Associate Director

Associate Director - Manchester

Your new company

An excellent opportunity to join a growing independent M&E consultancy with offices in multiple locations across Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, working on private and public sector projects supporting Health, Education, as well as leading new projects in Net Carbon Zero. The team is small and friendly with ambitions to grow and offer opportunities to progress and advance your career in the future.

Your new role


You will be working alongside a small team based in Manchester. There will be a varied workload of public and private sector projects that will encompass a range of different sectors. You will be an electrically biased associate director joining the Manchester office leadership team. You will be managing the delivery of high-quality electrical services design packages across all stages of the design development process. You will be contributing to the resource management and planning of the business as well as undertaking business development activity. There will be an expectation to represent the company at an executive level and promote the company' core values at stakeholder engagement meetings and local professional networks. The successful candidate will also be supporting the board of directors with the growth and technical development of the regional business. You will use your knowledge to support your peer group and allow more junior colleagues to improve their skill set through collaborative working. You will need to also be able to identify opportunities for further personal development and advancement of your career moving forward with a view of joining the board.

What you'll need to succeed

You will need a degree in Building Services HND/HNC or similar with demonstrable experience of working within a similar or relevant environment at a management level. You will also be chartered with the engineering council or equivalent with full membership to a relevant professional institution and have a genuine passion for the building services environment. You will need to have an understanding of the commercial and technical management of service delivery. In addition, you will have demonstrable people management skills including excellence in communication allowing you to motivate the team and get across the requirements and expectations of the project dealing with challenges as they arise in a professional manner. You will have knowledge and understanding of current and emerging market trends allowing you to input where the company can win projects and keep up a healthy pipeline of work for the future A full UK driving Licence is desired.

What you'll get in return

In return you will be joining a highly ambitious company with opportunities for growth and development in the future. You will be offered a highly competitive salary of up to between £70,000 - £80,000 in addition the company is an employee-owned business and as such you will be included in the bonus scheme with up to £3600 of the bonus being tax free. You will get a competitive holiday allowance and be offered a company matched executive pension scheme, a contemporary working environment where employees are given the technology and flexibility to work where they want to work. You will have Professional Institute fees paid for by the company along with a funded health care plan and winter fuel allowance to help with the cost of living. At an executive level you will also have access to paid city centre car parking. In addition, the company provides professional and continuous learning and development.


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