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Head of Commercial (Substations)
Job Posted: a day ago
Salary: £ 95,000 - 105,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Caldicot
Expire in: a month
Job Description
About The Role
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.
We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.
This role will be within our Electricity Transmission team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.
You'll be covering projects in the South West and South Wales with visits to regional offices - willingness to travel is a must!
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
As Head of Commercial, you’ll play a pivotal role on the Senior Management Team, driving strategic relationships with our clients and championing commercial excellence across the business. Are you ready to be the key voice ensuring commercial risks and opportunities are clearly communicated and understood? With a sharp focus on governance, you’ll lead in maintaining robust commercial controls, overseeing project valuations, validating progress data, and ensuring our reporting is accurate and timely.
Team Management and Development
Ensure the Contracts commercial team adheres to group procedures and governance
Set the structure, roles, responsibilities and competencies required to deliver the commercial management services efficiently
Build a high performing team (manage development of personal plans, establishment of objectives/targets for all direct reports and monitor regularly)
Plan and implement structured development and training of Commercial Practitioners including supervisor / mentor / counsellor role for staff undertaking their APC or equivalent
Promote a culture of contractual & commercial awareness within the ContractsCommercial Service Delivery
Collaborate with the Business Unit Director to set the annual business plan and strategy
Lead work-winning efforts, resource allocation, and coordination with pre-contract commercial teams
Develop and implement commercial strategies covering tenders, cash flow, and margin improvement
Review contractual obligations and commercial risks before tender submission
Negotiate contract conditions within Group Governance prior to execution
Ensure proper contract administration through regular reviews of change control and payment mechanisms
Oversee monthly cost/value reconciliations and forecasts; challenge and support Contract teams
Maximise cash flow and manage WIP across all projects
Collaborate with Contract and Legal teams to prevent or resolve disputes
Identify insurance recovery opportunities and liaise with the Insurance department
Attend monthly project reviews to assess performance and take corrective action
Participate in reviews to report on current and future contract performance
Ensure compliance with year-end audit requirements
Drive achievement of annual objectives and targets for ContractsAre you an agile, committed and enthusiastic individual with a keen eye for detail? Your leadership will help shape a commercially astute, accountable, and forward-thinking team!
What you’ll bring
Preferably degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or other relevant business discipline
Commercially astute with substantial proven experience within a similar role in the Electricity Transmission industry - are you well-established in a similar role?
Expert knowledge of Standard Forms of Contract, relevant Contract Law and Standard Methods of Measurement
Understanding of programming techniques and project controls
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to negotiate a position to a desired outcome
Excellent leadership skills with a desire to develop and nurture a high performing team!
Full clean UK driving license - travel across sites & regional offices is a requirement What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched or contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition schemeIn addition, this role offers;
Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family
Discretionary bonus scheme
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for lifeWhether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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