Group Commercial Work Winning Lead

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

As an organisation, there is little we don't do and plenty to get involved in. Our Group Support roles are vital in making sure we can help over 11,000 people deliver essential infrastructure seamlessly across water, energy, transport and telecom.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

You'll lead the commercial governance and assurance of strategic bids and tenders across M Group, helping to ensure opportunities are delivered in line with our business goals, risk appetite and profitability targets.

Working closely with divisional teams, you'll provide expert guidance on pricing, commercial strategy, risk management and tender governance, supporting high-value opportunities from initial identification through to contract award. You'll review commercial proposals, provide market and pricing insight, and help maximise value and margin across our work-winning activities.

You'll also play a key role in developing best practice, delivering training, and embedding robust commercial controls across the Group. Working collaboratively with legal, procurement, project and operational teams, you'll help secure favourable contract outcomes, manage commercial risk and identify opportunities for innovation and growth.

This is a fantastic opportunity to influence major business decisions and drive commercial excellence across a diverse and growing organisation.

What you'll bring:

Education & Experience:

Experience of work winning tender and governance development processes and procedures across a Tier 1 UK Contractor
Experience of working with various contract types and contracting arrangements (i.e. term maintenance and renewal frameworks, enterprise arrangements, capital delivery projects, etc.)
Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, commercial management, or a related discipline. (Desirable)
Relevant professional certifications such as RICS or CICES (Desirable)
10+ years of experience in commercial management within a relevant industry

Skills & Competencies

Excellent understanding of construction contracts, project delivery and commercial management systems and processes
Proficiency in capturing and measuring core pricing metrics from tender through contract delivery to manage performance and provide feedback to tender and estimating teams
Contract knowledge across various standard forms and bespoke construction contracts with knowledge and experience of dealing with identification and mitigation plans for onerous terms
Experience of commercial management across multiple contracting arrangements (capital delivery projects, alliancing, repair & maintenance frameworks)
Strong negotiations, communication and relationship-building skills
Proficiency in commercial management software, contract management tools, and financial systems
Proficiency in identifying and mitigating risks / maximising opportunities associated with construction projects

What's in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

Matched or contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

Company car (or allowance) and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
Private health care and health care cash plan for you (and your family)
Discretionary bonus scheme
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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