About us

Fulkers is dedicated to delivering outstanding professional construction consultancy services, always going above and beyond to exceed our clients’ expectations. We foster a culture centered around transparency, honesty, collaboration and integrity, which we prioritise in everything we do. Our highly qualified team consistently takes a proactive approach and embrace innovative methods when addressing the distinct requirements of each client.

About the role

The Associate Director role consists of supporting the company through a combination of excellent people skills, account management and people management together with solid technical ability.  Typically, responsible for overseeing a team including the preparing and reviewing of technical and commercial aspects of every project from bid to completion whilst assisting with operational and business development activities.

What does the role involve?

Technical

• Responsibility for day-to-day delivery of larger, more complex, or challenging commissions or projects from inception to completion in accordance with clients’ requirements for programme, budget, and quality.
• Providing full, efficient, and effective services in all technical and contractual aspects of professional practice.
• Reviewing key project documentation before issuing to client to ensure quality and consistency.
• Ensuring clients receive high quality technical project delivery.
• Championing the principles of quality assurance, health and safety and environmental management in compliance with the organisation's policies.

Account Management

• Acting as account manager for clients, providing service delivery, demonstrating your role as a key stakeholder and first point of contact.
• Playing an instrumental role in generating repeat business, maximising workflow from client frameworks, winning new work and supporting new business opportunities.
• Networking and having sound market, sector, and service knowledge.
• Leading business development activities and prepare fee proposals and assist with major bids.
• Understanding of the external market and forward workload in your region and national sector/service.

Commercial, Strategic and Financial

• Working with the bidding team to support fee bids and proposals when necessary.
• Capable of marketing full range of company services to clients outside of own discipline.
• Managing several project financials in line with Company targets.
• Awareness of groups business plan and assisting the Directors with its implementation.
• Managing team utilisation and resource forecast.
• Manage project debts and WIP in line with acceptable ranges.
• Developing further work opportunities and informing a Director to track project pipeline.
• Calculating the impact of scope/time variations and negotiating additional fees with clients.

Line Management

• Manage people with support from HR to ensure a motivated and engaged team.
• Undertake appraisals and champion best practice within the team and ensure training and CPD activities are undertaken.
• Overseeing kick off meetings assigning other key contact within your team where appropriate and ensuring regular performance reviews of this work.
• Pragmatic approach to project profitability and of the team.

Business Management/Additional Duties

• Facilitates collaboration between individuals, teams, departments, and clients and is a visible and respected member of the business.
• Support on aspects of internal projects being implemented.
• Ensuring complete compliance with all company Policies and Procedures across their teams.
• Endeavour to improve our social and environmental impact
• Any other duties as reasonably required of my role.

Requirements

• Fully Chartered Accreditation or with significant experience within relevant discipline.
• Demonstrate wide range of relevant experience working within the construction industry and sound construction, commercial awareness, and procurement procedures.
• Ability to support the Directors with departmental development such as training and recruitment.
• Relevant experience managing key client accounts.
• Relevant experience managing complex and technically challenging projects.
• Excellent and consistent oral and written communication, negotiation, and presentation abilities.
• Demonstrable ability to manage, motivate and develop individuals and/or teams.
• Experience of project delivery and team resource and performance.
• Experience in business development activities.

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.

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