Commercial Officer

Commercial Officer

Jackson Hogg are working on behalf of a client who have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Officer to join their team working in a technically demanding and fast moving project based business. The company designs and constructs integrated equipment and products for the offshore, marine, oil & gas, renewable and defence markets.

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Commercial Officer is responsible for assisting the Project Manager to deliver projects within their specification, time and cost constraints.

The principle of the role is: 

• Support the delivery of projects in line with the contractual obligations, the specification and the quality/safety requirements, in order to maintain or better the baseline budget and schedule.
• Take responsibility for the prioritising and expediting of elements of the project, including procurement, contract management, acceptance and delivery.
• Take responsibility for contract managing and expediting one or more major subcontracts, delivering equipment to company specifications, including the management of changes and commercial control.
• Co-ordinate purchasing activities, as agreed with the Project Manager, ensuring orders placed are on agreed terms, with management of those terms throughout.
• Manage the risk management and cost control processes.
• Creation and updating of Subcontractor and Main Contract final accounts. 
• Logging and preparation of Change Orders and scope changes, including all substantiation.
• Dealing with contractual and legal matters alongside the Contract Manager and Project Manager.
• Liaise with the Project Manager, Lead Engineer and Construction/Commissioning teams to understand and develop the schedule, ensuring changes to work scope are recorded and logged.
• Compile the project’s internal reporting cycle including team reviews, cost tracking, schedule updates, financial forecasting, resource forecasting and management reporting, for presentation to the Project Manager.
• Support the project’s external reporting cycle including Client Reviews, Client Progress Reports, Key Supplier Reviews and Key Supplier Progress Reports.
• Provide contractual, commercial and administrative support, as necessary, to the Project Manager.
• Liaise with Project Controller to ensure project budgets are met. Working closely to keep forecasts and reporting as accurate as possible.
• Preparation of Contract notices and submissions.
• Attend and minute project meetings including design reviews, client meetings, Subcontractor progress meetings and any other ad hoc meetings the PM may want support with.
• Provide support to sales proposals and bids.
• Undertake national and international travel as required.
• Any other duties as directed by the Project Manager or Contract Manager.

Core Competencies

• Excellent understanding of contract and commercial principles and processes
• Knowledge of contract management methodologies
• Understanding of engineering concepts and construction processes
• Excellent planning and configuration management skills
• Proficient user of software tools