Associate Director - Building Surveying

Fulkers Bailey Russell; West Malling; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday including bank

Birthday holiday

Private health cover

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme

Cycle-to-work

Annual discretionary bonus

Employee Assistance Program

Wellbeing app

Career development & chartership

Job summary

Fulkers Bailey Russell is seeking an Associate Director to lead delivery teams, manage client relationships and drive project profitability on multi-disciplinary schemes. Reporting to the Client Director, you will mentor teams and guide development while upholding quality and safety standards.

You will champion the firm’s culture, contribute to business planning, and deliver high-value outcomes for clients, with a focus on growth and continuous improvement within a B Corp aligned consultancy.

Qualifications

• Experience within the construction industry, managing key client relationships and complex projects.
• Fully Chartered Accreditation or with significant experience within relevant discipline
• Leading, managing & coaching multi-disciplinary project teams
• Financial awareness and demonstrated success of delivering financial and commercial targets for construction projects, resource planning, management and profit
• Previous successful delivery of client projects involving resourcing, performance and completion

Responsibilities

• Input to pipeline and future opportunities for business planning.
• Collaborate with clients to deliver solutions profitably, following client care guidelines.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams, allocate resources, optimise utilisation for profitability.
• Establish yourself as an expert and share knowledge to support leadership with new opportunities.
• Coach and develop reporting staff to drive development paths and learning.
• Ensure quality assurance and compliance to maintain standards and legal obligations.
• Track day-to-day projects and financial metrics to drive profitability across teams and portfolios.
• Maintain health and safety standards in line with company procedures.
• Contribute to improving social and environmental impact.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Chartered accreditation

Client relationship mgmt

Leadership coaching

Profitability focus

Education

Chartered Accreditation

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Project

Job description

Why Fulkers Bailey Russell?

At Fulkers Bailey Russell, we’re not just about delivering projects — we’re a construction consultancy that is focused on making a positive impact. We deliver exceptional consultancy services, championing sustainability and most importantly, empowering and prioritising our people.

As a proud B Corp, we’re committed to high standards of social and environmental performance and making the journey smooth and successful for our clients. We’re big enough to lead complex, high‑profile projects, yet small enough to genuinely support and care for our employees – our 'Fulkers people'.

What does the role involve?

Our Associate Directors lead the delivery teams of the business. They are our leaders of project execution, resource utilisation and project profitability to deliver continued success and growth for Fulkers and our clients. They champion our culture, creating a high-performance environment for our Fulkers People, allowing them to grow with us on our journey.

Reporting into the Client Director, you will lead and manage multi-disciplinary teams to deliver on day-to-day projects and meet the needs of our clients’. You will coach, mentor and guide the people in your delivery teams and support them on their own career and personal development journeys, giving them the opportunities to achieve their potential along the way.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Client Director and wider leadership team, inputting to the pipeline and future opportunities for business planning
• Collaborate with your clients to deliver agreed solutions/projects profitably, following our client care guidelines to maintain the Fulkers standards and deliver total customer satisfaction
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams, allocating resource, and optimising utilisation to deliver successful client outcomes/projects profitably. You will balance activity to optimise client service and maintain employee satisfaction
• Establish yourself as an expert in your field to be recognised internally. You will share your knowledge willingly and proactively to assist leadership with new business opportunities when required
• Manage performance and development of all reporting staff, working with internal professional communities to drive suitable development plans and learning pathways for the organisation
• Hold responsibility for adherence to, and compliance of quality assurance and controls of your work, and your colleagues work at Associate Director level and below, where necessary, to maintain legal obligations and ensure standards of work are maintained
• Track and deliver on day-to-day projects, financial and commercial metrics and measurements to drive profitability and efficiency across your entire team, client and project portfolio
• Always take personal responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and others by working within company H&S procedures
• Endeavour to improve our social and environmental impact
• Any other duties as reasonably required

• Experience within the construction industry, managing key client relationships and complex projects
• Fully Chartered Accreditation or with significant experience within relevant discipline
• Leading, managing & coaching multi-disciplinary project teams
• Financial awareness and demonstrated success of delivering financial and commercial targets for construction projects, resource planning, management and profit
• Previous successful delivery of client projects involving resourcing, performance and completion
• Significant experience within a relevant discipline

Joining Fulkers means more than just joining a great team — it’s an exciting journey filled with rewarding benefits!

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), plus an extra paid day off for your birthday and Christmas shutdown
• Option to buy or carry over up to 5 additional holiday days annually
• Private health cover from day one
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and charitable volunteer leave
• Agile working policy
• Annual discretionary bonus and salary review
• Company pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Access to a wellbeing app and online learning platform
• Career development, chartership support and training opportunities
• Internal recruitment referral bonus scheme

Fulkers Bailey Russell is now a Certified B Corporation, meeting high standards of social and environmental performance. We're dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace - diversity in our team leads to creativity, innovation, and better business outcomes, and we promote equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. Join us and be part of a team that values and celebrates diversity.

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