Commercial Manager

To manage post-contract commercial activities for Buildings and infrastructure work on a high-profile project and reporting directly to a Senior Commercial Manager.

• Ensure that Commercial teams are delivering value for money and that fair and effective Commercial Management processes are implemented and maintained throughout the entire project

• Monitor project budget, pro-actively manage the changes on the project, including project risk registers and contingency with the project’s Delivery teams.

• Liaise with the Estimating team to provide accurate and current project cost data, evaluating high value changes as required

• Tracking commercial performance on projects/ programmes and identifying early warnings and risks making recommendations to the Project Director.

• Delivering commercial reports to a high standard of client satisfaction

• Mentoring the support service members within the Advisory Services Team

• Managing client expectations and commercial relationships

• Prospecting for new work, identifying opportunities with current and new clients, developing client relationships and leading major bids

• Developing new service offerings

• Winning new work and clients

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or related field

· 12+ years’ experience of managing Commercial Management teams on large construction and/or infrastructure projects

. Mainly pre contract experience

· Comprehensive technical experience across all trades and extensive experience in weekly and monthly reporting cycles. Use of Aconex, Oracle and Cost X IT Platforms an advantage.

· Must come from a consultancy background

· Commercial Management experience through the planning, development and tendering stages of major infrastructure and/or construction projects