Team Lead – Technical Due Diligence

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of Technical Due Diligence (TDD) and related building consultancy services for investors, lenders, developers, and corporate occupiers, ensuring high-quality outcomes and client satisfaction.
• Develop and grow key client relationships, identifying opportunities to expand services and generate new business.
• Drive business development through networking, market engagement, cross-sector collaboration, and the preparation of proposals and fee submissions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and accountability.
• Manage team resources, workload planning, and project delivery to ensure deadlines, quality standards, and commercial objectives are achieved.
• Oversee project financial performance, including budgeting, invoicing, fee recovery, and scope management.
• Provide strategic and operational updates to senior leadership and contribute to the ongoing growth and development of the TDD practice.
• Promote innovation, best practice, and compliance with company policies, professional standards, quality requirements, and health and safety procedures.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• High levels of integrity, professionalism, and sound commercial judgement.
• Energetic, self-motivated, and growth-oriented, with a strong client focus.
• Credible and influential communicator, capable of building trust with clients, colleagues, and industry stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building skills with an established network in the real estate sector.
• Solution-oriented, with the ability to identify and manage technical and commercial risks.
• Effective leader with a collaborative approach to coaching, mentoring, and team development.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment with competing priorities.
• Proven ability to lead remote, cross-regional, and cross-cultural teams.
• Willingness to travel approximately 20% of the time.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Degree in Building Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as MRICS, MCIOB, CEng, or equivalent.
• Significant experience delivering Technical Due Diligence, Vendor Due Diligence, or Building Consultancy services within the commercial real estate sector.
• Previous team leadership or people management experience, with responsibility for developing and managing technical professionals.
• Strong understanding of building systems, technical risk assessment, lifecycle costing, and capital expenditure planning.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and delivering projects across a range of commercial real estate asset classes.
• Demonstrated success in business development, client relationship management, and achieving commercial growth targets.
• Experience working on cross-border transactions and within international, multidisciplinary environments is desirable.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.