Strategic Tendering & Commercial Lead

United Infrastructure Power T&D Limited; Warrington; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

United Infrastructure, a UK-based infrastructure company, seeks a Senior Commercial professional to lead tendering activities, pricing reviews, and risk-based contract assessments. You will coordinate inputs from multiple disciplines and oversee governance of bids across regions.

The role requires substantial leadership experience within transmission/civils or related sectors, strong communication skills, and the ability to drive timely delivery while managing complex stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Law, or Business Studies, along with appropriate professional qualification (preferred).
• Substantial experience in a similar role with consolidated leadership/management experience ideally gained within Transmission and Distribution or civils sector.
• Instinctive appreciation of risks and figures when reviewing and approving work product by team.
• Inspire team to deliver promptly and accurately to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal, and presentation.
• The ability to communicate complex principles effectively at all levels within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage tender budgets / cost codes, reporting on costs and advising on budget requirements.
• Lead pricing reviews, coordinating inputs from all necessary disciplines.
• Guide estimating to ensure pricing is aligned with commercial strategy.
• Coordinate contract reviews making qualifications appropriate for risk profile.
• Lead risk reviews appreciating likely risks to be considered and prompting engagement from all disciplines.
• Coordinate regional Commercial Manager engagement and ownership.
• Lead bid clarification / qualification basis with client interface.
• Lead commercial handovers to delivery team.
• Oversee and facilitate supply-chain input.
• Manage tender governance and review process.
• Manage external support / consultants.
• Line management of estimating and contracts team.
• Client PoC for commercial/pricing negotiation.

Skills

Leadership

Pricing reviews

Budget management

Risk assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying / Law / Business Studies

Job description

United Infrastructure, a UK-based infrastructure company, seeks a Senior Commercial professional to lead tendering activities, pricing reviews, and risk-based contract assessments. You will coordinate inputs from multiple disciplines and oversee governance of bids across regions.

The role requires substantial leadership experience within transmission/civils or related sectors, strong communication skills, and the ability to drive timely delivery while managing complex stakeholder relationships.