Associate Director – Facade

AKT II’s outstanding reputation, stability and growth has attracted the very best professionals with the promise of progressing and expanding their careers. This continued growth has led to the expansion of the company from London into key geographies across the globe: Cambridge, Manchester and Bristol in the UK, as well as Copenhagen and Toronto internationally.

We are currently looking for a highly motivated Chartered Facade Engineer to assist in the management of large teams/projects within the Facade engineering group at Associate Director level, reporting to a Studio Director. You will have experience of undertaking the design and project management of complex UK and International engineering projects. You will have been working on large scale projects and possess a strong awareness of the Construction industry in the UK and International markets. You will also have strong experience as a project engineer responsible for management of the design phase including financial management and control of the design process with experience of managing a team being desirable. You should have the commercial acumen to assist in key project decisions. A seasoned Engineer you will have gained a minimum of 8 or more years in the industry and be acquainted with the industry scene in terms of contacts with Developers, Contractors and Architects. The primary focus will be on candidates who can demonstrate a strong track record of successful project delivery, technical expertise, and leadership abilities.

Role responsibilities

• Managing large scale projects effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to manage a team and effectively plan resource.
• Exercising financial control over projects and assisting in assessing fees/additional fee opportunities.
• Acting as a key client interface at a technical project level.
• Attendance at Design Team meetings with Clients, other design collaborators and communicate design ideas through sketches, models and presentations.
• Ability to develop designs from early concept stage through to final construction issue information.
• Provide holistic design solutions to Clients and understand value engineering, providing necessary support within the remits of AKT II’s Services.
• Interface with wider businesses within the Group to ensure submissions maximise potential opportunities to offer full delivery of available Services.
• With the support of the Management Director, evaluate project challenges faced by the business and take action to mitigate risks and develop opportunities.
• Participate in forums to assist in the development of new ideas/innovation to promote and improve the company design reputation.
• Promoting and developing multi-disciplinary working to maximise opportunity.
• Overall Project Management including program and resource monitoring, quality control, technical management and delivery.
• Reporting on a regular basis to the Senior Management team, ensuring accurate and timely reports of key project deliverables.
• Complete performance reviews, manage attendance, holidays and any staff wellbeing issues as appropriate with the support of HR.
• Assist in the drafting of invoicing forecasts for projects with the support of Management Directors.
• Ensure strong team communication to facilitate exchanges of information and knowledge across the wider practice.
• Comply with responsibilities as defined in the Group’s Health, Safety.