Commercial Director

4 weeks ago

Wokingham, United Kingdom Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Full time

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Commercial Director who will be responsible for planning, developing and implementing appropriate commercial strategies required in order to meet the objectives of the NNEP framework. The Commercial Director will be required to maximise opportunities for generating revenue, profit and sustainable growth throughout the lifetime of the NNEP programme. The Commercial Director will play an integral role in determining our pricing models and leverage our market understanding to steer the direction of NNEP. With extensive commercial awareness coupled with a strategic mindset and excellent communication and leadership skills.
The job holder will be responsible for Commercial, Procurement and Supply chain strategy, aligning with the central EAS capability. The role will be accountable for the Sales and proposals team, and developing Strategic relationships with AWE, new and existing Partners and the Supply chain to complement the capabilities of Jacobs and meet the requirements of the NNEP (and wider AWE) scope requirements.

Key Tasks: (accountabilities):

• Strategic Leadership: Contribute to the development and execution of the organisation's business strategy, ensuring alignment with commercial objectives and goals.
• Project Management: Oversee and manage all commercial aspects of large-scale, multi-billion-dollar construction projects throughout their entire life cycle, from initiation to closure.
• Risk Mitigation and Opportunity Identification: Effectively manage risks and seize opportunities to ensure the district's commercial success.
• Team Management: Foster a collaborative environment, providing focus, support, and innovative solutions to the team while encouraging feedback and adaptation to evolving project requirements.
• Financial Management: Contribute to setting and achieving P&L, budget, and forecast goals, oversee progress reporting and income forecasting accuracy, and optimize project cash flow through active invoice collection and identification of invoicing opportunities.

• Contract Management: Ensure contracts are in place with external sub-consultants before commencing work, representing the district in client meetings related to commercial matters.
• Reporting and Analysis: Support senior management in comprehending the project's commercial status through comprehensive reporting and analysis, including reviewing data and reports from other organisations, preparing ad hoc reports, and reconciliations.
• Training and Development: Assist in the development and delivery of training materials to enhance the capabilities of the team, identifying areas for improvement and spearheading innovative solutions to elevate team performance.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work seamlessly across multiple teams, providing clear technical direction through excellent communication skills, and facilitating information exchange by chairing team and project meetings.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• BSc/BA in Quantity Surveying, business administration, finance or relevant field
• Demonstrably significant experience of major programme delivery across a number of programmes of values of £100s of millions of pounds., preferably including international.
• Exceptional leadership and behavioural management qualities with proven experience of leading change, and in building multi-disciplinary project and programme teams.
• Strong understanding and experience of NEC and different contract forms and ways of contracting including P13.
• Experience of building and leading complex supply chain to deliver engineering and/or construction projects.
• Solid collaboration skills to work effectively with multiple teams
• Innovative problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills to articulate clear technical direction
• Security clearance, or the ability to obtain clearance.


Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s –

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
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