Commercial Director

As Commercial Director you will be responsible for ensuring the safe and profitable delivery of a major infrastructure investment programme.

Within our Advisory & Programme Delivery (APD) Transport Unit we deliver advisory, project, programme and commercial management services to some of the most well known clients in the UK. We operate in Rail, Highways, Aviation and Maritime. Our vision is to deliver major transportation projects as part of a global business and to establish our wide-ranging consultancy as ‘credible’ and ‘preferred’ for our existing and new clients.,

• Achieve team and associated staff results by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring and performance management, including contractors


• Manage the interfaces between the commercial team and other functions within the business and joint ventures (including any wider Integrated Project Teams)


• Deliver Cost / Value Reconciliation and Project Controls Reporting & Consolidation requirements


• Ensure the project remains cash positive throughout


• Commercial / Finance interface and control of (at a project and joint venture level), reporting, results alignment including disallowed and Fee Based costs and co-ordinate period-end process to ensure accurate and timely reporting


• Manage and own the contractual change process to ensure revenue is appropriately recognised and recovered (overall responsibility for contract administration)


• Procurement and management of Sub-Contract packages of work


• Lead the risk and opportunity management process from a commercial perspective


• Develop and manage a collaborative working relationship with the Client and key stakeholders


• Implement and manage the project Commercial Strategy and associated Commercial Management Plan, Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.


• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.


• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.


• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.


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Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.


• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.


• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.


• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.


• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes., A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
  
  A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.Â, Previous demonstrative in-depth experience of lead commercial roles on large programmes


• Member of Professional Body / Professional Commercial qualification / NEC Experience


• In depth experience and proven record of managing commercial teams and stakeholders in similar collaborative arrangements


• Excellent IT Skills – Word/Excel/PowerPoint


• Strong communication skills including writing reports and presenting


• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, stakeholders, colleagues and the supply chain


• Ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to work


• Flexibility to travel to client sites and other MM offices


• Experience on Highways scheme delivery in major projects


• Knowledge and experience in the management of CEMAR
  
  We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.Â

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.Â, At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.Â


• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.


• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.


• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.


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Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.


• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.


• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.