BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a highly accomplished Project Commercial Director to lead the commercial strategy and performance of a nationally significant high‑voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project that will play a critical role in strengthening the UK's energy infrastructure and supporting the transition to a low‑carbon future. Reporting at a senior leadership level, you will be accountable for shaping and driving the project's commercial outcomes, providing expert oversight of contract management, risk allocation, financial performance, and stakeholder engagement across a complex, multidisciplinary delivery environment. This role offers a rare opportunity to influence the successful delivery of a major energy infrastructure investment, ensuring commercial excellence, safeguarding business interests, and creating long‑term value for clients, partners, shareholders, and the communities we serve.
Your team
- This role will be based out of our head offices either in Kilsyth or Inverness, with regular visits to site in Inverness‑shire as required.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic commercial leadership across a major energy infrastructure project, ensuring successful delivery of commercial objectives, financial performance, and business outcomes.
- Champion the highest standards of health, safety, sustainability, quality, wellbeing, diversity, inclusion, and social value across the project team and supply chain.
- Lead and develop a high‑performing commercial team, driving talent management, succession planning, recruitment, capability development, and employee engagement.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, joint venture partners, supply chain organisations, and key stakeholders to maximise project value and collaboration.
- Oversee all commercial reporting, forecasting, cost management, cash flow, and payment applications, ensuring accurate and timely information for senior leadership.
- Lead commercial risk, opportunity, change, and claims management activities, protecting project interests and maximising commercial performance.
- Direct procurement and supply chain commercial activities, including contract strategy, contract review, negotiation, and governance.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, commercial processes, audit requirements, record management standards, and company governance procedures.
- Support business improvement initiatives, project assurance reviews, and the implementation of best practice, innovation, and continuous improvement across the organisation.
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, Engineering, Law, or a related discipline.
- Chartered status (MRICS, FCICES, MCInstCES or equivalent professional accreditation) desirable.
- Extensive senior commercial leadership experience within major infrastructure, energy, utilities, transportation, or complex construction projects.
- Demonstrable experience leading the commercial delivery of large‑scale projects or programmes with values exceeding £500m.
- Strong knowledge of NEC contracts, with experience operating within complex contracting environments including Joint Ventures, Alliances, and collaborative delivery models.
- Proven track record of managing commercial risk, change control, claims, dispute avoidance, and contract administration on major projects.
- Experience leading and developing high‑performing commercial teams across multidisciplinary project environments.
- Understanding of construction law, dispute resolution and contractual terms in all standard contract forms.
- Proven ability to establish, maintain and enhance client and supply chain relationships.
Desirable qualifications
- Experience of supporting bid, pre‑construction, and project mobilisation activities.
- Knowledge of HVDC transmission, power infrastructure, or major energy projects.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- A wide range of family‑friendly policies
- Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
- 8 % matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 26 days holiday
- 2 wellbeing days
- 1 volunteering day
- Personal and professional development
