Commercial Manager

NES Fircroft; Falkirk; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft in Grangemouth invites applications for a Commercial Manager to lead Estimating, Cost Management, Planning and Commercial functions on a major contract. The role demands strong governance, risk management and adherence to Authority requirements throughout the contract lifecycle.

You will supervise Document Control and KPI reporting, drive project controls best practices, coordinate with support functions, and mentor the team while ensuring compliance with health, safety and quality

Responsibilities

• Supervising the contract Document Control, Estimating, Cost, and Planning personnel
• Co-ordinate and elevate all commercial and contractual matters for appropriate functional review and approval
• Identify, mitigate, manage and control risks in respect of delivery of services by monitoring risk factors and their responses, and initiating change as required
• Prepare and implement contract process in full alignment with required standards at all times
• Gather and applying project controls best practices and lessons learned
• Review schedule reports for accuracy and work with the team to agree mitigation plans
• Ensure that estimates meet agreed structure and overall accuracy levels and required approvals using agree Norms where appropriate
• Report monthly to all Functional Management
• Implement and monitor and report on agreed or allocated corrective actions to rectify any KPI performance below expected level
• Fully implement and act as contract gatekeeper for full compliance of contract with delegation of authority rules at all times and report to Group Commercial Director on any suspected or noted deviation whatsoever
• Establish and maintain links with relevant support functions to enable effective communication, planning and management of activities / initiatives including leading any necessary work streams or working groups
• Ensure regular departmental and inter-departmental meetings are scheduled, and actions tracked and monitored to close out
• Oversee planning and scheduling practices ensuring adequate and scalable arrangements are in place for the oversight of schedule and to ensure compliance with applicable standards / procedures
• Oversee Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures and cleanse and rectify inefficient structures or unnecessary bureaucracy
• Participate in recruitment of new team resources and performance management, objective setting and discipline of allocated team members
• Implement set objectives and demonstrate performance against them
• Responsible for ensuring professional development is maintained and identified competency requirements are undertaken in a timely manner
• Adherence to the company integrated management system
• Compliance with quality assurance, health and safety and environmental policies
• Demonstrate and promote QHSE principles and lead by example
• Ensure unsafe activities are challenged
• Adherence to the requirements of the best practice standards recommendations and processes in the undertaking of duties, in particular, risk assessment and control, reliability and failure prevention necessary to ensure the safe design, provision and use of tools, equipment and systems
• Demonstrate and promote values and lead by example
• Ensure direct report performance reviews are carried out within the required timescales (where applicable)

Job description

Commercial Manager

About The Role

Our client, an oil and gas service company, are now looking for a Commercial Manager to join their team in Grangemouth on a full-time, employee basis. An excellent salary + benefits package is available for the successful candidate.

Role summary:

The Commercial Manager is required to provide leadership across all Estimating, Cost Management, Planning, and Commercial functions for the contract, ensuring full compliance with client and company processes, procedures, and adherence to Delegation of Authority requirements across all contract activities throughout the contract lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Supervising the contract Document Control, Estimating, Cost, and Planning personnel
• Co-ordinate and elevate all commercial and contractual matters for appropriate functional review and approval
• Identify, mitigate, manage and control risks in respect of delivery of services by monitoring risk factors and their responses, and initiating change as required
• Prepare and implement contract process in full alignment with required standards at all times
• Gather and applying project controls best practices and lessons learned
• Review schedule reports for accuracy and work with the team to agree mitigation plans
• Ensure that estimates meet agreed structure and overall accuracy levels and required approvals using agree Norms where appropriate
• Report monthly to all Functional Management
• Implement and monitor and report on agreed or allocated corrective actions to rectify any KPI performance below expected level
• Fully implement and act as contract gatekeeper for full compliance of contract with delegation of authority rules at all times and report to Group Commercial Director on any suspected or noted deviation whatsoever
• Establish and maintain links with relevant support functions to enable effective communication, planning and management of activities / initiatives including leading any necessary work streams or working groups
• Ensure regular departmental and inter-departmental meetings are scheduled, and actions tracked and monitored to close out
• Oversee planning and scheduling practices ensuring adequate and scalable arrangements are in place for the oversight of schedule and to ensure compliance with applicable standards / procedures
• Oversee Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures and cleanse and rectify inefficient structures or unnecessary bureaucracy
• Participate in recruitment of new team resources and performance management, objective setting and discipline of allocated team members
• Implement set objectives and demonstrate performance against them
• Responsible for ensuring professional development is maintained and identified competency requirements are undertaken in a timely manner
• Adherence to the company integrated management system
• Compliance with quality assurance, health and safety and environmental policies
• Demonstrate and promote QHSE principles and lead by example
• Ensure unsafe activities are challenged
• Adherence to the requirements of the best practice standards recommendations and processes in the undertaking of duties, in particular, risk assessment and control, reliability and failure prevention necessary to ensure the safe design, provision and use of tools, equipment and systems
• Demonstrate and promote values and lead by example
• Ensure direct report performance reviews are carried out within the required timescales (where applicable)

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.