Commercial Manager – Energy (Transmission & Distribution)

AECOM

  • Manchester
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 15 days ago
Company DescriptionWork with Us. Change the World.At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.Job DescriptionStart here. Grow here.The role of a Commercial Manager will be taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, often with respect to large and complex infrastructure commissions covering both private and public sector clients. Your role will be to ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added commercial management service.You'll play a vital role in delivering Commercial Management commissions for our clients. The role will require the successful individual to be confident in liaising with and presenting to both clients and contractors. An attention to detail is essential, but with an ability to position commercial context around the detail that enables our clients to make wider, impactful business decisions is just as important.The role will cover all aspects of commercial management throughout the whole project lifecycle from initial inception/ business case through to completion/ commissioning.You will provide Commercial Management Services across a wide range of sectors and will need to be flexible and able to adapt to different client requirements at short notice including working remotely, and happy to travel both throughout the UK and abroad in the pursuit of successful delivery. Travel may at times be frequent and could require time away from your base location.Here's what you'll do:
  • Budget/ baseline development, aligned with our wider controls/ PMO teams, process development, estimation review and assurance, optioneering, inherent risk analysis, procurement/ tender review and assurance, life cycle costing, month end accruals and live forecasting, change and contingency management. Alignment with cost management team and commercial delivery.
  • Identification of process improvement opportunities for cost controls and commercial governance.
  • Interfacing and engagement with project staff including cost, commercial and controls.
  • Management of stakeholders and their expectations through regular communications.
  • Supporting the production of close-out reports.
  • Presentation of outputs and recommendations to clients and their supply chain.
  • Lead engagements when travelling to different sites/locations nationally and internationally.
  • Mentoring junior staff and upskilling both internal and external stakeholders in the arena of cost and commercial management.
QualificationsReady to push the limits of what's possible?Here's what we're looking for
  • Good working knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 suite of contracts and associated.
  • Experience of undertaking commercial management as part of integrated, multi-organisation, collaborative teams.
  • Experience of working as part of a project controls/ PMO process and commercial delivery.
  • Strong report writing and presentation skills.
  • Experience of working within a client organisation, either directly or through a colocation/secondment arrangement.
Your knowledge, experience and skills need to include:
  • Demonstrable experience of delivering service excellence to clients.
  • Experience in the T&D sector highly regarded.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Experience in delivering cost and commercial activities.
  • Strong report writing and presentation skills.
  • Ability to work autonomously and in fast-paced environment, and able to adapt and meet challenges as they develop during the delivery stage
  • Strong interpersonal skills will be required to communicate with a variety of stakeholders with varying levels of seniority and engagement.
  • Achieve the highest standards of professional competence and to demonstrate this ability in all dealings with clients and professional contacts, reinforcing the profile of the company.
  • Drive performance standards and technical excellence through expert communication and effective use of the performance management process and AECOM technical practice networks.
  • Maintain and develop good relationships with clients, take every opportunity to uphold and increase the profile of the firm as a provider of professional, premium quality services to the construction industry.
  • Actively support the internal team and manage more junior staff on technically complex projects.
  • Be aware of and develop marketing opportunities and where appropriate bring to the attention of Directors and the Business Development Department, in order that they may assist in following up potential leads enabling the development of new business.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at . At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!Additional InformationInterested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!About AECOMAECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.Freedom to Grow in a World of OpportunityYou will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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