Project Commercial Director

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a highly accomplished Project Commercial Director to lead the commercial strategy and performance of a nationally significant high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project that will play a critical role in strengthening the UK's energy infrastructure and supporting the transition to a low-carbon future. Reporting at a senior leadership level, you will be accountable for shaping and driving the project's commercial outcomes, providing expert oversight of contract management, risk allocation, financial performance, and stakeholder engagement across a complex, multidisciplinary delivery environment.

This role offers a rare opportunity to influence the successful delivery of a major energy infrastructure investment, ensuring commercial excellence, safeguarding business interests, and creating long-term value for clients, partners, shareholders, and the communities we serve.

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a highly accomplished Project Commercial Director to lead the commercial strategy and performance of a nationally significant high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project that will play a critical role in strengthening the UK's energy infrastructure and supporting the transition to a low-carbon future. Reporting at a senior leadership level, you will be accountable for shaping and driving the project's commercial outcomes, providing expert oversight of contract management, risk allocation, financial performance, and stakeholder engagement across a complex, multidisciplinary delivery environment.

This role offers a rare opportunity to influence the successful delivery of a major energy infrastructure investment, ensuring commercial excellence, safeguarding business interests, and creating long-term value for clients, partners, shareholders, and the communities we serve.

• This role will be based out of our head offices either in Kilsyth or Inverness, with regular visits to site in Inverness-shire as required.

As Project Commercial Director, you will be responsible for the following:

• Provide strategic commercial leadership across a major energy infrastructure project, ensuring successful delivery of commercial objectives, financial performance, and business outcomes.
• Champion the highest standards of health, safety, sustainability, quality, wellbeing, diversity, inclusion, and social value across the project team and supply chain.
• Lead and develop a high-performing commercial team, driving talent management, succession planning, recruitment, capability development, and employee engagement.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, joint venture partners, supply chain organisations, and key stakeholders to maximise project value and collaboration.
• Oversee all commercial reporting, forecasting, cost management, cash flow, and payment applications, ensuring accurate and timely information for senior leadership.
• Lead commercial risk, opportunity, change, and claims management activities, protecting project interests and maximising commercial performance.
• Direct procurement and supply chain commercial activities, including contract strategy, contract review, negotiation, and governance.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, commercial processes, audit requirements, record management standards, and company governance procedures.
• Support business improvement initiatives, project assurance reviews, and the implementation of best practice, innovation, and continuous improvement across the organisation.

We are looking for a commercially astute leader with the credibility and experience to operate at senior level within a major infrastructure environment.

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