Sector Commercial Controls and Improvement Manager

Atkins is going through an exciting period of change. On July 2017 we were acquired by the Canadian listed construction and engineering firm, SNC-Lavalin. SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. Our work focuses largely across the transport, infrastructure, energy, aerospace and defence sectors where we’re involved in the delivery of major projects such as Hinkley Point, HS2 and Heathrow Airport expansion. The combined group now has approximately 50,000 employees around the world and both Atkins and SNC-L’s offerings combined give us the opportunity to continue our growth.

The UK Regional Support Services are looking to appoint a Sector Commercial Controls and Improvement Manager.

Reporting to the EDPM Commercial Director, the Sector Commercial Controls and Improvement Manager will ensure consistent commercial and governance controls are implemented and monitored across the sector to minimise losses and maximise the commercial outcomes including greater prediction forecasting of those commercial outcomes across the organisation. Providing value to the business by highlighting areas for improvement in commercial and governance controls to maximise commercial outcomes in the organisation whilst freeing up businesses to concentrate on winning work.

Principal duties will include the development, analysis, reporting and management of key commercial and governance performance metrics including prediction of outcomes; undertaking root cause analysis on losses and liability claims; embedding and controlling consistent risk identification, mitigation and escalation; improved, consistent, contingency management. Also working closely with the Head of Risk and Governance to implement the controls required to ensure successful embedding of the risk and governance processes across EDPM.

Some examples of the type of analysis to be undertaken are Stage Gate compliance, Stage Gate Reviewer performance, project downturn root cause analysis, project contingency control, commercial and governance process effectiveness.