Commercial Manager

Kier Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Commercial Manager to join the London Tunnels Maintenance team at Blackwall Tunnel and Fore Street Depot. The role focuses on commercial governance, contract performance and value delivery for reactive maintenance, planned works and incident response in London's critical tunnel network.

Hybrid working available; 40 hours per week in a permanent position. The successful candidate will manage procurement, pricing, CVRs and robust budgets while maintaining client

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial management within highways, infrastructure or maintenance contracts.
• Knowledge of tunnel infrastructure or ability to rapidly develop expertise.
• Understanding of Highways Metr and measurement practices, CVRs and revenue recognition.
• Experience delivering month-end processes, WiP, debt management and forecasting.
• Strong NEC contracts experience, especially NEC TSC, and subcontract oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead subcontract procurement, task orders, payment certification, change control and performance management.
• Price maintenance and infrastructure works, manage compensation events and opportunities to increase value.
• Prepare monthly revenue applications and maximise recovery of entitlements.
• Produce month-end reporting including CVRs and cost analysis.
• Develop and manage annual budgets and forecasts, monitor turnover and margin.
• Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risks.
• Partner with contract leadership to deliver maintenance and infrastructure services.
• Engage with clients and present commercial insights and reports.

Skills

Commercial management

Highways/infrastructure experience

Contract governance

Pricing and cost control

Subcontract management (NEC)

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering

Job description

We're looking for a Commercial Manager to join our London Tunnels Maintenance team based at Blackwall Tunnel and Fore Street Depot, London. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the commercial management of one of London's most critical infrastructure networks, supporting the delivery of reactive maintenance, incident response, planned works, fault management and preventative maintenance activities. If you're a commercially focused professional with experience in highways, infrastructure or maintenance contracts, we'd love to hear from you.

Location: Blackwall Tunnel and Fore Street Depot, London - hybrid working available
Hours: Permanent Full Time, 40 hours per week. Flexible working options are available, just let us know what works for you when you speak with us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Commercial Manager, you'll play a key role in maximising commercial performance and ensuring robust contract governance across London's tunnel and pumping station maintenance operations. Working closely with operational teams and clients, you'll help drive value, manage risk, and support the successful delivery of essential infrastructure services.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading subcontract procurement, task orders, payment certification, change control and performance management
• Pricing maintenance and infrastructure works, managing compensation events and identifying opportunities to increase contract value
• Preparing monthly revenue applications, managing work in progress (WiP) and maximising recovery of contractual entitlement
• Producing accurate month-end reporting, including CVRs, cost analysis and subcontract liabilities
• Developing and managing annual budgets and forecasts, monitoring performance against turnover and margin targets
• Identifying, managing and mitigating commercial and contractual risks
• Partnering with the contract leadership team to support the successful delivery of maintenance and infrastructure services
• Building strong client relationships and providing commercial insight through meetings, reports and presentations

What are we looking for?

This role of Commercial Manager is ideal if you bring:

• Strong commercial management experience within highways, civil engineering, infrastructure, utilities or maintenance environments
• Knowledge of tunnel infrastructure, including mechanical and electrical assets, or the ability to quickly develop expertise in this area
• A solid understanding of the Highways Method of Measurement and experience pricing highways or infrastructure works
• Proven experience delivering month-end processes, including CVRs, revenue recognition, forecasting, WiP and debt management
• Strong subcontract management expertise, with working knowledge of NEC contracts, particularly NEC TSC
• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering or a related discipline

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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