Business Group Leader- Building Engineering

GHD; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services leader in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Business Group Leader for their Building Engineering Group. This role involves leading technical teams, managing performance, and driving business development to enhance market presence. The ideal candidate has an Engineering degree, strong project delivery experience, and exceptional leadership and communication skills. This position offers a full-time employment opportunity within a renowned consultancy, along with a chance to lead a passionate team and promote safety and innovation.

Qualifications

• Solid relevant industry and consulting experience in Property & Buildings / Building Engineering.
• Commercially astute with strong project delivery experience.
• Comfortable with mentoring and technical supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive a safety culture throughout the business.
• Lead manage and grow our Building Engineering Group.
• Develop and achieve business objectives aligned with GHD’s strategy.
• Build a strong business development and winning work culture.

Skills

Engaging and motivating people skills

Strategic problem-solving capabilities

Project delivery experience

High level market awareness

Strong communication skills

Education

Relevant Engineering degree

Job description

Description

Join a global professional services leader. We are committed to solving the worlds biggest challenges in the areas of water energy and urbanization.

If you are a high achieving professional looking to take the next step and create your place in the industry then this challenging role provides opportunities in leadership project management business development and mentoring.

Our ideal candidate for this role will be a skilled and experienced leader with an ability to balance oversight of the technical delivery of a variety of Building Engineering projects with the operational requirements associated with running a well-established successful team within a large organization. Disciplines falling within this group include Structures Facades MEP and other building services and specialisms such as sustainability. This is an expanding group covering a broad scope of building engineering services for our clients and requires a Business Group Leader that can effectively leverage their own extensive industry experience along with the delivery teams skills and capabilities to deliver a technically strong and commercially competitive offering to our clients.

You will have strong industry connections and be able to develop and grow GHDs presence and market share in Building Engineering. You must have a commitment to further enhancing strong technical authority with a client-led mindset.

This role will be closely supported by Senior Technical Directors for specific groupings of disciplines that will work alongside the BGL with a strong technical and delivery focus providing additional leadership. The BGL and Senior Technical Directors will work in collaboration to achieve delivery excellence team development and to define resourcing requirements.

Working with our multi-disciplinary leadership group and broader internal network this pivotal position is your opportunity to lead a passionate technically renowned team within a global consultancy and will see you :

Responsibilities

• Drive a safety culture throughout the business and across our projects.
• Lead manage and grow our Building Engineering Group
• Manage Business Group performance people and resources.
• Develop and achieve our business plan objectives and targets aligned with GHDs Make It Real strategy.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with government and private sector clients and across GHD.
• Build a strong business development and winning work culture with effective positioning and pursuit of large and strategic opportunities and expanding GHDs presence and market share.
• Lead the commercial direction on significant projects identifying and creating business opportunities and effectively managing risks.
• Be accountable for macro level performance of the business group reporting to the Operations Manager on KPIs including but not limited to Working Capital Days Utilization FTEs Backlog Variances and Profitability.
• Develop and in collaboration with the Senior Technical Directors mentor a talented team of engineers and technical specialists.

What would you bring to the team

• Engaging and motivating people skills backed by strategic problem-solving capabilities.
• A relevant Engineering degree supported by solid relevant industry and consulting experience in Property & Buildings / Building Engineering.
• Commercially astute with strong project delivery experience including providing support to Project Directors and Project Managers to deliver outstanding client experiences coupled with both technical and commercial performance on projects.
• Passionately innovative with a drive to continuously evolve the way we work to deliver successful outcomes for our clients.
• High level market awareness and business development skills with a strong focus on client engagement and ideally a well-established network of relationships across potential clients in the UAE.
• You are a hardworking supportive and motivating leader able to get the best out of their team and comfortable with mentoring and technical supervisory responsibilities.
• Strong communication and people management skills.

Key Skills

• Feed
• Invoicing
• Actuarial
• Communication
• Industrial Sales

Employment Type : Full Time

Department / Functional Area : Engineering

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1