Associate Director - Building Surveying

Register your interest in opportunities at Fulkers - we are looking ahead to 2026/2027 and would love to hear from you if you’d like to be kept informed of upcoming opportunities at Fulkers across London and the South East. Work across an exciting range of dynamic projects on a varied range of sectors, including healthcare, blue light, local government and education.

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, champion sustainability and most importantly, empower and prioritise 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'.

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.

Main accountabilities:

• Work with the Client Director and wider leadership team, inputting to the pipeline and future opportunities for business planning.
• Share information and knowledge from your delivery teams as well as client interactions, to provide accurate forecasts, foresight of client/project movement and/or the prevention of forthcoming issues/risks/events.
• 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.
• Balance activity to optimise client service and maintain employee satisfaction.
• Establish yourself as an expert in your field to be recognised internally.
• 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.
• Take personal responsibility for the health and safety of self and others by working within the Health and Safety policy and procedures.
• Endeavour to improve our social and environmental impact.
• Any other duties as reasonably required of my role.

Key Deliverables:

• Maintaining project WIP to agreed annual targets.
• Maintain debtor exposure to agreed annual targets.
• Deliver project profitability margins to agreed annual targets.
• Delivering year-on-year project profitability growth in line with targets agreed in your sector strategy.
• Deliver on People, Operational and Business Objectives defined annually for your team.

Technical:

• Demonstrable computer literacy of the Microsoft package (Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook etc.).
• Previous successful experience utilising CRM systems.
• Exposure to business intelligence reporting.

Essential Experience:

• 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 (PM, QS, BS).
• 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.

Competencies:

• Ownership.
• Customer Focus.
• Efficiency.
• Team Leadership and Motivation.
• Developing Team Members.
• Communication and Influence.
• Commercial/Business/Financial Acumen.

Benefits:

Joining us at Fulkers Bailey Russell isn’t just about being part of a great team—it’s a thrilling journey packed with fantastic perks! We believe we are a great place to work and for people to develop their careers - we strive to satisfy the career aspirations of our people in a friendly, professional, environmentally and socially positive way. Here’s what’s on offer:

• Enjoy 33 days of holiday (including bank holidays), growing with an extra day after five years of service.
• An additional day off on your birthday.
• Health cover and benefits from day one and x 2 salary death in service coverage.
• Annual company bonus and salary review.
• A company pension.
• We cover membership fees for relevant professional bodies.
• Career development, chartership learning support and training opportunities to support your continuous growth.

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.