Commercial Director - Top Tier Contractor

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a seasoned Commercial Director with a robust Civil Engineering background to lead a high-performing team in a market-leading company. This role involves managing all commercial aspects of a significant division, ensuring successful project delivery while maintaining budgeted margins. You will play a pivotal role in reporting financial matters to the board and implementing company policies. Join a dynamic environment where your leadership and expertise will make a significant impact on the future of the business and its projects. If you are ready to take on this challenge, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar commercial course required.
• Professional membership of relevant body is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Commercial Managers and oversee project delivery.
• Engage with project teams to ensure successful project completion.
• Report on divisional financial issues to the Board of Directors.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Data Interrogation

Bid Knowledge

Legal/Contractual Knowledge

Civil Engineering Background

Industry Experience

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Professional Membership

Job description

Job Description

Role: Bracken Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Commercial Director with a strong Civil Engineering background to join a business with a fantastic reputation. The business that we represent is a market leader and has an extremely strong pipeline of work moving forward. You will be responsible for the overall management and delivery of all commercial aspects of the £300m+ division’s performance and reporting.

General Responsibilities:

1. Managing a team of Commercial Managers.
2. Assisting Bid and estimating teams.
3. Overseeing the relationships between surveyors and operations, ensuring cooperation and engagement that allows for successful projects which support the achievement of the business objectives and that you are able to deliver the agreed budgeted margins.
4. Supporting the Managing Director in reporting to the Board of Directors on all divisional financial issues, with clarity and transparency in all areas.
5. Participating in group-wide forums and initiatives and contributing fully to the development and implementation of company policies and procedures.
6. Agreeing target margins for all projects.
7. Engaging with the project teams to ensure the delivery of successful projects and to deliver the target margins.
8. Liaising with Senior Operations Management to ensure that the project forecasts positions are accurate against the target margin and profit plans.
9. Ensuring that all contractual processes, correspondence, and documentation are stored correctly.
10. Liaising with Senior Management Team on contractual matters within their regions/divisions.
11. Having full profit and loss accountability for the Division.
12. Keeping abreast of the preliminaries/site management costs and ensuring that the Project team are advised accordingly so they are able to action and remedy over expenditure.
13. Ensuring profit plans are understood for each scheme/project and monitoring and delivering on agreed areas and working on identifying further areas for recovery.

Requirements:

1. BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar commercial related course.
2. Professional membership of appropriate body.
3. Good data interrogation skills.
4. Civil Engineering background.
5. Leadership experience with the ability to influence at all levels.
6. Bid knowledge.
7. Excellent legal/contractual knowledge.
8. Industry experience.
9. Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
10. Experience of a senior commercial role for a leading contractor.

Please contact Steve Lee on Email: (url removed) or Mobile: (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion.