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 invites you to lead as a Building Services Director, focusing on building performance and optimization. In this pivotal role, you'll drive innovative solutions that enhance energy efficiency and sustainability in building projects. Join a supportive and collaborative environment where your expertise will shape the future of building performance. With a focus on client engagement and business development, you'll help clients navigate the complexities of achieving Net Zero operations. This is a unique opportunity to influence the direction of a dynamic team while contributing to meaningful projects that leave a positive impact on society.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Flexible working arrangements

Health and wellness programs

Qualifications

• Proven track record in leading major projects in building performance.
• In-depth knowledge of sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a UK centre of excellence for Building Performance.
• Engage with clients to fulfill strategic building performance goals.

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

Building performance software

Job description

Director - UK Building Performance Leader

We invite you to bring your expertise as a Building Services Director to guide and develop the 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, Digital Transformation, and Digital. 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 supportive 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. Rounded capability able to advise on engineering implications for buildings.
6. Opportunity to grow/influence direction of business through research activity, portfolio decarbonisation and retrofit design.
7. Regular engagement with Building Services Leadership Team to assist in the delivery of Partner for Sustainable Change strategy.
8. Provide internal thought leadership and training on building performance and optimisation to increase the awareness, skill, and capability of our MEP engineering teams. To develop and support a growing team of Building Services Engineers.
9. To help us to continue to implement our strategy - The ‘Partner for Sustainable Change’.
10. To contribute to developing and promoting Ramboll’s multi-discipline capability.
11. To win and deliver projects profitably and to the satisfaction of our clients.
12. To attract talented recruits to grow a skilled, diverse, efficient, and highly regarded Building Performance team.
13. Liaise and interact with other UK Building Services teams to optimise workload and capacity.

Role Primary Focus:

1. Increase Ramboll profile, help secure work relating to building performance.
2. Business development within Ramboll Markets and generating through B2B with Clients.
3. Contribute to Ramboll’s global strategy in transforming our core services into an ‘innovation, digital and tech-enabled consultancy’.
4. Develop close relationships with the Building Physics, Digital, and MEP regional leads, as well as other divisions/and teams globally to promote Ramboll in the market.
5. Mentor and foster team skills growth to deliver building performance/optimisation.
6. Work closely with our Key Client/Account Managers with a focus on securing business.

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 an increasingly digitalized construction arena.
5. General knowledge of MEP Design with demonstrable appreciation of sustainable design.
6. A notable/growing profile and reputation as a highly regarded and trusted Building Performance leader.
7. Solid client-facing skills, experienced at presenting to clients, preparing and negotiating proposals, and procuring project resources.
8. Proven ability to win business for the company. Understands the marketplace, the growth sectors, and busy clients. Has knowledge of pipeline opportunities and the ability to support Ramboll to win.
9. 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.
10. Be comfortable in communicating our Business Plan, Mission, and key priorities.
11. Ability to motivate and develop multidisciplinary professional teams.
12. Demonstration of aptitude for team leadership and ambition for senior leadership career progression.
13. Effective English oral and written communication skills.

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

1. You are client-focused and have a track record of winning and delivering projects with key clients.
2. Confident and commercially adept to tackle project challenges and have difficult negotiations.
3. You demonstrate good attention to details and show pride in the work you produce.
4. 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 1,500 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.