The Role
Working as a member of the NSG Commercial Team having specific area responsibility for;
- Leadership of the commercial aspects of the Civil Nuclear Business Units.
- Commercial & contract management,
- Project commercial support
- Commercial bid support,
Key Objectives
Leadership
- To provide commercial support to the business, with a primary focus on Civil Nuclear.
- Ensure we have sufficient resource to deliver commercial support to Civil Nuclear and that all resources are effectively utilised and ensure there is sufficient support to deliver business requirements.
- Manage the recruitment of additional support as and when required.
- Provide direction, guidance and decision making as required to the wider commercial team.
- Engage and motivate relevant stakeholders (including team, client, directors, support functions)
- Hold relevant progress and delivery meetings.
- Identify areas of improvement and efficiencies within the commercial team and deliver them with agreement of the stakeholders.
- Be a point of contact for Civil Nuclear in commercial matters for stakeholders.
- To problem solve commercial issues that have been escalated by the commercial team and wider business.
- Collaborate with other project support function Leads/Managers
- Support in the development of the wider commercial team as and when required.
Commercial & Contract Management
- Provide contract support to Project Managers and other NSG Stakeholders
- Provide guidance on contract requirements.
- Monitor / Audit Project / CEMAR health.
- Review and negotiate NEC and other contract agreements.
- Draft new / produce flow down contract agreements.
- Act as Framework Manager as required by Head of Commercial.
- Support and provide guidance to other Framework Managers.
- Prepare Task / Package Orders.
- Review NDA's.
- Review teaming agreements.
- Facilitate Flow Through bids.
- Management and continuous improvement of the commercial processes and procedures.
- Ensure consistency and quality of commercial and contract documentation across business in line with the appropriate processes and procedures.
Upstream Contract Management
- Support in the review and signing of upstream contracts. Ensure tender and Contract reviews have been completed.
- Proficient in the use of CEMAR.
- Review any PMI’s.
- Support in the preparation of CE’s as required.
- Support as required with early warnings.
- Interface with Client if requested by the PM regarding any commercial discussions.
- Provide commercial advice and contract interpretation to the Project Managers.
- Ensure the contract terms are adhered to.
Downstream Subcontract Management
- Support with subcontract strategy & liaise with Project Buyers / procurement Team as required.
- Preparation and negotiation of sub-contract contract documentation with Support from other members of the Commercial team.
- Including Type of contract, flow down of z clauses, incorporation of suitable payment option (fixed price, target etc), suitable secondary clauses to support risk management and successful delivery, consideration of vesting certs insurances etc.
- Analyse sub-contract tender costs and contract submissions.
- Audit of any proposed fee’s / rates utilised pre contract as required.
- Preparation of the subcontract review / governance forms and authorisation.
- Provide commercial and contract support to PM’s undertaking sub-contract management.
- Assessment of sub-contract CE’s if requested by PM.
- Support the PM in drafting any instructions if requested.
- Support as requested by PM in downstream Early Warning process.
Commercial Bid Support
- Review Tender contracts and provide comments.
- Draft and review non-disclosure agreements.
- Support to Head of Business Winning for delivery of individual bids in line with the appropriate processes and procedures.
- Support Bid Managers in production of commercial bid responses as required / appropriate.
- Support Bid Managers in production of the tender risk register
- Identification of potential issues.
- Assessment of likelihood / impact of issues.
- Identify potential mitigations / solutions.
- Run risk analysis software to identify risk values (TCQ).
- Run risk analysis software to monitor the remaining risks within projects.
- Develop and improve the risk management processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- A relevant university degree or a professional accreditation from a relevant body.
- Membership of appropriate technical / professional body
- GCSE (at grade C or above) in Maths and English or equivalent
- Level 2 Health & Safety in the Workplace or equivalent - desirable
Experience & Knowledge
- Well organised with the ability to work to timescales and demonstrate attention to detail.
- NEC Certified Practitioner with minimum 3 years’ experience
- Used to dealing with confidential and commercial information
- Worked within commercial / contract roles minimum experience 10 years.
- Routine recording and reporting of information both verbal and numerical
- Basic understanding of Project Management
- Familiar with NEC3 and/or NEC4 contract writing.
- Familiar with structuring and presentation of own work - desirable
- Used to dealing with confidential and commercial information - desirable
- Familiar with QSHEW operating procedures and requirements etc. - desirable
Skills & Abilities
- Competent user of MS Office
- Able to organise and prioritise own work
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to use own initiative
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of colleagues at all levels and with external stakeholders and contractors - desirable
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 / 14001 & 45001 - desirable
- Able to plan, estimate and write for bids. - desirable
Package - Staff only
Life Assurance 3x Salary
Pension – Company contributes 5% Individual contributes 4%
Discretionary bonus
187.5 hours per year holiday allowance
Professional memberships covered
Large Training and Development budge available.
NSG Environmental are a Disability Confident Committed Employer
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