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Job Description

Role Purpose:

·       To deliver high calibre and professional commercial building engineering services consultancy across all property sectors but with focus on occupier and investor clients.

·       Deliver high quality due diligence, dilapidation, audit and report services. Assist in managing and co-ordinating wider team on portfolio instructions.

·       Design, manage and supervise projects co-ordinating with other engineering disciplines. Carry out detailed design in accordance with industry guides. Prepare specifications, reports, design drawings and budget costs to programme. Supervise project works on site, workmanship and testing.

·       Fulfil revenue and profit targets

Responsibilities (specific to the role):

Clients & Marketing

·       Identify and implement a plan to develop a client portfolio

·       Develop and maintain strategic relationships with internal service line leads, new and existing clients, actively developing business opportunities

·       Day-to-day liaison with assigned client representative(s) during the course of an instruction

·       Establish and maintain own and team profile internally and externally through effective PR and deal promotion

·       Carry out building surveys, technical due diligence, dilapidations, schedules of condition. Liaise with wider building consultancy on ensuring consistency of reporting and ensure correct lease interpretation

·       Manage or contribute to initial discussions, preparation of tender documents, delivering pitches/presentations and conducting negotiations

·       Ensure projects, reports, etc. are delivered on time and in budget

·       Strengthen C&W’s integrated portfolio by building links across business groups and global office network and working collaboratively to generate new instructions, pool expertise and provide advice

·       Proactively looks for and is able to target new business and revenue opportunities with new and existing clients

·       Manage and liaise with internal teams and external consultants to provide a full service to the client

·       Create and implement plans for gathering and acting on client feedback

Profit & Finance

·       Identify and deliver cross-selling opportunities for other areas of the business

·       Contribute to projecting annual fee income via accurate fee forecasting/managing potential fee pipeline

·       Effectively use established systems for debtor and disbursement recovery to secure cash flow and profitability, e.g. billing, debt pricing, costing’s etc.

·       Understanding of product pricing and maintain profitable fee structures

Operations & Risk

·       Ensure timesheets are up to date and reflective of current work

·       Ensure own and team’s work complies with firm procedures and guidelines (health & safety, quality, risk, professional code of conduct, etc.)

·       Identify, manage and mitigate risks by implementing plans to review output of quality and risk procedures and achieve clear internal and external audit reports

People & Teams

·       Provide on-going coaching, mentoring and other development opportunities for Director reports and/or Surveyors/Consultants; conduct performance reviews with direct reports

·       Keep own knowledge of building engineering services up to date

·       Lead and co-ordinate the work of team on client projects; prioritise activities and delegate on the basis of appropriate expertise and development needs of team

·       Sets and achieves own objectives in line with business plan and update with line manager as necessary

·       Undertake and record the requisite amount of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

·       Participate in non-fee generating activities such as graduate recruitment, L&D, resourcing and support local office social activities

Engineering Specialism

·       Agree level of service, and duties for each instruction, understand relationship with fee.

• Undertake technical due diligence: including vendor, acquisition and occupier. Establish building services condition and provide costed gap analysis in comparison to client anticipated standards (BCO, Net Zero, etc)

·       Undertake dilapidations assessments, undertake client brief (landlord/tenant), interpret lease liabilities, provide advice, prepare exit strategy, assist in negotiations.

·       Monitor contract staff or third party appointments.

·       Assist with identifying and implementing personal training and CPD requirements.

·       Assist in developing working practices in the Company.

·       Implement and manage QA systems and procedures on all projects.

·       Implement company health and safety. Ensure all designs respond to the CDM regulations.

·       Implement requirements for ISO9001 and ISO 4001.

Previous experience and capability:

• Design, manage and supervise projects, establish client brief, technical; requirements, scope of works, cost plans and agree deliverables, i.e. report, specifications and drawings scope.

·       Assist with monitoring engineering/CAD resource requirement for each project

·       Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, tender and contract on site supervision to completion, ensuring projects are undertaken in accordance with design briefs and that completion deadlines are achieved.

·       Liaise with the design team to produce co-ordinated designs that are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard. Provide positive contribution to design/project meetings. Maintain regular in house design reviews and checks.

·       Monitor and control project progress, design variations and project financial budgets.

Person Specification:

·       Chartered Engineer and associate member of IET, CIBSE and other related professional body.

·       Degree/HND/HNC in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

·       Have an in-depth knowledge of Building Services practices, procedures and standards; particularly principles of Electrical and Mechanical Design and Engineering Compliance.

·       Have extensive experience working with Chartered Building Surveyors.

·       Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

·       Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team or in isolation.

·       Good knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook.

·       Strong attention to detail.

·       Innovative problem solver.

·       Proven team, contract and project management skills.

·       Presentation and marketing skills

·       Commercial awareness skills

·       Good communicator

·       Time management

·       Report writing skills

·       Ability to manage, and prioritise own workload.

Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment, and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace. If you are a person with a disability and need any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, you are invited to bring this to the Talent Acquisition Advisor’s attention once they have made contact.