Assistant Commercial Manager

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

Job summary

Join COWI as an Assistant Commercial Manager in London, contributing to innovative infrastructure programmes. This hybrid role invites you to creatively manage commercial aspects, collaborating with expert teams while supporting project controls and procurement processes in a commitment to a sustainable future.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working in the Commercial Division of a Main Contractor or Design Consultancy.
• Experience in managing commercial risks, change control, and financial assessments.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse project teams.

Responsibilities

• Organise commercial aspects of various projects and evaluate risks.
• Prepare regular cost reporting and forecast updates.
• Support procurement processes and sub-consultancy agreements.

Skills

Commercial risk assessment

Project controls

Good data management practices

Effective communication

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Working towards RICS qualification

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