Associate Director - Health and Safety

Is this you?
A Winning Attitude - you can spot the opportunities, manage resources and show the tenacity, resolve and determination to see things through. You never miss the chance for new or repeat business.

Customer Driven - you raise the standards of customer service through role modelling;dealing swiftly with feedback from customers. You have the commercial awareness to know the cost of service delivery and how to manage for value.

Ambassador for F+G - you take pride in your work and the work which Faithful+Gould does,and you have a passion for sharing it. You demonstrate a clear commitment to Faithful+Gould and actively champion the vision and values.

Meet the Challenge - you never see your own development as done. You spend time with your team to encourage reflection, learning and new ideas. You make time to ensure performance feedback is understood and improvements are identified.

Aware - you are forward looking and clearly understand your own role in fulfilling the wider goals of Faithful+Gould. You are able to read situations
well, understanding and influencing the dynamics and drivers of relationships with colleagues and clients alike.

Delivers - you are skilled at embracing Faithful+Gould strategies and turning them into clear operational plans. You involve others in planning to gain commitment, highlight key issues and build understanding. You deliver to meet agreed objectives.

A Team Player - you create a great framework for teams to work within. You publicly credit individuals and teams for high performance, anticipating problems, and helping resolve conflict among colleagues or clients. You continuously build successful partnerships with other business units and clients

Engaging - not only do you lead teams but you are part of them. While you make and communicate strategic decisions,ensuring goals and strategies are
understood by the wider team,you’re not afraid to roll your sleeves up. A strong communicator, you are direct and to the point and can take control
of meetings or situations that are losing focus/direction/relevance.

Adaptable - you can lead change and put yourself in the shoes of others; understanding the impact which decisions may have. You have a flexible attitude and can use different approaches to provide support.

Your contribution:
Technical: Responsibility for larger, more complex or challenging commissions or projects.
Providing full, efficient and effective services in all technical and contractual aspects of professional practice.
Collaborating with other disciplines and teams within Faithful+Gould and the wider Atkins Group, and the client's representative.
Having specialist knowledge.
Keeping abreast of relevant legislative changes, industry issues and developments in best practice.
Positively contributing to and participating in internal/external training initiatives.
Applying the principles of quality assurance and environmental management in compliance with the organisation's Policies.
Good understanding and practical application of the organisation's Policy and arrangements for managing your own personal safety and the safety of those who
report to you.
Positively encouraging compliance with company requirements and contributing to the improvement and development of the organisation's management systems.

Client: 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, winning new work and developing new business opportunities.
Networking and having sound market, sector and service knowledge.
Leading business development and preparation of bid documentation.

Commercial: Ensuring the profitable management of commercial aspects of commissions and/or projects including governance, fee management activities together with internal job costings, planning and organising workload/resource requirements and inter-trading.
Preparation of fee proposals and bid submissions.
Calculating the impact of scope variations and negotiating additional fees with client.
Complying with the company's commercial guidelines.

Strategic: Contributing to and implementing the office business plan, developing business opportunities in line with the business strategy and looking for market opportunities.
Producing your own team business plan in conjunction with your senior colleagues.

People: Managing and leading teams to enable a strongly motivated, engaged and high performing function.
Reviewing and monitoring the performance of the team ensuring that the
Role profile

Your qualifications: Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health or the Chartered Institute of Building or equivalent recognised institutional body.

Your experience:
Technical: Thorough understanding and broad experience of the key specialist service(s)which you undertake.
Full understanding of CDM regulations and health and safety issues, and ability to knowledgably advise the client.
Fluency with the different procurement methods available in the industry.
High standard of proficiency in oral and written communication and ability to review, structure and direct appropriately.
Good familiarity of the organisation's (company) Policies and effective use of
corporate systems and processes for delivering tasks.
Confident use of Microsoft Office and other role related software packages.

Client: Ability to win repeat work but also to develop relationships with new clients to
successfully achieve new business.
Appreciation of client's business drivers and commercial interests.
Possess confident business development skills, understanding of the external
market and forward workload in your region and national sector/service.
Possess a network of contacts and build up a number of key relationships in your
specialist sector.
Membership of a national team/forum to promote Faithful+Gould's reputation and
knowledge, and visible internal personal profile.

Commercial: Demonstrate an ability to effectively financially manage a team delivering a
number of projects.
Knowledge of the financial management system for projects and a track record in
delivering regular, consistent successful results.

Strategic:In-depth understanding of Faithful+Gould business strategy, the wider
organisation; and of market competition.

People: Effective management of team(s) on major/complex commissions or projects, or
Role profile for major client(s), including maximising performance.
Ability to effectively and collaboratively resource projects.
Managing, coaching and leading high performing team(s) including confidently dealing with performance related issues.
Established, quality working relationships with clients and colleagues


Training:
Faithful+Gould encourage and facilitate excellence and will work with you to ensure you realise your maximum potential. A portfolio of training and development activities are available which have been designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. Faithful+Gould is accredited Investors In People and forms part of the Atkins Group, recently named as one of the 'Top 20 Best Big Companies to Work For' in the UK by The Sunday Times.

Rewards and benefits:
Atkins offers a fantastic range of benefits, which you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.
All the information you need to know is available on our dedicated benefits portal; your reward, which is available to access 24/7 from any device: https://www.yourrewardatkins.com

Security Clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview

If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance