Office Director

RLB Careers•Dallas, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Office Director provides strategic leadership and oversees all office operations, delivering cost management, building surveying, project management, and advisory services across a diverse portfolio of projects. This role is responsible for ensuring consistent, high-quality service that aligns with and advances client objectives. The Office Director proactively identifies opportunities to add value throughout the project lifecycle, applying sound judgment and expertise to enhance outcomes. By leveraging a deep understanding of client needs and project dynamics, the Director helps drive successful delivery and ensures projects achieve desired results in terms of scope, quality, budget, and schedule. Truth. Trust. Together. Tomorrow. At RLB, we speak the truth, build for the long term, look out for each other and work to do good. We are driven by outcomes, creating tailored solutions that deliver successful projects. We believe that when we bring together the right people doing things the right way, we make progress for our clients and our communities. RLB is an award-winning international firm, known for providing property and construction consultancy advice at all stages of the construction cycle. Utilizing its many years of experience and professionally trained employees, RLB continues to firmly establish itself as one of the major players in the construction industry throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. Our employees are involved in a variety of projects across a range of sectors, from sports arenas and healthcare to higher education and convention centers. As a privately held company, we hire the best people, give them exceptional training, and provide extensive opportunities for professional growth while working on exciting projects while providing an excellent compensation and benefits package.

Requirements

4-year college degree in quantity surveying, construction management, architecture or engineering science.
5-10 years’ relevant experience of management of staff including project professionals and/or technicians, managing major projects including development of project scope, goals, work plans, timeliness and implantation strategies, developing measurement processes/methods for assessing progress toward goals and project outcomes.
Prior experience with developing and monitoring contracts required.
Expert in quantity surveying, cost management, or project management, including planning, development, implementation and evaluation of large, complex projects.
Good communication skills required.

Nice To Haves

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.

Responsibilities

Identify individual key target clients and contacts for incorporation within business plan
Build customer relationships to ensure high standards of technical service, secure repeat business and develop profitable workload
Identify opportunities with existing clients and contacts and follow-up with Senior Director or President
Identify opportunities with existing clients to cross sell other services of Rider Levett Bucknall
Contribute to monthly team meetings and business development activity
Share marketing information with other regions within Company
Prepare proposals and fee submissions
Preparation and delivery of presentations
Maintain individual project profiles
Attend external functions to raise the profile of Rider Levett Bucknall and to generate new contacts
Responsible for all aspects of the delivery of projects from feasibility to handover and maintenance
Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.