Director - Building Services

We invite you to bring your expertise as a Building Services Director to join our Building Services team based in London. We are looking for an inspirational leader to build new relationships with clients, while supporting the growth and leadership of the London and Cambridge Building Services team over the coming years.

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies and people around the world.

About the role

Ramboll has ambitious growth plans in the UK and its thriving UK HQ in London is central to these growth plans. Ramboll aspires to grow their UK Building Services team by 30% over the next few years. Further strengthening and growing our senior project leadership and work winning capability in London is central to those plans.

Ramboll's strategy to be the 'Partner for Sustainable Change' is fundamental to our continued evolution. As our new Director, you will possess extensive knowledge of sustainability targets, carbon management, regenerative design and low/NZC building design. These skills will allow implementation of the strategy both within Ramboll, but more importantly to our clients.

Ramboll are commissioned to design extraordinary, exciting, iconic projects. Our new Director will have the experience and skills to deliver these projects with technical excellence, to our client's satisfaction whilst ensuring they are commercially profitable. Proven experience of successful project delivery, of both building services projects and multidisciplinary projects, is crucial.

Main Role Responsibilities

1. To further raise the profile and reputation of Ramboll's building services offering in London, the UK and internationally. Candidates will be expected to market our offering extensively via networking, business to business meetings, seminars, thought leadership and general business development.
2. To support and develop the established team of Building Services Engineers.
3. To implement our strategy - The 'Partner for Sustainable Change'.
4. To contribute to develop and promote Ramboll's multi-discipline capability in the local market.
5. To win and deliver projects profitably and to the satisfaction of our clients, taking on full technical and commercial project leadership responsibilities internally.
6. To be responsible for the financial performance of the Building Services team.
7. To attract talented recruits to grow a skilled, diverse, efficient, and highly regarded Building Services team.
8. Liaise and interact with other UK Building Services teams to optimise workload and capacity.

Your starting point for constant growth

From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

1. Bachelors/Master's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) and Chartered Engineer, having a proven and demonstrable track record in your discipline.
2. In-depth knowledge of the Manchester market.
3. Previous experience with leading and delivering major projects.
4. Forward thinking and enthusiastic about digital design innovation and 'smart design' in increasingly digitalized construction arena.
5. A notable/growing profile and reputation as a highly regarded and trusted Building Services leader.
6. Solid client facing skills, experienced at presenting to clients, preparing and negotiating proposals, and procuring project resources.
7. Proven ability to win business for the company. Understands the marketplace, the growth sectors and busy clients. Have knowledge of pipeline opportunities and the ability to support Ramboll to win.
8. Aware of the importance of the strategic and focused business development required by the team and be able to demonstrate an aptitude to undertake leadership in this role.
9. Effective English oral and written communication skills.

Welcome to our Buildings division

As one of the top 10 building designers in the world, Ramboll works on more than 10,000 building projects each year. 4,000 experts across the world specialise in creating more innovative, sustainable and liveable buildings. We place particular emphasis on our liveable buildings concept where we balance the cultural, social and physical values of buildings, to improve the quality of life for building users.

Ramboll in the United Kingdom

Ramboll is ranked a Top 10 consultant in the UK and has 1,500 bright minds working across 17 offices to apply their passion to deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health and Energy. We love seeing our talents develop and succeed and you will have opportunities to work on challenging and inspiring projects within an environment that is friendly, open and supportive.