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Commercial Manager | Limerick
Construction
💰 Salary Not shared
📊 Market 6,250 EUR–8,333 EUR/mo (75,000 EUR–99,996 EUR/yr)
About the Company
Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years To build your career by assisting in the delivery of 'leading edge' engineering projects. To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards. To benefit from Kirby's Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability. To work with the best. Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations Commercial Manager Engineering & Construction High-Value Projects Real Influence Let's be honest. This isn't a "keep-the-lights-on" commercial role. This is a front row seat to some of the most complex, high value engineering and construction projects in the business - where decisions matter, numbers tell stories, and commercial leadership actually shapes outcomes. If you enjoy owning the commercial picture from bid to final account, working alongside people who know what they're doing, and being trusted to make calls - you'll feel at home here.
About the Role
(In Plain English) As Commercial Manager, you'll sit at the heart of the Business Unit, guiding projects from early tender conversations right through to completion and close out. This is a role for someone who enjoys commercial control, clarity and accountability - without needing everything escalated to a Director. What You'll Be Trusted With You'll also play a key role in:
Responsibilities
- ● Shape commercial strategy, not just report on it
- ● Lead contract negotiations, risk positions and dispute resolution
- ● Manage revenue, cashflow and profit plans (and challenge them when needed)
- ● Build, develop and mentor a high-performing commercial team
- ● Work shoulder-to-shoulder with Operations, Engineering, Planning and Finance
- ● Owning the commercial health of your Business Unit - forecasts, actuals, governance and reporting
- ● Leading tender evaluations, gap analysis and contract negotiations
- ● Interpreting contracts, identifying risk, and turning issues into managed outcomes
- ● Ensuring the right commercial structures, systems and people are in place
- ● Auditing live projects and improving commercial performance where it counts
- ● Managing subcontract terms, payments and compliance (before site starts, ideally)
- ● Closing final accounts properly - including retention release (yes, actually on time)
- ● Strengthening commercial awareness across the wider business
- ● Feeding lessons learned back into estimating and pre construction
- ● Supporting continuous improvement and lean commercial processes
Requirements
- ● Understand contracts beyond the headlines
- ● Can balance risk, value and relationships without losing sleep
- ● Are commercially confident enough to challenge - and pragmatic enough to collaborate
- ● Care about accuracy, structure and follow through
- ● Enjoy developing people, not just managing spreadsheets
- ● You're involved from day one, not brought in to fix problems later
- ● You'll work with a vibrant, agile, multi functional team that values input
- ● There's genuine investment in career development and leadership growth
- ● You'll be trusted to lead - not micromanaged
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