Overview
In this role you will lead the commercial function on major local authority infrastructure schemes, ensuring financial performance and robust governance. You will work closely with delivery teams and clients to manage budgets, procurement and contract administration, while identifying risks and opportunities to maximise value. The position sits at the intersection of commercial control and project delivery on flagship infrastructure projects, offering a client-facing, impact-driven environment. You will shape commercial strategy and reporting to support successful delivery and risk management. This is a high-visibility opportunity to influence outcomes on significant public-sector works.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive salary
- company benefits package
Responsibilities
- Lead the commercial function on infrastructure projects, ensuring cost control and financial performance
- Manage budgets, forecasting, CVRs and commercial reporting
- Oversee procurement and commercial management of subcontract packages
- Administer NEC contracts and manage compensation events, variations and change control
- Monitor commercial risks and opportunities, ensuring appropriate action
- Manage subcontractor payments, valuations, final accounts and contractual obligations
- Work closely with operational teams, clients and supply chain partners
- Support the successful delivery of project objectives through effective commercial governance and reporting
Key requirements
- Proven experience as a Commercial Manager or Senior Quantity Surveyor within civil engineering or infrastructure
- Experience on local authority, highways or other public-sector infrastructure schemes is advantageous
- Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts and change management
- Experience managing project budgets, commercial reporting and subcontract packages
- Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Proactive approach to managing commercial risk and driving project performance
- communication
- negotiation
- stakeholder management
- NEC contracts
- change management
- budgets and forecast
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