Major Projects – Commercial Director

Major Projects – Commercial Director

Wates

We have an exciting opportunity for a Major Projects – Commercial Director to join our Wates Construction Major Projects team. Reporting into the Major Projects Director for the MoJ AHDP (Accelerated Houseblock Deployment Programme) portfolio of work, you will be accountable for commercial leadership on 3 large projects comprising the AHDP portfolio. This includes strategy, main and subcontract tender procurement, risk management, pre and post contract administration, margin improvement and people development.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Leadership of commercial function through all preconstruction, procurement, commercial delivery, and post contract activities.
• Facilitate regular two-way discussions with commercial, operational teams and or development teams and update all on current strategic issues.
• Ensure decisions taken are clearly communicated and that relevant individuals have clear guidance to enable successful outcomes.
• Use all available resources to produce data to support regional business plans.
• Regularly meet clients, consultants and or external influences to enable understanding of medium / long term trends, dynamics, opportunities, and threats.
• Ensure that all projects have clear tender and delivery strategies published in a project business plan.
• Ensure all bids have a commercial strategy, including demonstration of relevant added value, and where appropriate co-ordinated with the Development Strategy
• Identify significant opportunities for change to add value across the business and effectively manage the change process.

To be successful in the role you will have significant experience in Commercial Leadership and worked on Construction schemes in excess of £100M.

Alongside this you will have strong leadership skills, including experience of managing and developing teams, and the confidence to successfully lead, influence and communicate at all levels to deliver targets.

A bit about us:

Being a family-owned business means we understand and value long term relationships. We are community minded, and our work is guided by inspiring better ways of creating the places, communities and businesses of tomorrow.

It's our people who make Wates successful. We will only achieve our strategic objectives if we recruit and retain the best people and operate in an environment underpinned by inclusivity, diversity and opportunity.

We offer industry-leading family friendly and flexible working opportunities that reflect the changing expectations of talent and enable you to manage personal and professional commitments as part of a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, offering equal opportunities, we are proud to have been recognised through our Investors in People Gold accreditation and our Disability Confident Committed certification.

So, if you'd like to work for an inclusive organisation which invests in you and your continued career development, and you're looking for your next challenge, we'd like to hear from you.

Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry's environmental impact.

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Accrington, Lancashire

Sun, 28 Jan :17:27 GMT

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