We are looking to bolster our commercial team within our UK North business unit with the appointment of a Commercial Manager. The Commercial Lead will take full commercial responsibility and ownership for the project, working closely with the Project Manager to ensure a successful project is delivered, while maintaining relationships and maximising commercial returns and managing risk.

• Lead management of change for York Central (£130m scheme). This will require managing change from inception to agreement with the Employer.  
• All key change will be managed directly by this role.
• Management of QS team for completing day to day / small change.
• Responsible for value reporting within the monthly reviews. Will need to liaise closely with the commercial lead for the scheme and the wider team.

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.  

• Liaise with the customer, his representatives and other 3rd parties on commercial issues, including the agreement of additional monies.
• Cost and value management for project, ensuring appropriate systems and procedures are in place
• Financial reporting for project
• 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
• Manage commercial team to ensure delivery of key responsibilities and develop their knowledge

• Management of schemes in Highways / Heavy Civil Engineering
• NEC Option A & C experience

• Membership of a Professional Institution - such as SCSI or RICS
• Behavioural Based Safety (BBS)
• Minor project work – building and civils
• Work winning
• Reviewing T&C’s
• Managing and reporting on a portfolio of work
• Developing a team

• 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.