Commercial Manager

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. 
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. 

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs. 

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence. 
Owing to the expansion of our defence business we have exciting opportunities for a Commercial Manager to join our fast-growing teams. This is a unique opportunity to be involved in some of the most complex and challenging projects in the UK today. Within the Mott MacDonald family we are looking to attract the finest talent to be part of this journey as we mobilise for a number of key opportunities across a broad portfolio of Defence programmes.

Please note, travel to site will be required three times per week.

What you will contribute to the team; 

• Ability to develop contracting and procurement plans.
• Preparing tender and contract documentation.
• Managing tender processes.
• Managing contracts, including contractual obligations. 
• Negotiating with Industry including pricing negotiations, contract terms, risk and reward as well as establishing Intellectual Property Rights. 
• Developing commercial governance procedures, processes and systems.
• Managing eSourcing and/or eEvaluation systems.
• Providing administrative duties on contracts and procurement processes for client team
• Adhering to appropriate Public Procurement Regulations. 
• Working effectively with stakeholders, inside and outside of client organisation, to ensure successful outcomes and wider team deliverables. 
• Develop and supervise commercial staff and sharing knowledge and expertise. 

Candidate Specification :

Required for the position of Commercial Manager; 

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent 
• Professional Membership (or working towards professional membership) with an applicable professional organisation
• Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.  
• Proven track record in commercial delivery, in defence (preferred) or other sectors
• Good knowledge and application of commercial management methodologies, including NEC4 and NEC3.
• Ability to operate both autonomously and as part of a larger team
• Flexibility to travel and work in different sectors and clients

Preferred, but not required  

• Good research and analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills
• Essential Soft skills include, leadership, flexibility, self-motivation, effective listening, persuasion, creativity, collaborative style, insightfulness
• Computer literacy in Microsoft applications
• Working knowledge of commercial management software and tools

If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.  

Job Profile :

About the business unit 
The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care. 

The Unit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management. 

How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our 15-minute application via our website. Our talent acquisition coordinators aim to provide feedback within 5 working days with the outcome of your application. More information about our application process can be found. If you have any questions regarding your application or the role, please reach out to the dedicated recruiter listed who will be more than happy to help. 

Mott MacDonald is Work180 accredited – which means we actively support and encourage women to join our work force! 

Benefits we offer:  

• Pension matched up to 7%  
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription  
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive 
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5 
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers 
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance 
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans . 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes