Hemiko Limited
London
Full Time
Permanent
Flexible (Offices in London, Sheffield, Carlisle and Copenhagen).
Hemiko are recruiting for a Commercial Director working with the Chief Operating Officer, the Construction Director and the Head of Commercial.
Hemiko have a significant delivery challenge to deploy c£750m of new utility into the ground over the coming 7 years. This will be done by both in-house delivery and bringing external partnerships/contracting relationships. The successful candidate will be leading the commercial delivery of these projects.
The candidate will need to be commercially astute with significant experience in medium size construction contracts and working with Contracting Partners and joint ventures to deliver projects. The Commercial Director will understand rapid scaling of resources to meet the growth programme of Hemiko which will quadruple revenue over the next 3 years and increasing.
The candidate will be focused on contractual set up, managing relationships, process, risk identification and mitigation, building partnerships and ensuring delivery of projects.
About Hemiko
Hemiko is a fast-growing innovative business which is looking to invest in and deliver over £1bn of heat network projects in the coming years. Hemiko funds, builds and operates low carbon district energy networks and building energy systems. Heat Networks make up 20% of heat demand over the bulk of Northern Europe, raising to 60% in Scandinavia. The UK is at 2% and in order to decarbonise our heat this is by far the cheapest way to deliver clean heat in the urban environment.
There is an ambitious delivery plan, expanding the business to meet the growing demand for low carbon heat throughout the UK. We will be installing energy centres and underground pipe network in major cities around the country. This will result in our business quadrupling our turnover over the next three years with the need to match the resources in the Company to achieve this.
Hemiko is an innovative, design and intelligence led company, looking to attract people who think around a problem and past an issue. We want to be at the front end of commercial and technical innovation and are looking for team members to come on that journey.
Some of our current projects include:
Hemiko is absolutely committed to an honest and collaborative approach to all our work, always looking for better ways to do things and avoid the business curses of unnecessary complexity and silos.
The Role
Hemiko are seeking a Commercial Director to work with Chief Operating Officer, the Construction Director and Head of Commercial.
The successful candidate will have strong commercial experience with key skills of partnership establishment, contract management, contract delivery and the drive down costs and to expand work packages in an innovative way. Experience in district heating networks is not essential however experience in managing multi-facet commercial contracts in a project environment is.
The candidate will be leading on multiple projects in multiple locations with both internal teams and external contractors.
Candidate
The candidate must have a clear understanding of how contracts work, how to manage risk and how to package significant projects appropriately to deliver the optimum outcome.
We are looking for someone who has an eye for detail in Commercial project management, self-motivated, and positive in their outlook. The company has a fast growth trajectory over the coming 3 years and beyond. The candidate will be able to work as part of a functional leadership team and have oversight of the project team(s) to which they are assigned and take ownership and fulfil their tasks to the agreed objectives.
The candidate will need to be comfortable creating and challenging relationships and identifying best value options whilst delivering the Projects through service providers. They will be personable and a good communicator.
Key responsibilities (working with wider commercial team and delivery teams):
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Remuneration and Info
Application
To apply, please complete the online application form on BambooHR. However, for an informal chat please contact Stuart Crossman ( ).
We appreciate that no one's circumstances are the same and having the flexibility in working environments work is essential. If this is significant to you let us know when you apply, and we will discuss how this could work in your role.
Hemiko strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from anyone regardless of ethnic origin, gender, gender expression, disability, age, trade union activity, marital status, religious belief, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
We are Armed Forces friendly. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
Hemiko Limited
London
Full Time
Permanent