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Associate Director - Commercial Contracts Manager, Dublin
Client: Mace
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: d1fe797612b1
Job Views: 27
Posted: 21.01.2025
Expiry Date: 07.03.2025
Job Description:
At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe.
Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.
The project:
The role is within an offshore windfarm delivery team for a government-funded semi-state organization. The organization develops, manages, and operates Ireland’s electricity grid. They are responsible for the safe, secure, and reliable supply of Ireland’s electricity, bringing power from where it is generated to where it is needed throughout Ireland, onshore and offshore.
The Irish Government is taking major steps to make Ireland carbon neutral by 2050, including a commitment to increase the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources. Ireland’s climate action plan places offshore wind at the centre of the state’s commitment to producing up to 80% of our energy from renewable sources by 2030, by installing around 5GW of offshore wind capacity in the maritime zone. As part of the phase 2 south coast offshore programme, the company plans to develop an offshore electricity transmission system to deliver up to 900MW of electricity from Offshore Wind Farm(s) (OWFs) off the south coast of Ireland. We are currently seeking a programme commercial lead in the offshore phase 2 team.
The programme commercial lead will play a key role in the Phase 2 offshore delivery team, forming part of the core team and reporting to the head of function offshore Phase 2. The programme commercial lead must possess significant and demonstrable experience in undertaking similar roles on high-value and complex programmes, preferably in the offshore renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. It is expected that the candidate will be educated to degree level in a project management, cost management, engineering, or construction industry discipline. Strong analytical and IT skills, particularly with the MS Office Suite, including Power BI, are desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead, direct, manage, and take ownership of all commercial aspects of programme delivery.
* Manage relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, providing a leadership role to the wider programme team.
* Ensure all commercially focused activities and outputs are delivered to meet programme objectives.
* Lead the successful development, implementation, and continuous review of the Programme Commercial Strategy and Estimating Strategy.
* Support tender review, evaluation, and negotiation processes.
* Collaborate with Finance and Procurement teams on procurement strategies and market engagement.
* Identify and advise on commercial risk/claims.
Qualifications:
* A degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
* Professional membership(s) with industry-recognized bodies such as SCSI, RICS, APM, ICE is desirable.
* Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and organisational skills.
* Proactive ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams.
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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