Senior Associate

Your opportunity

If you are seeking a role that will enable you to develop relationships with potential clients, secure projects and lead them to completion, this varied role will give you the opportunity to utilise your experience, develop your portfolio and help us to grow our business. This role, based in our Winchester office offers your own career advancement in conjunction with developing the team to fulfil their career aspirations.

Our team work on projects worth +£100m including leading life sciences, defence, health, higher education and residential sectors.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Mentor QS cost management colleagues to develop their skills.
• Collaborate with Winchester and Ridge leadership teams.
• Manage clients and pursue new business opportunities.
• Participate in business development forums and sector groups.
• Coordinate cost management across all offices.
• Work independently on assigned tasks.
• Advise on contracts and construction conditions, both NEC and JCT standard forms.
• Guide design teams on cost-effective methods and materials to stay within budget.
• Prepare tender documents.
• Oversee project costs during construction and negotiate final accounts.
• Lead client meetings and ensure successful project delivery.
• Expand business through new and repeat projects.
• Manage projects from inception to completion and use.

Skills and experience you need to have for this role

• Experience leading multiple projects and managing client relationships, including business development
• Excellent communication and commercial awareness
• Relevant project experience, with a good mix of NEC and JCT experience. Previous security clearance would be helpful.
• RICS-accredited degree or equivalent
• MRICS Chartered status
• Background in commercially focused roles
• Enthusiastic and ambitious
• Proficient with MS Office (especially Excel) and industry-standard software
• Cost X experience preferred
• Track record of developing and mentoring people

About us

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,400+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They're the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you're hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you're motivated by ingenuity and if you're always aspiring to be the very best.