Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Management

Radius Consultancy; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing consultancy agency in London is seeking an Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Management. This role involves leading the Commercial Department, managing infrastructure projects, and ensuring effective cost management. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the data center industry and strong communication skills to relay technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• More than 5 years' experience in running construction projects, ideally in data center environments.
• Proven experience in project estimating and cost planning.
• Ability to run construction contracts of £10m-£30m without external quantity surveying firms.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-house Quantity Surveying service on all infrastructure projects.
• Support estimating, budget forecasting, and cost plan management.
• Manage all commercial elements of pre-contracting for projects.

Skills

Communication

Project Estimating

Cost Planning

Risk Management

Supply Chain Management

Job description

Overview

Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Management with extensive M&E experience within Critical infrastructure environments for an expanding 'End Client' Datacentre organisation based in London. This role will lead into running the Commercial Department.

Responsibilities

• Provide in house Quantity Surveying service on all infrastructure projects / programmes.
• Support initial estimating / budget forecasting, cost plan management, consultant and contractor selection, preliminaries drafting, tendering, contractor negotiation, valuations, variation control, cost reporting and final accounting.
• Support financial management functions normally carried out in an end operator construction business, including internal Purchase Order reconciliation and cash flow.
• Bring extensive front-end experience, including project estimating and cost planning.
• Able to provide all quantity surveying input necessary to run construction contracts of £10m-£30m, where external quantity surveying firms are not appointed.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical matters clearly to a non-technical audience.
• Demonstrable experience of managing a critical supply chain.
• A sound track record in risk management.

Main responsibilities

• To own all commercial elements of pre-contracting for each project / programme to deliver:
• Costs
  • Estimated budget costs for each scheme
  • Cost planning for each scheme and option
  • Cashflow plan for each scheme / option to allow for clear funding plan
• Documents
  • Internal approval of scope / briefs and similar third party documents
  • An approved Procurement Strategy / method for each project
  • An appropriate and agreed contracting approach for each project
  • Agreed tender documents that allow selection of the best & most appropriate supply chain / partners
  • Preparation of all preliminaries
  • Completed contract bundles using the appropriate legal advice / support
  • Completed third party appointments using the appropriate legal advice and support
• Management
  • Representation at all pre-contract meetings, providing advice or assistance to all other professionals
  • Management of any tender processes and selection of the best & most appropriate suppliers / partners
  • The best outcome in all commercial negotiations
  • Working / liaising with external Quantity Surveyors (where appointed) to deliver all of the above
• Cost Management & Reporting
  • Contract variations that are agreed by all stakeholders, formally instructed and managed & recorded via a formal contract framework
  • Accurate and agreed interim valuations that allow payments to contractors to be made
  • Accurate cost reporting and reconciliation to agreed costs plans / budgets
  • A final accounting review / payment with contractors / suppliers

Qualifications & Experience

• More than 5 years' experience in running construction projects, ideally within the data centre industry or those with a very complex services content.
• Extensive experience in an environment where front end activities such as project estimating and cost planning are routinely carried out.
• Able to provide all the quantity surveying input necessary to run construction contracts of £10m-£30m, where external quantity surveying firms are not appointed.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical matters in a way that can be clearly understood by a non-technical audience.
• Demonstrable experience of managing a critical supply chain.
• A sound track record in risk management.