Commercial Lead – RC Frame

Pinnacle Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist civil contractor in London is seeking an experienced Commercial Lead to oversee the commercial management of a £15m RC Frame project. The role involves leading a team of Quantity Surveyors, ensuring contract compliance, managing client relationships, and advising on dispute resolutions. Ideal candidates will have a background in civil engineering and experience with multi-disciplinary contracts.

Qualifications

• Experience working with a main contractor in civil engineering.
• Administration of various contract values across multi-disciplinary construction projects.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to mentor team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial delivery of projects.
• Ensure thorough understanding of contract requirements by the team.
• Advise on commercial disputes and risk management.
• Maintain strong client relationships for valuations.
• Support the estimating team with commercial expertise.

Skills

Commercial management

Client relationship management

Contract administration

Leadership and mentoring

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering or related field

HNC / HND

Job description

Commercial Lead – RC Frame

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 + pkg

Location: London

Regions: London, South East

A Specialist main civil and RC Frame contractor is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to commercially manage a c£15m RC Frame project in central London.

As a Commercial Manager you are pivotal in supporting, leading the Commercial delivery of our contract programmes. This role will include supporting, managing and coaching our Quantity Surveyors, being responsible for driving contractual and commercial requirements whilst driving further development of good strategies for further improving commercial functioning.

The Role

• Ensure their teams have a thorough understanding of project(s) contractual and commercial requirements
• Ensure their teams have a thorough understanding and competent execution of the monthly reconciled values and updated forecasts
• Support team in advising, guiding and assisting in resolution of commercial disputes, claims and risk management
• Promote and maintain strong relationships with clients to agree valuations and complex variations
• Form productive relationships with site and management teams as well as the client’s management
• Work with the Work Winning Team (Estimating) to give commercial and contractual expertise and constructive challenge in the tender and adjudication process
• Research and review market information to increase commercial opportunity and success on the project(s)
• Develop good strategies for further improving commercial performance of the business
• Demonstrate inspirational leadership of the Commercial team including mentoring and assisting with development and training

The Candidate

• Experience working with a main contractor with a civil engineering background.
• Ideally degree qualified however HNC / HND or will also be considered depending on project experience
• Expertise administering a range of contract values for multi-disciplinary construction project work packages/contracts
• Knowledge of all relevant forms of contract.