Associate Director, Built Environment

The successful applicant will be a part of our Middle East team, supporting clients in Saudi Arabia and across the region as part of our broader EMEA team of over 100 crisis and security consultants.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking fee earning consultancy, including but not limited to built environment security consulting, security master planning, security risk assessments (site / project / supply‑chain / business), security policy and planning consultancy, benchmarking and maturity assessments, security risk workshops, and applying relevant built environment risk management knowledge, tools, standards, and processes
• Contribution to built environment security and risk consulting projects in the region to ensure compliance with Control Risks policies, standards, and methodologies as well as drawing on international leading practices
• Client liaison, as a trusted advisor for Control Risks in order to develop client relationships across the full breadth of capabilities
• Act as a thought leader and mentor to junior personnel working within and across the range of built environment security, risk, and design consulting services
• Ensure requests from clients and prospects are dealt with effectively
• Creating proposals and building project budgets to define scope and determine pricing prior to sign‑off by designated managers
• Provide accurate information on pipeline activity
• Operational planning and management of engagements, including quality oversight of operational and document‑based deliverables and compliance with Control Risks policies, standards and methodologies
• Operational responsibility for and collaborative input into performance management of team members
• Coordination and support to regional tasks as necessary
• Maintain overall quality oversight of operational and written work
• Adopt innovative approaches to development of current practices and new solutions
• Act as a thought leader and coordinate with peer group across the business
• Deep understanding of the real‑estate and critical infrastructure security through the entire value chain and project lifecycle from project initiation through procurement, planning, design, construction, and in‑use phases
• Specific experience of the development of security strategies, policies, and standards for the built environment and security master planning
• Proven ability of operating successfully at a senior level, implementing policy, driving quality and growing a business
• Detailed understanding and implementation experience of relevant professional bodies standards and processes, including but not limited to

American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) work stages

Qualifications

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