Senior Commercial Manager
Key responsibilities:
As Senior 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)
Have a related Chartership such as MRICS
Desirable Credentials:
Degree in Quantity Surveying or other construction related degree
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
Converting the Project to an NEC4 Option A Contract for Construction
Proven track record of delivering successful construction projects safely
Experience of managing field construction activities on major/complex projects
Minimum experience approximately 15 years 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
Minimum experience approximately 10 years 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
Please note that due to the nature of this role, national security vetting procedures apply and a full UK security check will be carried out for the successful candidate. Further details about national security vetting can be found here: United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)