Commercial Manager

Mace; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is recruiting for a Commercial Manager to support the Responsible Designer contract on the Hinkley Point C project. You will act as the first line commercial contact to HPC's project and engineering community, managing defined scope areas and supporting commercial assistant activities within the team.

You'll lead the contract commercial team, drive value, maintain safety culture, and report to a Senior Commercial Manager, ensuring governance and successful contract close-out.

Qualifications

• Degree in quantity surveying or cost management with a relevant professional track record.
• MRICS/RICS certification or working towards it is required or highly desirable.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen for complex contract management.
• Knowledge of value engineering, life cycle costing and contract law.
• Experience delivering parts of large projects within diverse teams.
• Proven ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Awareness of carbon and sustainability considerations shaping projects.
• Strategic thinker with data-driven decision making and risk awareness.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders in complex environments.
• Extensive track record managing commercial teams and NEC3 PSC contracts.
• Sound decision making on high-value matters; strong change management skills.
• High IT literacy, including MS Excel and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring principal accountabilities for the contract commercial team are implemented per HPC procedures.
• Act as Intelligent Customer to meet stakeholder expectations on commercial probity and value.
• Engage supply chain with collaborative working, coaching and enabling change.
• Manage a defined scope of work in commercial management during execution, incl. change via Compensation Events.
• Oversee contract commercial relationships and pursue equitable outcomes for early close-out.
• Consider nuclear baseline and promote a strong nuclear safety culture within the team.
• Develop self and people within the team for professional growth.
• Manage delivery of the contract in line with IMS governance and delegation of authority.
• Provide support to Senior Commercial Manager or Supply Chain Lead on compensation events scope and value.
• Deliver final account settlements and capture commercial lessons learnt.
• Ensure formal completion of project contracts and contribute to project governance.

Skills

Quantity surveying

MRICS/RICS

Commercial acumen

Value engineering

Life cycle costing

Contract law

NEC3 PSC contracts

Stakeholder management

Sustainability

Strategic thinking

Data-driven

Contract management

Team leadership

Decision making

Risk management

Excel

SAP

Education

Quantity surveying degree

MRICS/RICS membership

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The project:

Hinkley Point C is helping to secure the UK's low-carbon energy future, delivering reliable, affordable electricity to millions of homes for generations to come. As part of this nationally significant programme, you'll join a world-class team driving innovation, collaboration and excellence across every stage of delivery. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a project of unprecedented scale and complexity, while developing your career in an environment where your expertise, leadership and ambition can make a lasting impact.

The postholder will work collaboratively with the other Commercial Managers within the small team to provide commercial support to successfully manage the Responsible Designer (RD) contract on HPC, acting as the first line of commercial contact to the HPC Project and Engineering community for commercial RD matters.

It is envisaged that the successfully applicant will manage the commercial aspects for a defined scope area(s) of the RD contract and provide support to the Commercial Assistant activities that are completed within the team.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Ensuring all principal accountabilities for the contract commercial team are implemented in accordance with HPC commercial procedures.
• Adopting the role of ‘Intelligent Customer’, ensuring that stakeholder expectations are met regarding commercial probity, value and that the supply chain is treated fairly and equitably.
• Directing in the engagement with the supply chain based on collaborative working principles and applying the skills of supporting, coaching, enabling and facilitating team members through change; thereby building and maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Managing a key scope of work in the commercial management of contracts during the execution phase - including the management of change via Compensation Events.
• Overseeing contract commercial relationships. Work with collaborative behaviours in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation. Seeking to achieve equitable outcomes for all parties to facilitate early commercial close-out of contentious topics.
• Consideration of the nuclear baseline and distribution of nuclear safety significant responsibilities within the team; ensuring people are aware of the needs of a strong nuclear safety culture.
• Professional development of self and people within the team.
• Responsibilities under the approved supply chain policy managing contracts and being a direct interface with the supply chain to ensure an embedded nuclear safety culture; the right level of oversight, control and surveillance of contractor activities are set up in HPC and the supply chain.
• Reporting and providing support to a Senior Commercial Manager or Supply Chain Lead including assessing the scope, duration and expected value of compensation events, always within the commercial requirements of the contract.
• Providing commercial management for the delivery of contract final account agreements (close-out). Commercial Managers must provide commercial support to the Project Manager in the effective delivery of the contract and ensure formal completion and closure of all the Project Contracts, identification and recording of commercial lessons learnt.
• Responsible for the delivery of the contract in accordance with HPC governance requirements; always operating in accordance with Integrated Management System (IMS) rules and procedures to ensure that contracts are administered within delegation of authority and the overall NNB governance/assurance regime.

You’ll Need To Have

• Degree in quantity surveying/cost management (or equivalent)
• Professional membership or working towards i.e. MRICS/RICS (or equivalent), or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
• Commercial and financial acumen.
• Knowledge of value engineering, life cycle costing, contract law and contractual frameworks relating to construction.
• Experience of managing parts of projects within large, diverse teams.
• Experience of developing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.
• Strategic thinking.
• Data/facts centric.
• Ability to engage and influence Senior Stakeholders in a complex environment
• Effective commercial/contract management skills.
• Able to demonstrate an extensive track record of managing Commercial Teams and administering NEC3 PSC contracts.
• Ability to make sound decisions on matters of significant financial value.
• Good understanding of contract performance management, risk management, and change management.
• High levels of IT literacy, including MS Excel and SAP.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.