Section Manager (Commercial) - T&D (Glasgow, UK)

Burns & Mcdonnell

Multinational design‑build firm delivering critical infrastructure through engineering, architecture and construction.

Lead and manage commercial T&D section, ensuring profitability, staff, and compliance.

11 days ago ago

Experienced (8-12 years)

Full Time

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Office Full-Time

Company Size

13,500 Employees

Service Specialisms

Engineering

Construction Services

Project Management

Consulting

Architecture

Design

Technical Services

Turnkey

Sector Specialisms

Aviation

Commercial, Retail & Institutional

Environmental

Government & Military

Manufacturing & Industrial

Mining & Minerals

Oil, Gas & Chemicals

Power

Role

What you would be doing

cost management

risk management

change management

financial reporting

earned value

estimating

Responsible for profitable growth of the section; ensuring staff levels, staff loading, and staff assignments meet project requirements while maintaining billable goals.
Implement, apply and support company, global practice and/or regional office programs and initiatives; successfully navigating and managing change within the section.
Prepare and present work load and monthly financial reports to global practice or regional management and applicable project managers.
Enforce compliance with company and site safety policies.
Support Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM).
Review cost estimates and subcontract enquiries for both tender proposals and compensation events.
Responsible for collaborating with business development managers, business line leads, project managers, and proposal production staff on proposals to secure work for staff.
Responsible for overall QA/QC process adherence.
Responsible for recruitment, development, training, retention and evaluating performance of the project controls and commercial team
Oversee monthly internal reporting through the clients and internal commercial management procedures.
Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to the department.
Responsible for interpreting the organization's policies, purposes, and goals to staff.
Maintain effective commercial relationships with existing and potential clients, customers and contractors to support business activities.
Identify commercial risks, opportunities, value engineering and change events
Responsible for conducting performance evaluation for department staff.
Responsible for the recruitment, development, training, and retention of staff.
Drive the recovery of outstanding monies and ensure all queries are fully resolved in a timely manner
Ensure change events are managed in accordance with the contract including early warnings, CE notification, CE quotation and through to CE implementation and inclusion into the new cost and programme baselines.
Ensure cash flow is optimised through the oversight of activity schedules, the submission of monthly valuations and the control of subcontractor accounts.
Responsible for diversity initiatives.
Ensure accurate Earned Value Management system reporting.
Provide leadership to the team; direct and coordinate work assignments and review performance to ensure the efficient, cost-effective utilization of staff.
Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.
Ensure accurate cost management and forecast reporting.
Manage department budget and expenditure of funds.
Responsible for interpreting policies, purposes and goals of the organization to staff.
Provide expert level technical, design guidance and support.
Responsible for conducting performance evaluations for department staff.
Complies with all policies and standards
Oversee the risk management process by identifying and mitigating risk potentials to the project.
Lead and direct estimating, project cost management, forecasting and for multiple projects.
Ensure the project delivery teams adhere to risk management procedures and financial compliance
Achieve stated targets and standards for financial performance.

What you bring

bachelor

5 years

joint venture

project management