Senior Commercial Manager - Utilities

Our client is a national leading provider of infrastructure within the multi utilities sector, they have multiple offices across the UK and over 200 colleagues that specialise within this space. Having been established for over 50 years, they are a leading provider of energy connections and related utility infrastructure. Operating nationally, and with a direct delivery model, they are committed to playing an essential part in the UK's zero carbon and smart energy revolution.

About The Role

As a Senior Commercial Manager, you will manage an assistant QS along with other Commercial Managers in the team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Commercial Teams standardised methodology to project margin maintenance when comparing to projects Budgeted margin, and reporting margin variances so action taken.
• Lead on the management of MU Major Projects and complex novated Clancy projects.
• Review of non-standard contractual terms (prior to signing) to ensure key operational delivery aspects reflected to best protect the business when delivering project scope.
• Instigate commercial procedures and training for the SGN and Cadent contracts, building a schedule of rates to ease pricing of variations.
• Accountable for ensuring Commercial Teams project billings are kept up to date across all regions, and variations proposed to customers timely and where appropriate so to utilise the T&Cs embedded within signed contract.
• Price review (RPI) variations and water infrastructure recharges form an integral task and in turn this role is accountable for ensuring these are embedded as BAU.
• Whereby quotations require a project cashflow due to project size, oversight and sign off is required on complex respective project cashflows.
• Monitoring of live project cashflows with Commercial Managers oversight against projected cashflow to ensure remains cash positive.
• Support and mentor Commercial Manager passing on knowledge of utilities industry.
• Ensuring the Commercial/QS Teams training and development is maintained.
• Collaborating with Operations and Finance to ensure Project Managers/Engineers are held accountable by the Commercial Team for their respective project margins.
• Ensure all work is carried out in line with company Health and Safety procedures and policies.
• Ensuring consistency across the Commercial Team across all activities/processes is fundamental.
• Final checks on projects before handing over to PEs and implementation of a handover meeting.
• Collaborate and develop procedures to ensure that we have a clear understanding of what inclusions and exclusions within a project.

Minimum Requirements

• Ability to manage requirements to match and exceed expectations, thus able to multi-task effectively to prioritise and manage workload.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in the utilities industry so able to advise and utilise this knowledge.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in a commercial manager or similar role and within similar industry.
• Proven experience within a role encompassing management of commercial contracts & maximising project profitability.
• Prior track record of managing and developing a team.
• Knowledge of Standard forms of Agreement (JCT, NEC, FIDIC).
• Experience of Financial project margin & project cashflow forecasting.
• Qualifications/accreditations for MACostE.
• Experience of AX system is desirable.

Additional Information

• Starting Salary up to £65K DOE
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Hybrid working and free onsite parking
• Access to E-learning courses
• Lifeworks employee assistance programme mental, physical and financial support
• Team social events