Assistant Commercial Manager

COWI; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable infrastructure is seeking an Assistant Commercial Manager to join their team. This role involves managing commercial aspects of projects, ensuring effective collaboration across teams, and contributing to innovative solutions for a sustainable future. Ideal candidates will have a degree in quantity surveying and experience with contract management tools.

Benefits

28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays

Private health care for you and your dependents

Flexible and hybrid working conditions

Annual subscription fees for professional memberships

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Degree in quantity surveying, ideally working towards RICS qualification.
• Experience in commercial risk assessment and contract management.
• Ability to work across diverse teams and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Organise commercial aspects of projects, including change identification.
• Prepare cost reports and forecasts with project teams.
• Support procurement processes and promote innovative thinking.

Skills

Commercial risk assessment

Project controls skills

Effective communication

Education

Degree in quantity surveying

Tools

CEMAR

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Assistant Commercial Manager
Glasgow/Derby/Bristol/London/York
Permanent
Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to be part of a business that says no to fossil fuels? Can you contribute to the growth of our Commercial Management team? Are you self-motivated and can work effectively as a team member? Then, don’t miss your chance to be part of something great. If so, this could be the next adventure in your career.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To shape a future where people and societies grow and flourish, we are looking for a Assistant Commercial Manager to join our team. You will have the opportunity to support our experts on some of the UK’s most innovative infrastructure programme.
Your key responsibilities will be:

• Creatively organise commercial aspects of various projects, including identification and evaluation of change, risks, and opportunities
• Collation and preparation of regular cost reporting and forecast updates and monitoring in conjunction with the Project Manager and UK Project Controls/ Finance Team
• Support the procurement process including preparation of sub-consultancy agreements Encourage
• Innovative thinking around continuous improvement.
  
  

Your skills. Our team. Together we can design the future.
The first step to thrive in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. This is a technical role which involves developing ties with others. And you never get set in your ways, but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• A degree in quantity surveying (Ideally be working towards RICS qualification)
• Demonstrate previous use of CEMAR or similar contract management tools, and awareness of good data management practices
• Be conversant with the NEC forms of contract and the various options for contract management as well as change control management.
• Demonstrable experience of working within the Commericial Division of a Main Contractor or Design Consultancy
• Have experience of commercial risk assessment, review, and mitigation costs
• The ability to work across diverse design, project management, control, and commercial teams
• Good project controls skills with commercial understanding
• To assist in the planning and coordination of projects ensuring timelines and budgets are met
• To be an effective communicator with stakeholders including clients, subconsultants and project teams
  
  

A place to work and so much more.
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity - and sometimes even our courage - to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100 per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently 7,300 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well. Some of our benefits include:

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
• Formalized development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme - salary exchange
• Life assurance

Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Senior Consultant- Global Talent Acquisition, Shruti Gupta at [e-mail]
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

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• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Management, Consulting, and Engineering

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