Commercial Manager - T&D Construction (Glasgow, UK)

Chart your own course and change the world – with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. Burns & McDonnell has grown from a small consulting firm in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, construction, and consulting solutions. Today, more than 10,000 professionals work in 55 offices worldwide and the company is recognized as the global leader in Transmission & Distribution.

Section Manager Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the team; direct and coordinate work assignments and review performance to ensure efficient, cost‑effective utilization of staff.
• Responsible for profitable growth of the section; ensuring staff levels, load, and assignments meet project requirements while maintaining billable goals.
• Implement, apply, and support company, global practice, and/or regional office programs and initiatives; successfully navigate and manage change within the section.
• Provide expert level technical, design guidance and support.
• Achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.
• Manage department budget and expenditure of funds.
• Prepare and present workload and monthly financial reports to global practice or regional management and applicable project managers.
• Recruitment, development, training, and retention of staff.
• Conduct performance evaluation for department staff.
• Interpret policies, purposes, and goals of the organization to staff.
• Collaborate with business development managers, business line leads, project managers, and proposal production staff on proposals to secure work for staff.
• Overall QA/QC process adherence.
• Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.
• Responsible for diversity initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

Technical Responsibilities

• Lead and direct estimating, project cost management, forecasting, and for multiple projects.
• Ensure accurate Earned Value Management system reporting.
• Ensure accurate cost management and forecast reporting.
• Oversee the risk management process by identifying and mitigating risk potentials to the project.
• Support Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM).
• Expert negotiation experience with industry client agreements and construction contract/subcontract agreements.
• Experience with Joint Venture agreements and ability to assist EPC PMs in administering a Joint Venture agreement.
• Maintain effective commercial relationships with existing and potential clients, customers and contractors to support business activities.
• Recruitment, development, training, retention, and evaluating performance of the project controls and commercial team.
• Oversee monthly internal reporting through the clients and internal commercial management procedures.
• Ensure cash flow is optimized through the oversight of activity schedules, the submission of monthly valuations and the control of subcontractor accounts.
• Drive the recovery of outstanding monies and ensure all queries are fully resolved in a timely manner.
• Identify commercial risks, opportunities, value engineering and change events.
• Ensure change events are managed in accordance with the contract including early warnings, CE notification, CE quotation and through to CE implementation and inclusion into the new cost and programme baselines.
• Review cost estimates and subcontract enquiries for both tender proposals and compensation events.
• Ensure the project delivery teams adhere to risk management procedures and financial compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in engineering, architecture, construction or related degree from accredited program and 5 years related professional experience within the Power Transmission & Distribution sector preferred.
• Previous leadership and/or management experience is preferable.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients.
• Ability to thoughtfully and positively influence, lead, and manage change.
• Strong project management skills and a strategic perspective.
• Expert in the use of computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Awareness and experience of construction methods, technology, standard forms of measurement and the NEC 3 and NEC4 forms of contract (Options A & C).