Director - UK Building Performance Leader

Ramboll Group A/S; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a visionary Building Services Director to lead their Building Performance team. This role offers the opportunity to influence sustainable building practices and client relationships while fostering a collaborative environment. You will be at the forefront of driving energy efficiency and technological integration in building projects, helping clients achieve their sustainability targets. Join a global leader in the building design sector, where your expertise will shape the future of building performance and make a lasting impact on communities and the environment. This is a chance to grow your career in a supportive and innovative atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in building performance and optimisation.
• Experience in leading and delivering major projects in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead the UK centre of excellence for Building Performance/Optimisation.
• Develop new workstreams/services to meet client needs.

Skills

Sustainability targets

Carbon management

Regenerative design

BMS analytics

Data capture

Data manipulation

Post occupation evaluation

SMART building technologies

Client facing skills

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Data analytics tools

Digital design software

Job description

Director - UK Building Performance Leader

We invite you to bring your expertise as a Building Services Director to guide and develop our strategic development of our Building Performance team. We are looking for an inspirational leader to build new relationships with clients while inspiring and growing the team over the coming years.

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

The UK market for building performance and optimisation is experiencing rapid growth, driven by the increasing emphasis on energy efficiency, sustainability, and technological integration and data in building projects. The introduction of NABERS UK and the recent UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard are prompting clients to seek support for HVAC optimisation and retro-commissioning of their buildings.

We also recognise our clients need to hone the performance of their existing buildings to reduce operational carbon, reduce energy expenditure, and improve the working environment for their building occupiers.

The role will develop a targeted consultancy offer by leveraging our established technical teams such as Building Physics, Building Services, Sustainability, Innovation and Digital Transformation. Additionally, this role will collaborate with our global Spearheads to create new workstreams and services to meet the evolving needs of our many clients in a rapidly changing environment.

As our new Director, you will possess extensive knowledge of sustainability targets, carbon management, regenerative design, low/NZC building design, BMS analytics, data capture, data manipulation, post occupation evaluation/soft landing, SMART building technologies and commissioning. These skills will accelerate the impact of the Building Performance strategy within Ramboll but more importantly to our clients.

We offer a supporting and collaborative culture and environment, in which you can develop and grow in your role.

You will join our Building Services department

As our new Director, you will help guide and manage a growing dynamic team.

Main Role Responsibilities

1. Lead and grow a UK centre of excellence for Building Performance/Optimisation. As a UK role, travel will be required to service projects/clients as needed.
2. Client facing role, helping clients understand, define and fulfil strategic building performance towards Net Zero operation, UKNZCBS, NABERS and broader client ESG drivers.
3. Work with and support wider Building Services/Markets developing specialist analytics for building optimisation. Role will focus on developing new workstreams/services in support of this.
4. Work with our Data Science centre of excellence to build coherent data platforms that unlock new categories of services.
5. Provide internal thought leadership and training on building performance and optimisation to increase the awareness, skill and capability of our MEP engineering teams.
6. Help us to continue to implement our strategy - The ‘Partner for Sustainable Change’.
7. Win and deliver projects profitably and to the satisfaction of our clients.
8. Attract talented recruits to grow a skilled, diverse, efficient and highly regarded Building Performance team.
9. 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:

1. Bachelors/Master’s degree and Chartered Engineer, having a proven and demonstrable track record in your discipline.
2. In-depth knowledge of the Building Performance market.
3. Previous experience with leading and delivering major projects in the industry.
4. Forward thinking with regard to data capture, data analytics, digital design innovation and ‘smart design’ in increasingly digitalized construction arena.
5. General knowledge of MEP Design with demonstrable appreciation of sustainable design.
6. Solid client facing skills, experienced at presenting to clients, preparing and negotiating proposals, and procuring project resources.
7. Proven ability to win business for the company. Understands the marketplace, the growth sectors and busy clients.
8. 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.
9. Effective English oral and written communication skills.

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 1,500 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.