Commercial Manager (Sizewell C)
Job Category:
Project Management / Controls
Contract Partner Company:
Balfour Beatty
Employing Company:
Balfour Beatty
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Opportunity for a Commercial Manager (Sizewell C) working with Balfour Beatty on the Sizewell C Project,
What you'll be doing
The purpose of the role is: The implementation of the civils alliance delivery strategy;
- Rigorously challenging all aspects of our cost base ensuring efficient and cost effective delivery;
- Delivering internal and external customer satisfaction and maintaining unimpeachable professional standards.
- Ensure development needs of line reports are met and to support with the development of the wider commercial function.
- Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
- Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities
Health Safety and Environmental
- Provides advice to Project Director to commercial implications of health, safety, and environmental issues
- Drives Zero Harm and other initiatives within the commercial team
- Undertakes reviews and identifies issues with supply chain demonstration of competency documentation provided at time of tender
- Creates a culture of openness and trust in reporting of Health and Safety matters
- Carries out periodic Safety and Environmental Tours as required by the Project Construction Phase Plan
Resource Control
- Ensures that sufficient resources are allocated to the Works Section and that each has an appropriate level of ability. Establishes opportunities for mentoring to facilitate this.
- Identifies longer term strategic training to support individual development as required
- Involvement in the recruitment and retention of staff; performance management of teams
- Determine project commercial staff requirement and involvement in the recruitment and retention of staff, performance management of teams
- Involvement with Universities to promote Balfour Beatty as a potential employer and to support sponsored students
- Liaises with all parties to ensure task/project remains on plan Quality of service provision
- Provides commercial input to Value Engineering reviews for different forms of construction
- Manages the feedback of commercial data to Planning and Estimating
Estimating
- Review tenders and cost data
- Manage the preparation of Target Cost for a Project
Planning
- Co-ordinate the commercial team to ensure programme issues are identified and actioned
- Manage the preparation and review of Earned Value Management
Project Management
- Manage the preparation of the monthly operating statement and associated commercial reports
- Report and explain the commercial progress to senior teams
- Manage the feedback of commercial data to Planning, Estimating, Marketing and Sales
Procurement
- Establish client supply chain requirements and advise on alternative forms of contract and procurement arrangements
- Formulation of management plans for resource procurement
Commercial Management
- Undertake disputes resolution Application of legislation and liaison with legal experts
- Preparation of Estimates and Tender submissions including the interpretation of specifications and preambles
- Representation of the relevant financial and contractual interests in progress meetings or similar
- Co-ordination of buying, accounts, production control/planning, supply chain management and procurement techniques, estimating and surveying functions
- Management and reporting of Commercial Risk and Opportunity
- Management of disallowed cost
- Business and Customer Awareness
- An ability to see the bigger picture and prioritise business opportunities
- Willing to take initiative to respond to market/customer requirements
Who we're looking for
Essential
- In mobilising new contracts, documenting and implementing commercial systems and processes.
- Working with related functions; finance, project controls and delivery to optimise ways of working.
- Construction related preferably Construction Commercial Management/Quantity Surveying degree
- Experienced in managing change and bringing about business improvement
- Input into Value Engineering reviews for different forms of construction
- Experienced at establishing client supply chain requirements and advising on alternative forms of contract and procurement arrangements
- Application of Construction and Contract law including the Health and Construction, Safety at Work, Environmental Health and Asylum and Immigration Acts
- Preparation of Estimates and Tender submissions including the interpretation of specifications and preambles
- Co-ordination of buying, accounts, production control/planning, supply
Desirable
- Proven track record in managing and leading large teams
- Demonstrable experience of innovation, in all fields (Health and Safety, Operational Delivery etc)
- Experience in mentoring, and providing stretch and challenge for team members and ensuring clearly defined development plans are in place
- Strong leadership and management skills, including completion of formal qualification (e.g., ILM)
- Wide ranging independent judgement evident
- Has achieved professional accreditation and undertakes extra-curricular activities to advance the profession (e.g., RICS, CMI)
Benefits :
- An attractive / negotiated salary (£60k-£90k)
- Company Car
- 42 core base hours per week
- 25 days annual leave
- Hybrid working scheme available
- Pension savings schemes
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
The SZC Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project. #SZCJobs
Opportunity for a Commercial Manager (Sizewell C) working with Balfour Beatty on the Sizewell C Project,
What you'll be doing
The purpose of the role is: The implementation of the civils alliance delivery strategy;
- Rigorously challenging all aspects of our cost base ensuring efficient and cost effective delivery;
- Delivering internal and external customer satisfaction and maintaining unimpeachable professional standards.
- Ensure development needs of line reports are met and to support with the development of the wider commercial function.
- Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm
- Support the delivery of CSUK’s Sustainability activities
Health Safety and Environmental
- Provides advice to Project Director to commercial implications of health, safety, and environmental issues
- Drives Zero Harm and other initiatives within the commercial team
- Undertakes reviews and identifies issues with supply chain demonstration of competency documentation provided at time of tender
- Creates a culture of openness and trust in reporting of Health and Safety matters
- Carries out periodic Safety and Environmental Tours as required by the Project Construction Phase Plan
Resource Control
- Ensures that sufficient resources are allocated to the Works Section and that each has an appropriate level of ability. Establishes opportunities for mentoring to facilitate this.
- Identifies longer term strategic training to support individual development as required
- Involvement in the recruitment and retention of staff; performance management of teams
- Determine project commercial staff requirement and involvement in the recruitment and retention of staff, performance management of teams
- Involvement with Universities to promote Balfour Beatty as a potential employer and to support sponsored students
- Liaises with all parties to ensure task/project remains on plan Quality of service provision
- Provides commercial input to Value Engineering reviews for different forms of construction
- Manages the feedback of commercial data to Planning and Estimating
Estimating
- Review tenders and cost data
- Manage the preparation of Target Cost for a Project
Planning
- Co-ordinate the commercial team to ensure programme issues are identified and actioned
- Manage the preparation and review of Earned Value Management
Project Management
- Manage the preparation of the monthly operating statement and associated commercial reports
- Report and explain the commercial progress to senior teams
- Manage the feedback of commercial data to Planning, Estimating, Marketing and Sales
Procurement
- Establish client supply chain requirements and advise on alternative forms of contract and procurement arrangements
- Formulation of management plans for resource procurement
Commercial Management
- Undertake disputes resolution Application of legislation and liaison with legal experts
- Preparation of Estimates and Tender submissions including the interpretation of specifications and preambles
- Representation of the relevant financial and contractual interests in progress meetings or similar
- Co-ordination of buying, accounts, production control/planning, supply chain management and procurement techniques, estimating and surveying functions
- Management and reporting of Commercial Risk and Opportunity
- Management of disallowed cost
- Business and Customer Awareness
- An ability to see the bigger picture and prioritise business opportunities
- Willing to take initiative to respond to market/customer requirements
Who we're looking for
Essential
- In mobilising new contracts, documenting and implementing commercial systems and processes.
- Working with related functions; finance, project controls and delivery to optimise ways of working.
- Construction related preferably Construction Commercial Management/Quantity Surveying degree
- Experienced in managing change and bringing about business improvement
- Input into Value Engineering reviews for different forms of construction
- Experienced at establishing client supply chain requirements and advising on alternative forms of contract and procurement arrangements
- Application of Construction and Contract law including the Health and Construction, Safety at Work, Environmental Health and Asylum and Immigration Acts
- Preparation of Estimates and Tender submissions including the interpretation of specifications and preambles
- Co-ordination of buying, accounts, production control/planning, supply
Desirable
- Proven track record in managing and leading large teams
- Demonstrable experience of innovation, in all fields (Health and Safety, Operational Delivery etc)
- Experience in mentoring, and providing stretch and challenge for team members and ensuring clearly defined development plans are in place
- Strong leadership and management skills, including completion of formal qualification (e.g., ILM)
- Wide ranging independent judgement evident
- Has achieved professional accreditation and undertakes extra-curricular activities to advance the profession (e.g., RICS, CMI)
Benefits :
- An attractive / negotiated salary (£60k-£90k)
- Company Car
- 42 core base hours per week
- 25 days annual leave
- Hybrid working scheme available
- Pension savings schemes
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.