Hybrid Commercial Manager

at Costain Group PLC

• Job title: Commercial Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Fife, United Kingdom

About the role

• Commercial Manager leading a team with Costain, focusing on smart infrastructure solutions in various markets. Responsibilities include managing risks, ensuring governance, and customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team, be self-motivated, disciplined and commercially astute
• Identify, analyse and develop responses to commercial risks
• Implement and assure Company’s governance and contract specific requirements
• Excellent communication and customer facing skills are a must
• Provide guidance and support to the commercial team
• Manage and report on matters relating to insurances relevant to the project
• Establishing and maintaining productive and collaborative relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure all health, safety and environmental risk situations are brought to the attention of Contract Leader / Project Manager

Requirements

• Holds an RICS / CICES accredited degree
• Full Membership of RICS or CICES (Desirable)
• May also be a member of other professional bodies or hold additional qualifications (Desirable)
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen
• Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working
• A creative, strategic and innovative approach to problem-solving
• Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution
• Extensive experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings
• Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions
• Experience of developing & implementing procurement and contract strategies
• Proven negotiating and team-working skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge and experience
• Experience in implementing and delivering strategic objectives and associated change programmes
• Confidence and ability to assert influence
• The ability to constantly improve and evolve as a commercial leader.

Benefits

• Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.
• We do share individual feedback following an interview.
• A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.