Commercial Associate Director - London, United Kingdom - BuroHappold Engineering

BuroHappold Engineering

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are searching for an experienced Commercial Manager to join our Global Commercial and Legal Division in London, United Kingdom.

The complexity and demands of our projects has led to an exciting opening for a Commercial Associate Director.

This role will focus on implementation and success of operational, managerial, and administrative procedures, reporting structures and operation controls to projects based in the United Kingdom and Middle East region.

The role requires the individual to work as an integrated member of the Commercial and Project teams, providing professional commercial support (which will encompass Project Management, contract support, pro-active compliance with contract and management requirements and also looking at key commercial factors to be taken into account across the project lifecycle) in the development, delivery and assists to get the right result in the projects, mindful of BuroHappold's policies, global strategies and strategic objectives, and principles on contracting and risk management.

What will success look like?

Significant projects have ongoing procedures complied with which are in line with corporate rules and objectives, risk management and contract best practice.
Teams are proactively engaged in good compliance with operational and management best practice.
Positive resulting impact on risk management and profitability
Type of contract
Permanent
Grade
Associate Director
Area of Expertise
Business Services
Region
UK
Office / Project Location
London
Ref No
6606

What will you be doing

This is a critical role that will be based in our London, United Kingdom office, which will see you providing leadership and strategic vision to Buro Happold's Commercial function for our United Kingdom and Middle East region.

You'll be an integral member of the Global Commercial and Legal team, providing professional commercial support (encompassing project management, legal support, and key commercial factors across the project lifecycle) for the United Kingdom and Middle East region project portfolio.

Reporting to the Global Director of Commercial, Legal and Digital Risks, you will be required to:

Oversee the implementation of the commercial management, planning and execution of projects under Buro Happold's portfolio, to ensure that projects are planned and delivered as per the United Kingdom and Middle East Project portfolio's requirements, timelines and estimated budgets.
Manage and continuously monitor the Commercial performance of United Kingdom and Middle East Projects to ensure the performance deviations are identified in a timely manner and required resources and actions are implemented to meet commercial performance targets.
Monitor the United Kingdom and Middle East Projects' financial performance vis a vis the budget to ensure alignment with set Project guidelines, identify areas of unsatisfactory performance, and recommend performance improvement opportunities.
Monitor all projectrelated commercial activities by overseeing project planning, financial impact analysis, risk identification, and project schedule in order to ensure accurate commercial planning, scoping and financial viability in line with project objectives and expected outcomes.
In collaboration with relevant internal stakeholders/project leaders, provide technical guidance during the bidding process to ensure that requirements are clearly articulated in line with project commercial objectives.
Provide guidance and assistance to Project leaders with the overall performance of projects to ensure that their performance is reviewed and minimise the risk of variations and claims.
Review the progress of all projects under the United Kingdom and Middle East portfolio against the scope, specification, timelines and project budget, and compare actual cost against budgeted cost in order to evaluate over run/under run, and initiate variation/change orders required to meet the completion of the project.
Manage the ongoing development and implementation of commercial project management mechanisms to effectively track progress, and minimise potential risks and issues that may impact project delivery.
Manage the review of deliverables/documents submitted to or from our clients, including samples, change requests, payment requests, etc. to ensure they are validated against contractual agreements.
Assist Project leaders with the management of all project closure activities to verify compliance with established processes and complete paperwork in line with contractual and legal requirements to protect Buro Happold from exposure or liability.

Client Management and support

Develop and nurture strategic relationships with United Kingdom and Middle East clients to facilitate deep and trusted partnership and engagement
Attend critical client meetings with Project leaders to discuss and facilitate project status, progress, issues, and challenges and ide