Balfour Beatty plc
Senior Commercial Manager
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About The Role
Our Rail business is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to be the Commercial Lead across a portfolio of projects for a multi-disciplinary business unit delivering Civils, Building, P-way and Signalling works across our Wales & Western business unit.
The successful candidate will work closely with the programme director and finance manager for the region and other functions as a key member of the leadership team. Balfour Beatty Rail have strong relationships with their key clients including Network Rail, Transport for Wales and internal Balfour Beatty Businesses.
What you'll be doing
- Provides commercial input to Value Engineering reviews for different forms of construction
- Manages the feedback of commercial data to Planning and Estimating
- The ability to review tenders and cost data to manage the preparation of target cost for a project
- To co-ordinate the commercial team to ensure programme issues are identified and actioned
- To manage the preparation and review of Earned Value Management
- Manage the preparation of the monthly CVR and associated commercial reports
- To manage the feedback of commercial data to planning, estimating, marketing and sales
- Establish client supply chain requirements and advise on alternative forms of contract and procurement arrangements
- Formulation of management plans for resource procurement
- Application of legislation and ability to liaise with legal experts
- Preparation of Estimates & Tender submissions including the interpretation of specifications and preambles
- Representation of the financial and contractual interests to your employer and/or client in progress meetings or the like
- Co-ordination of buying, accounts, production control/planning, supply chain management and procurement techniques, estimating and surveying functions
- Management of project cost reporting
- Management and reporting of commercial risk and opportunity
- Management of disallowed cost
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Who we're looking for
- Ideally a BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
- Ideally possess experience gained from the Rail or Civil Engineering industries
- Experience of NEC contracts Option A, C & E
- Experience of project over large geographical area with multiple sub-projects
- Experience of projects £50m+
The Following Qualities/experience Are Desirable
- Member or Fellow of RICS, ICES or CIOB
The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities;
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Strategic change management
- Achievement focus (achieving results)
- Business and customer awareness
- Promotes organisational aims and objectives
- Manages customer needs
- Manages opportunities and threats
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if Contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.
From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.
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Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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