Senior Associate Director

Wasserman Live exists to create impact by challenging convention. We do this because it produces work for our clients that is more meaningful, memorable and measurable.
Our diversity of experience, expertise and opinions is our greatest asset, which is why we celebrate our differences. We are looking for individuals who want to put their hand up and challenge convention to create something exciting, bigger and better each and every time.
Wasserman Live is proud to share fresh perspectives and new ideas to produce work that others don’t and won’t. What we do is fast-paced, exciting and rewarding which is why we love it and why you’ll love life at Wasserman Live.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
Wasserman Live are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, skilled and confident Senior Associate Director – Fabrication to join our ever-expanding team and workload to lead our Events, Exhibition and fabrication build team. This team produce large scale fabrication projects and builds for various client sectors including commercial interiors, exhibitions and events, experiential events, roadshows, conferences and many more.
The role is to lead and direct a extensive team of carpenters, CAD technicians, Production Managers and subcontractor freelancers to ensure “Right First Time” event and fabrication builds that are delivered within budget to agreed timelines and continue to push boundaries of our clients ideas as well as adhering to all required Health & Safety guidelines and procedures across the full variety of Wasserman Live clients and markets.
You will work closely with your team as well as guiding and advising the project management team with their budgets, scoping, designs and build schedules.
You will provide comprehensive support and leadership on projects and tasks, plan daily, weekly and monthly build schedules, as well as strategically look to grow the department and fabrication offering as well as developing your team and their skills. Key performance tasks will be :-
Ensuring your team are holding productive daily production meetings.
Creating and monitoring build schedules ensuring client delivery is always met.
Develop build event ideas with project managers and production team.
Updating internal MIS system with workloads and tasks for the wider team to ensure projects deliver on time. Training provided.
Providing guidance and leadership across practicable build, construction and site project management needs.
Ability to liaise with clients as and when, as well as be part of pitches for new works.
Management experience and guidance across live event and exhibitions, Festivals, Roadshows and live days ensuring that we have full cover for these when needed.
Advise on build drawings for projects, drawing on your experience to ensure that items are built in the most efficient way driving profitability for Wasserman Live.
Budget tracking for both Opex and Capex budgets.
Working with your Head of Production and Production Managers ensure that all scheduling of all shift patterns are covered correctly, along with monitoring of overtime and weekend working requirements.
Ensure that all projects are being managed to a high standard, advising on best route/method for the production of all elements and requirements to deliver the project where needed.
Leading the fabrication team advising and planning all production elements, along with training and development.
Attending other business wide meeting requirements, and ensuring that the fabrication department is heard and has a voice at these meetings.
Strategically keep our fabrication build department at the forefront of technology and industry improvements.
Engage with other department leads and Associate Directors to ensure that you are working cohesively and efficiently, have the ability to look wider and engage outside of Fabrication.
Keep and continue to improve H&S requirements and ensure teams are adhering to our standards.
THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS YOU NEED
Excellent Communication skills.
Leadership of a wide and diverse team.
Ability to develop teams and individuals with daily tasks as well as career and business wide objectives.
Discuss business wide strategic opportunities and be part of the wider leadership team.
Strong experience and knowledge of
CAD
CNC
Octanorm and event build systems
Carpentry/joinery skills
Electrical LED lighting systems
AV
Team leadership and building
Excellent ability to project manage, problem solve, work to deadlines with fantastic organisation skills.
Ability to deal with conflict and ultimately resolution.
Hardworking, reliable ability to work as part of a team
Able to multi-task and prioritise, you will be expected to understand the entire fabrication build schedule and manage this accordingly.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office suite.
Health and Safety trained
Clean driving licence - essential
Fork lift licence – desirable
Weekend and offsite working may be required from time to time.
Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits