Associate Director - Cost Management
The opportunity
As an Associate Director in Cost Management at Linesight, you will lead highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will build on your vast industry experience which will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
In this role you will:
Act as the key account manager in the team, developing client relationships based upon partnership and trust
Oversee key strategic client projects & all the requests
Take the responsibility of managing the end deliverable of multiple projects
Work closely with QS, Cost Managers and Sr. Cost Managers in ensuring the works are carried to achieve the desired outcomes
Be responsible for resource planning and other activities related to efficiency
Impart training to the leaders & other team members
Shall actively help support Business Development and Marketing responsibilities for the Department
Attend and manage the project kick-off calls and other Client calls
Apply your wealth of quantity surveying experience to achieve all project deliverables within performance measures
Foster top performance and growth for your employees via excellent mentorship and leadership
Lead your team to deliver impeccable quality and client value
Ensure a L&D program is set up and implemented
Ensure and implement a robust client care program
Ensure and implement a QA / QC program
Ensure management reporting
Ensure the department is in the forefront of digital transformation and automation
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have strong operational management experience in a dynamic environment
- Ability to put together a professional approach to all aspects of departmental activities
- Ability to work and delegate the works to a team and engage in ensuring optimum team productivity
- Possess in-depth knowledge of how to define processes and improvise the all the activities towards the quality deliverables
- Ability to manage team of multiple Estimators & Leaders
- Are proficient in Client interactions and focussing on Client relationship building
- Have the ability for generating innovation and solution-oriented approaches
- Have 15+ years' QS experience in construction ideally with exposure to Indian & International projects
- Have confidence to head up meetings with clients
- Have a degree or comparable experience in a cost management or quantity surveying
- Are ideally chartered and a member of the RICS
- Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
- Thrive on building strong relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun
All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.
At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Cost Management
Our teams of cost managers deliver cost predictability, a high level of assurance and value for money on prestigious, cutting-edge projects around the globe for world-leading clients. Be a part of our collaborative, close-knit teams, who share comprehensive knowledge of international, regional and local construction costs and benchmarks. We champion both mentoring and reverse mentoring across all levels and roles, so you can benefit from the deep expertise and development supports within our organisation, regardless of your experience or seniority.
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