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Commercial Manager – Utilities

October 24, 2022 | Comments Off on Commercial Manager – Utilities

We're looking for a Commercial Manager to join our Source Design team, based from both our Maple Cross office and from home, plus travel to offices and sites across the portfolio. Within this role, you can enjoy working on projects such Civils surrounding HS2 and within a business area with current turnover of £10 million, with expectations of growth.

Location: Working from home, our Maple Cross office and travel to sites

Contract: Full Time, Permanent - flexible and part-time hours may available if desired, just let us know.

Responsibilities


As a Commercial Manager, you'll be working within the Source Design Team managing resources (people and finance) and supporting them in maximising planned gross margin through placement and control of contracts and subcontracts. Our Source Design team provide design solutions to both internal and external Kier clients, and we're looking for someone with commercial management experience within the world of utilities.

Your day to day will include:


  • Assessing, reviewing, and mitigating commercial and contractual risks and implement Kier Group's policies for risk management.
  • Completing and supporting the authorisation and submission of project variations
  • Maximising cash flow through the control, measurement and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers.
  • Delivering periodic reporting requirements within deadlines provided
Who are we looking for?

This role of Commercial Manager is great for you if you:


  • Either hold a Degree in Surveying or proven experience in commercial management
  • Have experience of surveying and line management
  • Hold knowledge of NEC contracts
  • Have a full Driving Licence.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:


  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A fantastic matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 21st November 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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