Commercial Director

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Réalis is one of the world’s leading multi-disciplinary consultancy firms offering unparalleled opportunities for talented individuals in search of a rewarding career. The Transportation Commercial Team delivers commercial support to the Transportation Business Unit through our four Markets/Businesses of Signalling, Rail and Transit, Local Transport and Strategic and Regional Highways.

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Réalis Transportation Business Unit provides a wide range of consultancy services including strategic planning, business and IT, design and engineering of capital investment and infrastructure projects, and asset management encompassing many market sectors of the built environment, including road, rail and local transport infrastructure. Our work covers the capital development lifecycle, across the public and private sector, both in the UK and overseas.

The Commercial Director will provide commercial guidance and innovative solutions to protect the group and ensure commercial success. Working alongside some of the top people in our industry, they will be focussed upon solving challenges that bring together traditional design, engineering and new technologies, helping our clients solve today’s most pressing challenges and creating better lives for people everywhere.

This is a permanent role for a Commercial Director to support the Commercial Team within the Transportation Business Unit. The role will focus on the provision of support and advice within the Rail & Transit Market.

• Commercial management to ensure successful bidding and delivery of commercial performance within a range of contracts / projects and to safeguard the interests of the Transportation Business Unit, the UK&I Region and the Group.
• Lead Commercial support and delivery within our key markets and be an integral member of the Business Unit Commercial Team.
• Actively engage in existing and future Joint Ventures, helping to negotiate and agree commercial terms and maintain good working relationships, often as a JV Management Board Member.
• Working alongside legal teams, support the Markets in resolving claims and disputes management and provide weekly and monthly updates to the Transportation Commercial Director.
• Work with stakeholders and legal teams to ensure that appropriate resource is allocated to manage the defence of commercial claims and to ensure appropriate assistance is provided.
• Engage with suppliers and sub-contractors at all levels to ensure positive relationships alongside commercial protection and procedural compliance.
• Work collaboratively with the Market Operations Directors to deliver commercial aspects of Market objectives and provide support to quickly resolve specific project issues.
• Proactively engage and offer support to key market team members with regular visibility across offices where teams are based.
• Engage in governance reviews and ensure project compliance.
• Review proposed consultancy contracts and sub-contracts for projects and recommend solutions and identify terms that may be a risk to the business and that require escalated business approval.
• Support delivery and bid teams where required on strategic bids in negotiations and dialogue with clients and contractors to ensure contracts are executed in line with group requirements.
• Promote compliance with the Stage Gates Process, Company Management System, and Atkins
  
  Réalis procedures, and advise Market teams on these processes.
• Support and lead Stage Gates and Approvals processes in accordance with the Levels of Authority requirements.
• Provide regular updates of PI Claims and risk logs for the Markets and ensure that appropriate procedures are followed.
• Support on the development and delivery of Commercial Guidance and Training in alignment with wider business priorities.
• Where required, support the wider Global, UK&I Region and COOs Office in relation to development and delivery of Commercial Guidance and Training, and delivering commercial best practice.
• Support wider market and divisional requirements as they arise.

• Appropriate Degree and/or appropriate professional qualification in a Construction or…