Project Cost Consultant / Commercial Manager

Overview

As a Project Cost Consultant, you contribute to delivering commercial management services for major infrastructure projects, with a focus on cost, time, and quality. You will build strong client and stakeholder relationships to identify value and meet objectives. You’ll work across rail and mobility initiatives, analysing data to drive decisions and support contract compliance. This role offers the chance to shape commercial processes and support innovative solutions at scale.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of commercial management assignments to meet client expectations
• Create accurate project costings and budgets to meet financial targets
• Understand client objectives within rail and mobility sectors
• Monitor team performance and ensure policy compliance
• Assure contract compliance for project delivery parameters
• Analyse complex data to provide actionable recommendations
• Drive innovation and improve commercial management systems
• Develop trusted client and stakeholder relationships to deliver impactful solutions

Key requirements

• Bachelor or equivalent
• Professional qualification or chartered status
• Proven background in infrastructure with major rail or mobility projects
• In-depth knowledge of NEC Contracts
• Experience in pre- and post-contract commercial management
• Excellent problem-solving, negotiating, financial, and numeracy skills

• relationship-building
• negotiation
• analytical thinking
• NEC Contracts
• project costings and budgeting
• contract compliance

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