Commercial Director

Job description / Role

Faithful+Gould is one of the world’s leading consultancies providing integrated project and programme management services for construction and engineering projects, with a turnover in excess of £200 million.

Faithful+Gould worldwide has access to 2,300 consultants, of whom 400 are located in the Middle East across six offices. We have successfully delivered commercial advice and management support for over 65 years to clients in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, UK, and North America. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Atkins Group, the design and engineering company.

Active in the Middle East for 18 years, Faithful+Gould combines in-depth knowledge of the region with the ability to draw on our global resource and constructive expertise, to deliver the most challenging of projects. With registered companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, this makes us one of the strongest international construction consultancies in the region.

Faithful+Gould are currently looking for an experienced Commercial Director to form part of our Project Management Consultant (PMC) project team based on a large mixed use Development in Riyadh. The main objective of the PMC is to implement and manage the overall Development Programme, which includes infrastructure enhancement works, as well as retail mall and hospitality new build and refurbishment elements.

The team shall be expected to assist the client in any way possible to ensure the Development is completed to the required timescales and within their stated budgets. The project is expected to last for up to 3 years for Phase 1, with an option for Phase 2 lasting a further 2-3 years also.

Core Responsibilities:
- Report directly to the Project Director.
- Direct responsibility for a commercial and contracts teams
- Develop and operate strategies to maximize project revenues and cash flow.
- Responsible of maintaining long term working relationship with clients by ensuring that the best services within quality and cost is achieved.
- Responsible for ensuring that Faithful+Gould’ s corporate commercial governance is rigorously enforced.
- Contract management and administration, particularly on breaches of contract terms
- Monitoring and managing bonds and insurances
- Budget and cost control – oversight of the ‘master budget’ and constituent project budgets
- Variation assessments, claims and dispute management
- Extensive knowledge and experience in respect of international contracts requirements as applicable to large scale construction contracts.
- Leading all commercial and contractual functions.
- Responsible for monitoring all forms of agreements and contracts covering products/services provided by the organization to its clients
- Ensuring that the company meets its contractual obligations to our client’s complete satisfaction after awarding of project.

Requirements

- Western educated to a minimum of Bachelor's degree in a RICS accredited quantity surveying degree
- Professional accreditation of Fellow with RICS
- A minimum of 20 years post graduate experience
- A minimum of 15 years’ operating at senior management and director level
- Have a minimum of 5 years Middle East experience (preferred)
- Expert knowledge of all commercial contracts with FIDIC experience essential.
- Delivered major projects from inception to completion with a global consultancy.
- Have excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written)
- Proven track record of holding leadership positions
- Proven ability to work and manage projects of large scale and complexity; and produce quality works on time and within budget.
- Customer facing experience with a “win-win” philosophy and “can-do” attitude
- Have excellent interpersonal and presentational skill

We offer an excellent package which includes:
- A competitive salary
- Accommodation allowance;
- Transportation allowance;
- 26 calendar days annual leave;
- Medical and life insurance cover;
- Company gratuity scheme;
- Discretionary bonus scheme;
- Annual flight allowance to point of origin
- Employee Well-Being Programme – 24 hour free advice on financial, legal and family care specialists and also access to personal health, fitness and nutrition consultants

About the Company

Atkins is one of the leading providers of professional, technology based consultancy and support services to the industry, commerce and governments in all of the worlds major economies. With over 17,000 staff operating in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas, Atkins has a broad range of skills and resources and provides Clients with a comprehensive service throughout the entire life cycle of the projects in the built environment.

We aim to be the international first choice supplier of technical and integrated services. Shaped by our customers' needs, our vision is to:

• focus on quality
• seek world class design and excellence
• strive to add value
• be flexible to the evolving needs of a changing society

Atkins first carried out design and supervision commissions in the Gulf area in 1967. From its regional head office in Dubai, U.A.E. Atkins Middle East now employs over 2000 staff located in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Oman (Muscat ), Qatar (Doha) Bahrain (Manama), Kuwait (Kuwait City) and India (Bangalore).