Commercial Contracts Manager (Senior Commercial Manager)

Premier Technical Services Group; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance at three times your the

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Discounts on shopping, tech, holidays,

gym memberships and more

Job summary

Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG) is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to lead governance and assurance on contracts across multiple live projects. Based in Nottingham, you’ll review terms before signature, flag risks, and negotiate to protect margins while guiding operational teams through disputes and final accounts.

You’ll apply your quantity surveying background to support commercial excellence, ensure compliance with payment legislation, and help managers understand obligations with

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience reviewing UK construction contracts before signature.
• Ability to spot risks in contracts and explain impact on scope, cash flow or margin.
• Strong knowledge of payment legislation, notices, variations, delay, claims, final accounts and disputes.
• Experience working across multiple teams and communicating clearly.

Responsibilities

• Review contracts before signature and flag commercial risks.
• Support teams with live disputes and prepare submissions.
• Improve contract management by identifying margin risks and coaching teams.
• Oversee contract review and record decisions and next steps.

Skills

Contract review

Dispute resolution

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Education

Relevant degree

RICS membership

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Commercial Manager (Commercial Governance & Assurance Manager)

Location - Nottingham (NG17)

Salary - (dependent upon experience)

If the part of being a Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager you enjoy most is working through a tricky contract, spotting a risk others have missed or finding a way through a dispute, this role gives you the chance to make that your specialism.

As Group Commercial Contracts Manager, you’ll advise specialist contracting businesses across PTSG on the contracts they’re taking on and the commercial issues that arise once work is underway. You’ll use the judgement you’ve built on live projects to help teams understand what they’re signing up to, negotiate better terms and make informed decisions when a job becomes commercially difficult.

It’s a chance to step away from the day-to-day cycle of managing valuations, costs and reporting on your own projects. Instead, you’ll apply what you’ve learned across a range of businesses and contracts. One day you could be reviewing a contract before signature and spotting obligations the business hasn’t priced for. The next, you could be working with an operational team to resolve a disputed final account or helping managers recognise when they need to issue a notice to protect their position.

What you’ll be doing

• Review contracts before they’re signed. Compare proposed terms with the priced quotation and agreed scope. Flag risks around payment, retention, liability, insurance, notices and delay. Explain what each issue could mean in practice and recommend what to negotiate or elevate.
• Support teams with live disputes. Take ownership of designated matters, including contra charges, disputed final accounts and adjudication preparation. Review the records, assess the strength of the commercial position and prepare submissions, correspondence and settlement proposals. Work with the Head of Commercial Excellence and Group Legal where needed.
• Help businesses improve how they manage contracts. Carry out targeted reviews to identify where margin could be lost through missed notices, unrecorded variations or poor records. Agree practical actions with local teams and use recurring issues to shape guidance and training.
• Keep commercial decisions clear and accountable. Oversee the contract review and approval process, record decisions on exceptions and track significant risks and disputes so there’s a clear owner and next step.

What you’ll bring

• A substantial background as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or as a Commercial Manager who progressed through quantity surveying, gained in construction, specialist contracting, building services or a comparable project-led environment.
• Hands-on experience reviewing UK construction contracts before signature. You can spot where the terms go beyond what was priced and explain the likely impact on scope, cash flow or margin.
• Strong working knowledge of construction payment legislation, notices, variations, delay, claims, final accounts and dispute resolution.
• The ability to work through complex project records, build a clear position from the evidence and explain your recommendation in plain English.
• The confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively and give commercial and operational teams advice they can act on.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and the ability to maintain clear records of decisions, risks and actions.

Experience working across multiple businesses, delivering commercial training or developing contract review processes would be useful. Involvement in adjudication or mediation, working with legal advisers, or a relevant degree or professional qualification such as RICS membership would also be welcome.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Life assurance at three times your salary
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounts on shopping, tech, holidays, meals out, gym memberships and more
• Hybrid working from our Nottingham office, with travel to other PTSG locations as needed

About PTSG

Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG) is a leading provider of specialist services across the UK and Europe. Our businesses deliver more than 170 services across five divisions covering Access & Safety, Electrical Safety, Building Access & Specialist, Fire Solutions and Water Treatment.

Around 4,000 colleagues support more than 90,000 customers across 400,000 buildings. Our aim is to be a great place to work and a great company to do business with.

Armed Forces Covenant

PTSG is proud to support the Armed Forces community and has signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant. We value the skills that service leavers, veterans, reservists and military families bring to our business. We guarantee an interview to ex-Forces applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Equal Opportunities

PTSG is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment process and a workplace where everyone is treated with respect.