Associate Director role in construction consultancy delivering procurement strategies across projects. Join Soben's award-winning team for growth opportunities and training in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
**Key Responsibilities**
Be an example to your team by providing exemplar delivery strategies
Provide direction and cohesion when building and leading teams
Ensure the submission of first-class documents to our clients on time and to the correct scope and desired quality
Uphold business processes and systems, ensuring they are adhered to by the team under your control
Streamline the operation and drive business improvement initiatives to meet KPIs
Assist in cultivating client relationships, deliver repeat business with existing clients, and introduce new revenue streams into the business
CDM 2015 Expertise: Demonstrable knowledge of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2016
Six-Sigma desirable
Practitioner Support: An active interest in the practitioner’s work, and provision of pertinent guidance and support
Training Delivery: Able to prepare and deliver role related training to improve project management skills internally
Travel Flexibility: Ability to travel as and where necessary across the UK
Adaptive Resource Management: Capacity to flex resource as necessary to meet the demands of the work or requirement or the ability to work independently
Requirements
**About the opportunity** ****This position is for a pro-active, punctual, and ambitious individual to integrate within our business who will assist in developing, implementing, and delivering key procurement and commercial strategies across a range of projects within our existing client base and beyond.****
We are looking for individuals who possess a pre and post contact skill set that can be adapted (with support and if regarded as workable) to any of the sectors that we work across in the construction industry.****
Individuals will also be expected to provide support in the role of ‘Business Development’, i.e. nurturing existing relationships and opening doors to new clients and or opportunities.
Benefits
**We’re on a mission to rewrite the rules.******
We’re a diverse team of professionals who consider our work a vocation, not just a job. This sense of purpose and affinity for what we do is what fuels our ambition, driving us to keep learning and seeking new challenges. Inclusion is at the heart of our company’s culture. We’re proud of our unique personality, and we know that our diverse team brings a wealth of perspectives that enrich our work.****
**Grow with us******
Our people are our greatest asset, so you’ll get ongoing training and personal development to help you flourish, building a long-term and successful career with us. We’re small but mighty – you’ll have opportunities to progress quickly and be trusted with responsibilities you could only dream of in a larger organization, including the chance to work on some of the industry's most exciting projects****
**Our Leadership Principles******
Soben’s Leadership Principles are at the heart of our culture. They guide how we engage with each other and with our clients, and how we help our talented employees flourish in their careers.****
1. We always deliver on our promises, no matter how small
2. We are driven to solve our clients’ problems as if paying our rent or mortgage depends on it
3. We have a bias for action. Actions make things happen
4. We employ the best people who are ambitious, hardworking, humble, and open to feedback. We empower them to “proceed until apprehended”
5. We have a business owner mentality to cost management
6. We are open, honest, and direct in our communications
7. We have a growth mindset
8. We reinvest our profits to create a sustainable business for the long term****
**About us******
Soben is an award-winning construction consultancy with bold ambitions and a clear trajectory for growth. Since launching in 2011, we’ve built a reputation for technical excellence, client focus, and delivery certainty. Now, we’re entering a transformative new chapter.****
If you’re ready to play a key role in delivering exceptional consultancy services across the EMEA region, and want to grow your career in a supportive, dynamic, and high-impact environment, we’d love to hear from you.
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