Commercial Manager

Overview

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The Atkins

Réalis Infrastructure Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the centre of excellence for the delivery of infrastructure projects and combines the best in project management, commercial and design management to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sectors. The team is responsible for delivery of design services across our markets of Water Infrastructure, Defence Infrastructure, Nuclear, Aviation, Energy, Rail (stations), and Urban Developments.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join our NS&NI practice, (within a regional role based from one of our offices in Glasgow, Newcastle, Stockton, Leeds or Manchester) who wants to take the next step in their career and further their responsibility for the delivery of projects from inception to completion. You will be an established Commercial Manager, with proven experience in successfully delivering projects.

This role combines agile working from our NS&NI offices with time at client offices and sites.

Our need to recruit comes from the success of our division and our pipeline and expected growth across a variety of sectors.

A role within the Infrastructure PDP offers the opportunity to work on the full suite of projects that Atkins

Réalis delivers; be it refurbishment and new build projects; nuclear new build; defence; water projects and many more, which will enable you to demonstrate and progress your commercial management skills, knowledge, and experience.

As a Commercial Manager you are likely to have several years of multi-disciplinary infrastructure project delivery experience, within a consultancy environment, and would be responsible for the Commercial Management for a portfolio of projects across the region during project implementation.

• The successful delivery of the project commercial targets, following handover from bid/central commercial team.
• Assembling and owning the commercial aspects of project delivery for a portfolio of projects across the region, with regular reporting to Commercial leadership.
• Protecting the commercial interest of Atkins
  
  Réalis, through support to the delivery of key contracts, with robust commercial processes.
• Provide regular support to Project Managers and Project Directors to manage the commercial aspects of complex projects including change management, Early Warnings, Change Notices and Claims.
• Resolve disputes and contractual interpretation issues.
• Working with Project teams, identify and manage matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk to Atkins
  
  Réalis, as well as identification of opportunities.
• Senior member of the project team - building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding and developing the team towards solving problems and making decisions.
• Cognisant delivery of projects and tasks in accordance with the Atkins
  
  Réalis Values;
  Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, and Innovation.

• Commercial/Contract Management experience and understanding of the needs and approaches to engineering consultancy and design markets, including relationships with clients, work planning and commercial management.
• Chartered status CEng, MRICS or equivalent.
• Market sector experience across a range of major projects.
• Understands and has experience in commercial management across various forms of construction contract, in particular NEC3 or 4 and/or bespoke forms of contract.
• Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills, including the ability to understand client requirements.
• Strong understanding of principles of assurance and compliance as defined and applied within the relevant industry environment.
• Identifies new opportunities and growth propositions and brings value into the business by seeing these through to new work for themselves and others.
• Competent and confident to define the best way forward in a dynamic working environment.
• Self-motivated and able to work both independently and within a larger multi-discipline team.
• A hard working and flexible individual, who is a team player, possesses great attention to detail, is reliable, proactive and shows…