Commercial Manager

Laing O'Rourke; Colchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Personal accident and injury insurance

Income protection

Pension - basic & enhanced

Annual leave

Discounts portal

Online doctor

Voluntary benefits

Work-life benefits

Employee assistance programme

Car/travel allowance

Job summary

Laing O'Rourke in Colchester is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead the commercial management of allocated project areas, ensuring cost, cash, margin targets are met. You will manage live subcontract packages, valuations, payments, change, and contractual obligations.

You will draft, negotiate and close out subcontracts and commercial agreements, identify and price change, and provide commercial advice to project teams while managing risks and opportunities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying; RICS membership desirable.
• Experience on power, energy or infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing live subcontract packages under NEC contracts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage commercial risk while driving project performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial management of allocated project areas to hit cost, cash, and margin targets.
• Manage live subcontract packages, including valuations, payments, change and contract obligations.
• Draft, negotiate and close out subcontracts and commercial agreements.
• Identify, price and manage change with an effective change control process.
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to project teams and identify risks and opportunities.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, forecasts, and contract reviews.
• Support establishment and management of project budgets from award.
• Negotiate with clients and subcontractors for favourable commercial outcomes.
• Identify commercial risks/issues and communicate to senior management.
• Lead and mentor the Commercial team (QSs and assistants).

Skills

Commercial management

Subcontract management

Change control

NEC contracts

Risk & opportunity management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

RICS membership desirable

Job description

Laing O'Rourke are currently recruiting a Commercial Manager to join the team in Colchester. We have been appointed as construction partner for National Grid's Great Grid Partnership programme, which forms part of a supply chain framework that will also support infrastructure projects beyond 2030. What will the Commercial Manager role look like?

• Lead the commercial management of allocated project areas, ensuring cost, cash, margin and commercial targets are achieved.
• Manage live subcontract packages, including commercial performance, valuations, payments, change and contractual obligations.
• Draft, manage, negotiate and close out subcontracts, claims and commercial agreements.
• Identify, price and manage change, ensuring an effective change control process is maintained.
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to project teams, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Prepare and manage monthly cost reports, forecasts, contract reviews and BPR information.
• Support the establishment and ongoing management of project budgets from contract award.
• Negotiate with clients, subcontractors and consultants to achieve successful commercial outcomes.
• Proactively identify and communicate commercial risks, issues and opportunities to senior management.
• Lead, mentor and support the wider Commercial team, including Quantity Surveyors and Assistant Quantity Surveyors. Experience managing live subcontract packages under NEC contracts.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying; RICS membership is desirable but not essential.
• Experience working on power, energy or infrastructure projects, with long linear infrastructure and/or high-voltage (HV) experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to manage commercial risk while driving project performance.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace. We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process.

Our Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Personal accident and injury insurance
• Income protection
• Pension - basic & enhanced
• Annual leave
• Discounts portal
• Online doctor
• Voluntary benefits
• Work-life benefits
• Employee assistance programme
• Car/travel allowance

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia. Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.