Project Commercial Director

Kier Group; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction sector seeks a Project Commercial Director in Wellingborough. This role provides strategic leadership for high-value projects, focusing on team management, risk oversight, and driving profitability. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and a solid background in construction project management.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading large construction projects or portfolios.
• Experience in team building, recruitment, and talent development.
• Strong front-end experience in construction.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for managing and motivating the commercial team.
• Ensure effective demand planning and procurement.
• Review bids for design and risk management.

Skills

Leadership

Influencing Skills

Negotiation Skills

Education

Construction Management or related field

Tools

NEC Contracts

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Project Commercial Director, Wellingborough

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Wellingborough, United Kingdom

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Posted:

25.06.2025

Expiry Date:

09.08.2025

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Job Description:

We're looking for a Project Commercial Director to join our Kier Strategic Projects business.

This will be a key leadership role where you be the Project Commercial Director for a major project in excess of £500m in one of our core sectors of Defence, Custodial, Commercial or Healthcare

Location: Rushden, with travel to the site and London for meetings.

Contract: Full Time, Permanent – flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know

What will you be responsible for?

As a Project Commercial Director, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in providing strategic, visible leadership across your area ofresponsibility and other selected projects as required.

Your day to day will include:

• Accountability for managing andmotivating the commercial team as well as cross functional teams including procurement and administration.
• A talent leader, able to identify, grow and progress potential talent to build long-term organisational capability for the region and group as a whole
• Ensuring we leverageour scale by excellent demand planning and cross project procurement liaising with other parts of the BU/stream as required.
• Ensure technically the bids are reviewed in terms of design and programme to ensure the full risk profile is clearly understood
• Guide and drive creativity and plans to maximise margin and cash

What are we looking for?

This role of Project Commercial Director is great for you if you have:

• A proven track record of leading a large portfolio of construction projects or a major project with strong front-end experience
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
• Ability to establish and build teams with appropriate skills, and to recruit, train, retain.
• A range of contractual knowledge including the NEC suite of contracts.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2