Associate Director - Building Surveying

Strategic Leadership & Project Delivery Manchester

Are you a Senior / Associate Director at a global firm who is ready to exchange corporate bureaucracy, chasing fee sheet targets, handing over clients when you've barely got to know them for genuine cradle to grave' commercial influence on your own terms?

This is a rare opportunity to step out of a rigid "Big 4" structure and into a leadership role where professional excellence is measured by project success, not a personal fee sheet.

My client operates a high-autonomy model that uniquely prioritises end-to-end project ownership over personal billing targets, liberating you to focus entirely on leading 20M+ high-spec redevelopments from acquisition to final fit-out. For a technical heavyweight with the ambition to eventually head up and build out a regional service line, this is the challenge of a lifetime-the chance to join an award-winning team where you aren't just managing a process, you are leading the journey.

The Opportunity This is a high-autonomy role for an ambitious leader who wants to move beyond "traditional" surveying. Our client is a fast-paced, award-winning consultancy that manages high-end assets for prestigious private equity investors predominately in the Commercial office space sector, which is thriving in Manchester.

The Role

• Strategic Growth: Play an influential part in business strategy and the long-term management of major client accounts.

• Client Management: Act as a trusted advisor to corporate occupiers, SMEs, private equity investors and landlords. Hold your clients hands and walk them through the entire process, whilst developing and maintaining key relationships that this consultancy is renowned for in-terms of aftercare, and thus excellent customer retention.

• Future Leadership: A genuine opportunity exists for the right candidate to eventually head up and build out a dedicated office in the Warrington / Cheshire region.

• Technical Authority: Act as the "technical heavyweight" on complex 20M+ refurbishment schemes and professional instructions. Manage full project life-cycles including feasibility, design coordination, specification writing,procurement, contract oversight and successful delivery.

• Team Development: Mentor the next generation of surveyors, ensuring high professional standards across the team.

The Benefits

• Performance-Led Bonus: Be part of a highly successful discretionary bonus scheme that rewards both technical excellence and business contribution.

• Autonomy: High degree of involvement in strategic decision-making-no rigid corporate red tape.

• Modern Workspace: Work from a state-of-the-art office in Manchester with free daily breakfast and gym membership.

The Candidate

• Experience: Significant post-qualification experience (MRICS) within a commercial consultancy.

• Skillset: Deep knowledge of the JCT suite of contracts and the Law of Dilapidation's.

• Mindset: You must be technically excellent-this is a role for a doer who can lead projects from the front, and simultaneously seek to inspire those around you by working in an extremely collaborative manner.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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