Associate Director

Associate Director – Building Performance (IES VE)

📍 Preferred

Location:

Edinburgh (Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office)

Applications are also welcomed from candidates based in Glasgow, Leeds, Warrington or Birmingham, with attendance at the nearest office three days per week.

💷 Up to £80,000 + Excellent Benefits

Lead the Future of Building Performance

Are you an experienced Building Performance Consultant with exceptional IES VE expertise and consultancy management experience?

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Talent is partnering with a leading multidisciplinary consultancy to recruit an Associate / Associate Director to lead and develop its growing Building Performance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly respected consultancy delivering innovative, sustainable building solutions across the UK. You'll combine technical excellence with leadership, mentoring, client relationship management and business development.

The Role

You'll take ownership of a diverse portfolio of projects while supporting the continued growth of the Building Performance team.

Your responsibilities will include:

* Leading Building Performance and Sustainability projects across multiple sectors.

* Delivering and reviewing Dynamic Thermal Modelling using IES VE.

* Providing technical leadership on overheating assessments, thermal comfort, operational energy and building performance.

* Managing, mentoring and developing a team of consultants.

* Building and maintaining strong client relationships.

* Supporting business development and winning new work.

* Ensuring projects are delivered to programme, budget and the highest technical standards.

* Contributing to the strategic growth of the consultancy.

About You

We're looking for someone with:

* Extensive experience within a Building Performance or Sustainability Consultancy.

* Expert user of IES VE.

* Previous consultancy management or team leadership experience.

* Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.

* Commercial awareness with experience developing client relationships.

* Excellent communication and leadership skills.

* A passion for developing people and driving technical excellence.

Location

The preferred location for this position is Edinburgh, however applications are also encouraged from candidates based in:

* Glasgow

* Leeds

* Warrington

* Birmingham

This is a hybrid position, requiring attendance in your nearest office three days per week.

Salary & Benefits

* Salary up to £80,000 DOE

* Excellent benefits package

* Hybrid working

* Career progression into senior leadership

* Ongoing professional development

* Varied and technically challenging projects

* Collaborative and supportive working environment

Apply Today

If you're an experienced Building Performance Consultant looking to step into a senior leadership position and have the technical expertise in IES VE to drive excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

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Talent is a specialist recruitment consultancy partnering with organisations across the Building Performance, Sustainability and Building Compliance sectors.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, visas are not supported for this role