Commercial Manager

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment

OCS Group have a number of UK locations so we would invite applications from anywhere in the UK

About The Role:

Key Responsibilities:

• Commercial & Financial Performance of energy projects and coordination of project reporting and forecasting across all sectors within OCS Energy Services.
• Control and communicate expenditure and maximise income to achieve or exceed budgeted financial performance.
• Ensure the effective management of energy projects commercial processes and work closely with project teams to drive value.
• Understand the Contract, ensuring that the contract team (both operational and commercial) properly identify and price contract variations and create clear persuasive arguments to achieve proper payment.
• Ensure adherence to contract obligations.
• Mitigate KPI penalties through robust operational performance analysis and reporting
• Assess, record and advise on risks and opportunities that may influence financial performance.
• Support new business opportunities and contract variations by reviewing contract terms and conditions, identifying any key commercial risks and opportunities and preparing a legal summary (with input from the legal team) as part of the sign-off process.

  Key Hiring Criteria:

• Degree educated in a commercial / business / surveying discipline and / or relevant professional qualification
• Relevant experience in energy and M&E project delivery, working across a range of sectors or solutions including Renewables, HV/LV and MEP builds.
• Understanding of the main contract frameworks including JCT, NEC4, CCS, etc.)
• Experience in providing commercial/ quantity surveying support to construction and engineering projects
• Previous knowledge of reviewing different contract commercial models including target cost, fixed price, cost reimbursable
• High level of commercial awareness including knowledge of current contract legislation

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We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.