in Birmingham including attracting talented recruits to grow a skilled, diverse, efficient, and highly regarded Building Services team
• To further raise the profile and reputation of Ramboll’s building services offering in Birmingham. Candidates will be expected to market our offering extensively via networking, business to business meetings, seminars, thought leadership and general business development.
• To lead and deliver Building Services projects of scale, including having excellent project management skills and a proven track record of successful project delivery, taking on full technical and commercial project leadership responsibilities internally and externally.
• Technical excellence. The successful candidate will have proven excellent engineering skills and abilities and is expected to demonstrate a full appreciation and delivery of low energy, sustainable building services design.
• To implement our strategy - The ‘Partner for Sustainable Change’.
• To contribute to develop and promote Ramboll’s multi-discipline capability in the local market.
• Liaise and interact with other UK Building Services teams to optimise workload and capacity.

Your starting point for constant growth

From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) and Chartered Engineer, having a proven and demonstrable track record in your discipline
• In-depth knowledge of the Birmingham market.
• Previous experience with leading and delivering major projects.
• Forward thinking and enthusiastic about digital design innovation and ‘smart design’ in increasingly digitalized construction arena.
• A notable/growing profile and reputation as a highly regarded and trusted Building Services leader.
• Solid client facing skills, experienced at presenting to clients, preparing and negotiating proposals, and procuring project resources.
• Aware of the importance of the strategic and focused business development required by the team and be able to demonstrate an aptitude to undertake leadership in this role.
• Be comfortable in communicating our Business Plan, Mission and key priorities.
• Ability to motivate and develop multidisciplinary professional teams.
• Demonstration of aptitude for team leadership and ambition for senior leadership career progression.
• Effective English oral and written communication skills.

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• You are client focussed
• You demonstrate good attention to details and show pride in the work you produce
• You are able to motivate and inspire confidence both in your peers and clients

Welcome to our Buildings division

As one of the top 10 building designers in the world, Ramboll works on more than 10,000 building projects each year. 4,000 experts across the world specialise in creating more innovative, sustainable and liveable buildings. We place particular emphasis on our liveable buildings concept where we balance the cultural, social and physical values of buildings, to improve the quality of life for building users.

Ramboll in the United Kingdom

Ramboll is ranked a Top 10 consultant in the UK and has 1,700 bright minds working across 17 offices to apply their passion to deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health and Energy. We love seeing our talents develop and succeed and you will have opportunities to work on challenging and inspiring projects within an environment that is friendly, open and supportive.