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ability to contribute to value engineering as part of the design process\n\nUnderstand and apply commercial & financial procedures and reporting systems\n\nMaintains detailed prelim forecasts and actual costs and intervenes were negative trends identified\n\nManagement of bonds, PCGs, warranty insurances and associated risks\n\nManagement of cost, value and profit\n\nReports accurately to the monthly forecast final account\n\nManages cash flow to the benefit of the project and business\n\nGood understanding of building technology / construction methods\n\nFull knowledge and understanding of various forms of Construction contracts.\n\nExperience\nPre-construction experience\n\nBackground with a main contractor on projects above £30m in value\n\nProven track record of delivering successful construction projects safely\n\nExperience of managing field construction activities on major/ complex projects\n\nProven track record in the delivery of projects as the Commercial Lead, including a sound knowledge of Construction methodology, process and sequence\n\nProcurement of work packages in line with the Project Procurement Strategy\n\nConversion of the project from preconstruction to construction\n\nCommunicating and liaising with the Client team in accordance with the contract\n\nProduction of Tender Recommendation Reports and Contract Sum Analysis\n\nPreparation of Subcontracts for execution in line with limits of authority\n\nProcures robust packages with an understanding of package interfaces\n\nManages the change process in accordance with the contract\n\nPrepares bid documentation to ensure a fully defined tender\n\nChange management in accordance with the contract\n\nBehaviours\nFlexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player\n\nMust lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision, both personal and organisational, to create an existence absent of incident and injury\n\nSupports the project manager to manage project risk and opportunities\n\nLevelling existing knowledge to continuously improve processes to achieve efficiency.\n\nAttention to detail, ability to flex to meet business plans and drive to meet key dates.\n\nAbility to join up a wide range of complex issues and understand how they relate to each other.\n\nUncompromising discipline and rigorous approach to follow the process and close projects out.\n\nCollaborates across the organisation and external teams. Communicates the strategy and maximises outcomes for all parties.\n\nDrives a culture of safety and quality and embeds best practice to set the standard in the organisation and the industry.\n\nWe will provide:\nCar allowance\n\nUp to 10% employer pension contribution\n\nPrivate medical health benefit (Family cover available)\n\nLife assurance\n\n25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days\n\n4 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave\n\nHealth and wellbeing support and initiatives\n\n24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services\n\nDiscounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide\n\nIndustry leading parental leave\n\nBelong at Bovis\nWe offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equal treatment and equal opportunity are just the norm. We are a disability inclusive employer. If you need any adjustment or changes to the process, email us to let us know if you have a preferred communication method.\nWe build careers, develop skills, and invest in people. Imagine what more you can do here.\nBovis is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.\nBovis\nBuilding Relationships\nWe do what’s right, always\nWe succeed together\nWe bring energy\nWe are Bovis","description_format":"text","description_chars":6324,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Flexible schedule","Gym membership","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-07T13:26:58Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":50,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.552,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":22,"expected_fill_days":37,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bovis-senior-commercial-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bovis-senior-commercial-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T15:13:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":14890,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3865719},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3865719"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbovis-senior-commercial-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbovis-senior-commercial-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbovis-senior-commercial-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bovis-senior-commercial-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbovis-senior-commercial-manager"}]}