Commercial Manager

Your new company
One of the UK's leading construction companies operating across multiple sectors including; Build, Civils, Defence, Energy and Aviation, working on a wide range of projects from schools and universities to flood defence and highways
Your new role
As one of the stakeholders within the Anglian Water framework, they provide both design and construction services across the whole of Anglian Water's region, which is the largest by geographic area in the UK, stretching across Lincolnshire and East Anglia. Work is mainly focussed on clean water infrastructure (water mains), but also includes wastewater infrastructure and both water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects, such as treatment works and pumping stations.
They are now looking for a Commercial Manager to join the team where you will be accountable for the commercial and cost management of a project or programme of projects from inception to close out reporting directly to the Project Leader ensuring that maximum efficiencies are obtained and full compliance of all Anglian Water governance procedures is achieved.
Providing a commercial challenge to the Project Leader and team on all project matters.

As Commercial Manager, duties to include:

• Ensuring robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and makes due allowance for all risks and opportunities
• Manage and support the commercial and procurement strategies with the Senior Buyers to ensure the tender processes are followed correctly.
• Subcontracts are properly prepared and reflect the agreed scope.
• Subcontracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, including payments, compensation events, programme submissions, etc., and that all contract files are maintained and kept up to date.
• Ensuring robust cost management is undertaken at all times
• Accurate live forecasting taking into account the project programme
• Actual costs are properly monitored and assessed against the baseline estimate. In particular, all site costs including direct labour, plant & materials, all staff bookings, costs and challenge and variance to the plans.
• Providing reports on actual costs vs estimate and identifying underlying reasons for any variance and resolution
• Ensure that the framework contract is properly administered
• Ensuring that proper records are kept so that all financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available
• Proactive management of opportunities including identifying and implementing plans to realise.
• Ensuring that all identified efficiencies are monitored as to progress and report

What you'll need to succeed

• Educated to Degree/HNC level or equivalent
• RICS/CIOB/CICES
• Delivery of multiple and or complex projects ranging in values from £100k to multi million pound projects with experience with contract administration (working with NEC suite of contracts)

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