Commercial Manager

We're looking for a Commercial Manager to join our Southern Water team based in Falmer, Brighton.

Location: Falmer, Brighton, or Chatham, Kent.
Hours: 40 hours per week 

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Southern Water team as we embark on a strategic partnership to deliver ambitious projects for AMP 8. You'll have overall day-to-day commercial responsibility, supporting our framework team in managing the commercial, procurement and financial aspects of this strategic delivery programme. This is a rare chance to mobilise projects across Southern Water's areas and make a real impact from the ground up.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Commercial Manager, you'll be working within the framework team, supporting them in managing the commercial performance of contracts. Your day to day will include:

• Leading and managing commercial teams across the region, overseeing monthly valuations and producing high-level consolidated reports
• Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team to advise on commercial strategy, ensuring successful conversion of opportunities and profitability
• Managing risk mitigation strategies and ensuring effective financial controls, maximising cash flow and keeping projects on track
• Supporting work winning activities and providing benchmarking data to grow the pipeline of opportunities
• Presenting commercial updates to internal and external stakeholders, acting as an escalation point where needed

What are we looking for?

This role of Commercial Manager is great for you if:

• You have a relevant degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying and Chartered Status in a relevant professional body
• You can demonstrate 12 years' experience in a senior commercial capacity within a Tier 1 main contracting environment, preferably in the Water sector
• You have excellent contractual awareness with strong understanding of NEC and JCT conditions
• You have experience in developing and implementing commercial strategies to drive growth and profitability
• You're collaborative, trusted and focused, with proven leadership skills and the ability to empower high performance in your teams

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities, you can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-JB4.