Project Commercial Manager

MWH Treatment; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

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About The Role

We are looking to strengthen our Commercial team with a Project Commercial Manager based at our Peterborough office with hybrid working available. As our new Projects Commercial Manager you'll be accountable for the commercial and cost management for the project from inception to close out reporting directly to the Project Director.

Using your expertise and commercial nous, you'll challenge current commercial thinking and agreements. You'll work with the Project Director and their team on all project matters as you look to leave a positive and lasting impression across the Alliance.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensure robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and makes due allowance for all risks and opportunities.
• Manage the procurement process ensuring that all strategies are developed and agreed and that tender processes are followed correctly.
• Subcontractors are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including: compliance, communications, payments, compensation events and programme submissions.
• Ensure robust cost management is undertaken at all times including: accurate live forecasting and actual costs vs estimates.
• Ensure that accurate and trusted records are kept so that all financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.
• Continually strives to develop processes and procedures to ensure standardisation across the commercial teams delivery process.
• Looks to develop members of the team with commercial knowledge and experience gained over numerous years in industry.

About You

• Educated to Degree/HNC level or equivalent.
• RICS/CIOB/CICES qualification.
• Delivery of multiple and/or complex projects ranging in values from £100k to multi-million pound projects with experience of the following:
• Managing/Leading a team
• Contract administration (working with NEC suite of contracts)
• Managing change
• Procurement
• Risk and opportunity management
• Negotiation
• Estimating
• Stakeholder management

Skills

• Acts as the commercial conscience of the IPL, challenges delivery team.
• Operates fairly, honestly and with integrity.
• Champions collaboration and open communication.
• 'Value for Money' mentality.
• Takes ownership and leads with a strong commercial focus on outperformance and contractual requirements, showing an ability to work under pressure whilst supporting the team.
• Positive forward-thinking decision maker with the skills to proactively manage the project and the commercial team.
• Capable of building strong personal relationships through a supportive empathetic style to enable the formation of high performing teams - Listens, understands and adjusts.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to create strong relationships with key stakeholders within the organisation and to influence decision making.
• Creates drive and momentum to deliver.

About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1400 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances.

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference. Our goal as an employer is to motivate and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills.

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex-veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don't just tick boxes; we live these values every day.

What MWH offer

Packages include:

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc.