| About the role Keysource provide a full lifecycle suite of services to the data centre and critical environment sectors. A key business unit (BU) of the business is the ‘Consulting’ BU, which is the primary technical function and is responsible for the delivery of data centre audits/assessments, design and technical support to other service lines/divisions. The design services make up the largest part of the division, typically delivering MEP solutions across RIBA design stages 2 – 4 along with coordination with third party designers, such as civil, structural or architectural, either appointed by Keysource or by the client. The Head of Consulting is responsible for the day to day and future planning of the Consulting team to deliver customer contracts and facilitate growth. As a member of the management team the role will contribute to wider business operations including compliance, health & safety and continuous improvement initiatives. The role has overall management of the Consulting BU including: – Project Governance, as per Keysource processes – P&L responsibility – Development & management of team and team structure – Management of resource in line with project requirements / contract obligations – Maintain / develop team competencies alongside HR – Lead & enable team accountability for peer review & sign off of all documentation produced to ensure: compliance with associated regulations, and due diligence & technical excellence. – Confirm, comply and demonstrate obligations under Principle design obligations (BRPD & CDMPD) – Lead team collaboration with internal & external stakeholders as required – Focus on delivering Exceptional Customer Experience |
| What will you be doing? – Maintain BU plan, including services offered, team & capability – Support Management Team meetings, including production of associated reporting/updates – Plan resource for current and future work, including monthly forecast & reviews – Liaison with Senior Technical Director to understand new propositions to market – Liaison with Senior Technical Director to understand people capability and resource type required to support work loads and trends. – Review & sign off team, timesheets, expenses & training as required – Identify & support development areas for team members – Collaborate with Sales and associate roles to produce fee proposals for services – Support Sales Team and identify opportunities through new and existing relationships – Undertake duties as reasonably required by the role |
| What are we looking for? – Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately to all stakeholders – Provide strong and visionary leadership to team members – Driven, motivated & takes initiative – Excellent organisation & time management skills – Strong engineering & commercial management capability – An experienced leader of multi-disciplined teams who can demonstrate effective collaboration techniques and accountability – Ability to demonstrate commercial awareness with robust planning and risk management – Significant experience within Design Engineering, or delivery background |
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