Head of Client Advisory / Construction Management (m/f/d) 100%

About the job

Working at BDO

Unique. Versatile. Ambitious. With over 40 locations in Switzerland, we offer you a working environment characterised by local ties and international professionalism. Together we create sustainable growth, promote diversity and take responsibility. A strong team culture, attractive benefits and predictable flexibility foster our joint development and enable you to realise your full potential.

Do you want to make a real difference in the field of real estate & construction consulting?

Then your opportunity awaits with us! In management consulting, you support our clients in successfully planning, controlling and implementing demanding construction and real estate projects. You bring your expertise directly into real projects and thus sustainably shape the structural development of various real estate portfolios.

For our location in the Solothurn/Bern region, we are looking for an entrepreneurial-minded, committed individual who takes responsibility, professionally manages construction projects and enjoys competently advising both internal and external stakeholders. If you want to use your construction technical expertise effectively and are looking for an environment where you can both lead and shape – then you are exactly right with us.

The activity is carried out at the Solothurn and Bern locations.

Head of Client Advisory / Construction Management (m/f/d) 100%

What you will achieve

• You take on team leadership in construction management and actively shape the further development of your area
• You acquire new projects, bear budget responsibility and manage small to medium refurbishment and renovation projects from the offer to completion (SIA phases)
• You manage construction trust mandates and are responsible for their technical and organisational handling
• You support internal property management with your sound construction technical know-how
• You professionally advise clients and represent their interests in all project phases
• You prepare building condition analyses and coordinate requests for quotations with specialist planners and contractors
• You prepare tender documents, award applications, construction programmes and acceptance protocols
• You lead site management and take over construction management directly on site
• You are responsible for quality assurance as well as cost control and prepare transparent construction accounts
• You develop safety and escape route concepts

How you succeed

• You have a basic construction technical education as well as further training as a construction manager or client representative
• You have several years of experience in construction projects of medium to medium-large size (0.5–10 million construction costs)
• You bring routine in independently managing refurbishment and renovation projects
• You are familiar with managing construction trust mandates and feel confident in this responsibility
• You have solid construction technical consulting skills and experience in dealing with clients
• You are proficient in preparing technical analyses and obtaining offers from various disciplines
• You have experience with tender documents, award processes, scheduling and acceptance procedures
• You bring practical experience in construction management and site management
• You are skilled in cost control, billing and quality assurance
• Ideally, you have already led a team – if you are strong technically, entry as a subject matter expert is also possible; team leadership will then be arranged accordingly

What we offer

Versatile activities

• Comprehensive insight into many companies
• Early assumption of responsibility possible
• Interdisciplinary work with specialists

Personal development

• Support for external training
• Wide range of internal seminars
• Leadership development programme
• Opportunities for stays abroad (secondment)

Individual support

• Work-life balance
• Annual working hours with flexible working times
• Compensation of overtime
• Home office / location-independent working possible
• Possibility of unpaid leave (sabbatical)
• Work-life balance – with us not an empty phrase, but lived everyday reality

Become part of BDO

Levina Selvabalan
HR Recruiting Partner
+41 32 624 60 96
www.bdo.ch/careers