Do you want to lead a Commercial team? Can you collaborate with senior leaders? Are you an experienced Commercial Manager? Then, here is your chance to convert aspirations into actions.
Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To lead our Commercial team in the UK, we are looking for a Head of Discipline to join us. Working closely with the Head of Discipline for Project Management and Project Controls, you’ll oversee the financial and commercial aspects of our projects and business operations, ensuring their success and profitability.
Your key responsibilities will be:
* Act as a visible leader, modelling inclusive, effective behaviours.
* Lead a professional group of approx. 10 people, with responsibility for commercial, professional and personal development.
* Produce and analyse progress reports, and work with project delivery teams to ensure updated forecasts are produced and reported in a timely manner.
* Implement the risk management process, review risk registers and check risk controls.
* Ensure a regular review of progress, budget resources and forward planning are carried out, and look ahead programmes are in place.
* Track scope changes and associated time and cost impacts and ensure contractual coverage is in place.
* Build and maintain relationships with internal and external project stakeholders.
* Ensure monthly project reporting timescales are met and collaborating with the UK Project Controls/ Finance team to ensure accurate month end reporting on various projects.
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
Like us, you believe that leadership success comes from setting a clear and meaningful direction for your team and supporting them in taking ownership of their work. You always delegate responsibility and ensure an open and safe dialogue, and you coach your people to achieve their aspirations through constructive, fact‑based feedback. Attracting and nurturing a diverse group of high‑potential team members is at the top of your agenda, as is creating an inclusive, caring and trusting culture in your team.
On top of that, you’ll have:
* Chartered status (MRICS or MICES or equivalent).
* Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or a related discipline, or equivalent experience on complex infrastructure projects.
* Experience of the commercial management of projects in a civil engineering design consultancy or Main Contracting environment.
* In‑depth working knowledge of NEC contract conditions, design management, programme and risk management and cost control including forecasting, actual cost and value reporting.
* Previous exposure to D&B and JV scheme experience is desired but not essential.
* Significant negotiation and people management skills with the ability to influence decisions.
* Significant negotiation and people management skills with the ability to secure agreement on key decisions.
* Possess good English verbal and written communication and report writing skills.
A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.
What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.
Some of our benefits include:
* 28 days' holiday (plus bank and public holidays)
* Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
* Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
* Flexible and hybrid working conditions
* Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
* Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
* Life assurance
Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Ciaran Gilfedder at CIGI@COWI.COM. Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.
Equal opportunity employer.
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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