Commercial Manager
Reference: JBH88888_1790265059
Commercial Manager / Managing Quantity Surveyor
Commercial Manager / Managing Quantity Surveyor
Euston, London
Offering up to £120,000
We at Smart4EPC are glad to be assisting our client, a Tier 1 main contractor, on their search for an experienced Commercial Manager to join a major infrastructure project in London. This is an excellent opportunity to oversee the cost management and contract management aspects of the project, from initiation through to close-out.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strong knowledge of NEC contracts, with proven experience administering NEC3/NEC4 options
- Skilled in issuing and managing contractual notices, early warnings, compensation events, and change management processes
- Ability to interpret contract clauses, advise project teams, and ensure full compliance with NEC obligations
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-value packages with high volumes of change, ensuring robust change control processes and accurate forecasting
- Experienced in cost administration for consultants and subcontractors, ensuring alignment with budgets, forecasts, and commercial targets
- Ability to scrutinise cost and change submissions and validate valuations for accuracy
- Ability to maintain and update EWN and risk registers, quantify risk exposure, and support mitigation strategies
- Skilled in identifying, assessing, and managing commercial and project risks, including risks associated with change
- Ensures risks are communicated clearly and factored into commercial forecasts and decision-making
- Strong understanding of disallowed costs, with the capability to maintain auditable, accurate records to prevent exposure
- Ability to influence internal design teams, project managers, consultants, and subcontractors to drive commercial discipline and accountability
- Proven track record improving performance through challenge and proactive commercial leadership
- Confident presenting commercial positions and influencing senior stakeholders
- Ensures a rigorous approach to programme management, including reviewing programmes
- Strong understanding of how programme movement affects cost, risk, and contractual entitlement
- Coaching and development of members of the commercial team
Candidate Requirements:
- Strong knowledge of all aspects of commercial management
- Familiarity with various forms of contract
- Knowledge of integrated reporting
- Knowledge of IT systems relevant to commercial control
- Ideally experienced in design, design-and-build, and package management
- Ability to understand design processes, identify commercial impacts early, and support teams in managing design risk
- Highly organised, able to manage deadlines and prioritise in a fast-paced environment while maintaining clear, auditable records
- Strong team leadership skills
- Able to focus on detail while still seeing the strategic picture
- Confident holding and defending a position
- Ability to present confidently to senior management
- Strong focus on training and mentoring team members
- Relevant experience in commercial management
- Experience on major (£100m+) projects and Joint Venture arrangements
- Formal qualification (RICS/CIOB or similar) with relevant experience
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