About The Role
Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Head
of Commercial on the
Sizewell C Project. You’ll work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.
Hybrid Role with home working with travel to key offices (Aztec West, Bristol, Whitfield St, London)
What you'll be doing
- Supporting the Alliance Director in liaison with the business partners’ to align terms and conditions to enable signature of the alliance contract.
- Identify commercial and operational risks which could impact both business partners’ and the client in developing strategic plans to deliver Sizewell C.
- Develop strategic skylines to enable the development of the alliance and continue to grow the “plan for the plan”.
- Input into the development of commercial & procurement scope of work to ensure Funding Investment Decision (FID) is met.
- Ensuring all business partners are fully communicated to in respect of client decisions and negotiation points to move towards contract signature.
- Commercial client interface.
- Review and comment on potential works information documents with relation to work scope and contract documentation.
- Support and foster a positive Nuclear Safety Culture.
- To ensure all governance processes both client and business partners alike are met.
- Senior internal and external stakeholder engagement and consultation to support successful project approvals and outcomes.
- Accurate and timely provision of strategic reporting information to support programme, function, and project reporting requirements.
- Providing strategic input into project wide initiatives as required by the Commercial
- Proactive management of both cost and time savings and efficiencies
- Providing sound Commercial support, leadership and direction to the wider programme team.
- Supporting the management team with input into the project schedule.
- Supporting the development of integrated working practices with the commercial function and permeating trust throughout the organisation.
- Consideration of the nuclear baseline and distribution of nuclear safety significant responsibilities within the team, whilst remaining cognisant of integrated working practices and initiatives on the project (MEHA).
- Commercial management in accordance with MEHA governance requirements to meet SZC project and business objectives.
- Providing strategic input and support to all finance and project controls including the support of financial, cost forecasting and reporting requirements.
- Support the professional development of self and people within the team.
- Ensuing MEHA values are embedded within the team and their high performing team to expertly, efficiently, and consistently delivers positive results.
- Ensuring that the principles and importance of diversity and inclusion are embedded and permeate throughout the organisation.
Who we're looking for
- Degree in relevant discipline (or equivalent).
- Member of professional body is preferred.
- Can achieve security clearance (BPSS or higher).
- Proven track record in large scale projects in the nuclear or similar regulated sector, including major EPC projects
- Experienced in delivering commercially varying contract models
- Experienced in working in an Alliance environment
- Able to demonstrate an extensive track record of working as part of a large project commercial team to administer contracts successfully.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About Us
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.
We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
