Commercial Manager

Prism Connect; Grangemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Prism Connect is seeking a Commercial Manager to provide leadership across Estimating, Cost Management, Planning, and Commercial functions for the contract. You will ensure full compliance with client and company processes and Delegation of Authority across the contract lifecycle.

The role requires supervising Document Control, Estimating, Cost, and Planning staff and delivering robust project controls. Strong experience in planning software and MS Office is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant subject.
• Significant experience in project planning, estimating, and cost control.
• Experience reviewing interfaces between engineering disciplines and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead Estimating, Cost, Planning and Commercial functions.
• Coordinate and upscale all commercial matters for review and approval.
• Identify, mitigate and control project risks and manage changes.

Skills

Project planning

Cost control

Leadership

Risk management

Communication

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Tools

MS Office

Planning software

Business systems

Job description

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 upscale 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 company 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 company 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 company 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 company values and lead by example
• Ensure direct report performance reviews are carried out within the required timescales (where applicable)

About You

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified in a relevant subject or equivalent

Experience/competence:

• Significant, demonstrable experience in Project Planning, Estimating and Cost Control
• Understanding of interfaces between various engineering disciplines, project management and construction
• Experience in the use of Business Systems and Implementation and Management of Processes
• Significant experience in the use of planning software
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Experience in managing and developing others
• Competent in the use of MS Office applications