John Sisk & Son are looking for a Commercial Lead for a highway reconfiguration scheme in Coalville, Leicestershire. 

John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.   

• Cost and value management for project, ensuring appropriate systems and procedures are in place
• Financial reporting for project
• Identify unacceptable terms and conditions and negotiate contracts with clients and employers
• Identify unacceptable wording in bonds, warranties and other guarantees
• Change management for project: record change and allocate responsibility. Evaluate/recover any change that is not Sisks’s risk/liability (including recovery from 3rd parties.
• Risk and opportunity management for project: management (with operations team) of known and newly identified risks and opportunities for best project return as well as identification and implementation of mitigation measures

• Able to devise, manage and monitor complex project cost reporting systems, with associated capacity to interrogate data and identify trends
• Able to facilitate risk management reviews, identify and classify project and business risks, reconcile the interaction of various risks, and propose and implement viable solutions
• Able to construct compelling arguments in pursuance of entitlements
• Skilled negotiator able to manage and lead a negotiating team in relation to complex projects, and secure acceptable commercial results
• Able to manage a dispute through any form of dispute resolution process with practical knowledge and understanding of all legal techniques attached there to

• 5+ years at this level with project history of at least £50 million
• Extensive NEC3 and 4 experience

• Competitive Salary with yearly increase
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Healthcare
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)
• Employer pension
• Death in service – life assurance
• Competitive mileage rate
• Travel expenses
• Flexible and remote working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Professional and Educational development

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.   

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.  

*The full job specification is available on request   

At Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you