Assistant Commercial Manager (Rail)

Apex Contracting Co.; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Commercial Manager to enhance its Rail Division. This role involves providing commercial leadership across diverse infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external requirements. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment, utilizing strong communication and problem-solving skills to manage risks and deliver successful outcomes. Join a team committed to inclusivity and professional development, where your contributions will shape the future of rail projects in the UK. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career while making a meaningful impact in the industry.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Health and Wellbeing programs

Employee resource groups for inclusivity

Support for professional development

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant discipline with postgraduate experience.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial services for rail infrastructure projects.
• Provide risk and commercial advice throughout project lifecycle.

Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Project Management

Risk Management

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Post Graduate experience

Tools

NEC 3/4 Contract Administration

Job description

In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move it’s vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong. See what WSP stands for in 2024 and beyond…

WSP’s PMCM's Rail Division are actively seeking an Assistant Commercial Manager to work across our diverse portfolio of projects and provide commercial leadership to our multi-disciplinary project teams delivering a huge range of complex infrastructure for clients including Network Rail, TfL, LUL, HS2 and Crossrail.

Your role will be to support the business embed a strong project culture around commercial excellence, balanced with the need to satisfy client, staff and commercial expectations along with business operational performance. You’ll be collaborative and a natural problem solver.

We are looking for people with the ability to make a difference, pro-actively manage requirements and risks and influence others to deliver successfully. Candidates must have excellent communication, problem solving and demonstrable experience in engineering management within Rail.

Responsibilities:

• Managing and deliver commercial management services to both internal and external clients across a variety of rail infrastructure schemes.
• Providing risk and commercial advice during the bid and project lifecycle to assess performance and provide support to the wider business.
• Supporting the commercial strategies on bids.
• With support from the finance team provide effective reporting and forecasting of the commercial performance of projects within the Rail business.
• Carrying out detailed analyses of projects and report on the issues and findings from both a commercial and financial perspective.
• Ensuring changes are managed rigorously with a focus on commercial implications of change, manage commercial risk and opportunity generally.
• Ensuring that activities meet both internal company standards and external requirements.
• Supporting the commercial team’s business improvement initiatives.

You will join a team of professionally qualified, diverse, talented individuals who collaborate to:

• Undertake project work from across the design lifecycle, including early concept stage to detail design.
• Deliver projects for Network Rail, HS2, Transport for The North, TfGM, Nexus, Local Authorities, Principal Contractors and Private Developers.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join WSP as part of an expanding team delivering a variety of prestigious projects.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Relevant Post Graduate experience.
• Good working knowledge of NEC 3/4 Contract Administration.
• Good report production and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills.

We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready!

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

APPLY NOW AND BE THE FUTURE OF WSP!

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.