Commercial Manager

Key responsibilities:

As Commercial Manager, you will lead and manage the commercial activities for the project. You will be running a project or a complex section of a large project.

• Procurement of the project in accordance with approved strategy, ensuring that orders are fully scoped, bought at best value and are correctly contracted in accordance with limits of authority.

• Liaising and communicating with the Client team in accordance with the contract. Managing supply chain relationships to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to procurement.

• Robust implementation and management of commercial, legal, insurance and risk controls of the Project (including but not limited to OLi and PMTR/PID’s).

• Accurate commercial reporting and contract administration. This includes (but is not limited to) interim payments, management of change accounts, cashflows, final accounting and contract administration.

• You will ensure that the project is delivered in a safe, timely, efficient and sustainable manner, whilst achieving project targets, meeting client expectations and enhancing the reputation of the business.

Essential Credentials:

• Maintain CSCS card for the role

• Professional Construction Qualifications relevant to the role or qualified by appropriate level of experience (as noted below)

Desirable Credentials:

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or other construction related degree

• Have a related Chartership such as MRICS

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, Behaviours

Essential Skills

• Written and verbal communication to influence and build relationships

• Ability to influence and lead teams

• Demonstrates skills in the avoidance and defence of claims

• Tendering subcontract works packages of medium to high value

• Able to prepare subcontract documentation ready for engrossment by external parties

• Advanced word-processing, Excel spreadsheet packages and cost management software

• Ability to read drawings and construction design information

• Valuing interim applications

• Measurement and valuation techniques

• Management of claims including assessment of entitlement for prolongation, loss and Expense including inflation

Essential Knowledge

• Knowledge of current construction laws, legislations, and regulations, standards and procedures

• Commercial and financial understanding in the above context - ability to contribute to value engineering as part of the design process

• Understand and apply commercial & financial procedures and reporting systems

• Maintains detailed prelim forecasts and actual costs and intervenes were negative trends identified

• Management of bonds, PCGs, warranty insurances and associated risks

• Management of cost, value and profit

• Reports accurately to the monthly forecast final account

• Manages cash flow to the benefit of the project and business

• Good understanding of building technology / construction methods

• Full knowledge and understanding of JCT, NEC, Construction Management and Management Contracting Contracts

Essential Experience

• Pre-construction experience

• Background with a main contractor on projects above £30m in value

• Proven track record of delivering successful construction projects safely

• Experience of managing field construction activities on major/complex projects

• Demonstratable experience in construction, including a sound knowledge of Construction methodology, process and sequence

• Procurement of work packages in line with the Project Procurement Strategy

• Conversion of the project from preconstruction to construction

• Communicating and liaising with the Client team in accordance with the contract

• Production of Tender Recommendation Reports and Contract Sum Analysis

• Preparation of Subcontracts for execution in line with limits of authority

• Procures robust packages with an understanding of package interfaces

• Manages the change process in accordance with the contract

• Prepares bid documentation to ensure a fully defined tender

Desirable Experience

• Proven track record in construction including a sound knowledge of Construction methodology, process and sequence.

Essential Behaviours

• Flexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player

• Must lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision, both personal and organisational, to create an existence absent of incident and injury

• Supports the project manager to manage project risk and opportunities

• Levelling existing knowledge to continuously improve processes to achieve efficiency.

• Attention to detail, ability to flex to meet business plans and drive to meet key dates.

• Ability to join up a wide range of complex issues and understand how they relate to each other.

• Uncompromising discipline and rigorous approach to follow the process and close projects out.

• Collaborates across the organisation and external teams. Communicates the strategy and maximises outcomes for all parties.

• Drives a culture of safety and quality and embeds best practice to set the standard in the organisation and the industry.

We will provide:

• Car allowance

• Up to 10% employer pension contribution

• Private medical health benefit

• Life assurance

• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days

• 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave

• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives

• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services

• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide

• Industry leading parental leave