Project Commercial Director

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Building a sustainable tomorrow

The Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture has a successful history of delivering critical infrastructure for the UK on time and to budget together in joint venture partnership. They first worked together in 2010 as BFK, delivering three Crossrail contracts, including the longest stretch of tunnelling works between Royal Oak and Farringdon and Farringdon Station, the first central station to be completed on the Elizabeth Line. The team is also delivering the Silvertown Tunnel project together in East London and has been delivering excellence at each stage of HS2, such as Fusion JV for the Enabling Works packages, EKFB for the central Main Works Contract and now delivering the track infrastructure across the entire HS2 route.

We are now recruiting for a Project Commercial Director to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project at the initial design phase which will run concurrently with the completion of main works contracts, which are now at their peak. The team will be ready to mobilise as soon as the civil works are complete and will operate under a collaborative Rail Systems Alliance structure, designed to manage interfaces and resolve any program conflicts. The members will work together on design, access, resources, and logistics to achieve shared goals for cost and schedule.

Your work environment

• Candidates can be based in London or Birmingham with support elements of hybrid/flexible working.
• People are at the heart of what we do at Bam. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Your mission

As a Project Commercial Director, you will be responsible for the following:

• Maintaining high personal safety, environmental and social sustainability, and quality standards in accordance with BAM policy.
• Providing commercial input to bid stage and preconstruction activities as required.
• Providing support and guidance by implementing actions and agreed strategies from all commercial discussions for concerning project performance, training and strategies.
• Maintaining effective communication with all disciplines across your project and with the wider region/sector, including meetings, training and forums.
• Providing commercial leadership input into building stronger relationships with client, stakeholder, partner and supply chain partner organisations.
• Providing an input into preconstruction activities as per the governance framework of BAM and our key client.
• Establishing and growing a commercial team structure and balance that delivers the agreed project budgets and outcomes.
• Be responsible for commercial team people matters which may include talent and role succession awareness, recruitment, development, attitude and behavioural issues, competency and retainment issues, colleague work allocation.
• Produce timely and accurate monthly cost and value reports, quarterly forecasts and cash-flow information and present them to senior management.
• Ensuring the projects timely production and presentation of adequate levels of applications for payment in accordance with the provisions of the conditions of contract.
• Providing commercial input into supply chain procurement through contract vetting and production of contract documentation.
• Production and leading negotiations on project insurance claims with insurer's representatives.
• Establishing an audit process in line with your projects, the region/sector and Segment's requirements and providing feedback
• Ensure that the requirement to produce, collate and retain comprehensive cross project records is briefed, understood, and undertaken by all disciplines from the commencement of any given project.

Who are we looking for?

• Successful experience as a Project Commercial Lead working on large project delivery - £300m+
• Experience of joint venture/ alliance working considered beneficial (not essential)
• Educated to Degree level in a relevant Commercial, Construction or Project Management qualification (preferred but not essential)
• To be a Member or Fellow of the CICES, RICS or CIOB
• Understanding of construction law, dispute resolution and contractual terms in all standard contract forms.
• Proven ability to establish, maintain and enhance client and supply chain relationships.
• To adopt a proactive approach in the identification and implementation of value engineering and cost reduction opportunities
• To be familiar with and aware of developments within the construction business and how they may impact business/operations/performance.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it's about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM Nuttall Ltd, m: 07717 227890 / Email: jonathan.schulte@bam.com

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.