Commercial Manager

JR United Kingdom; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager. The role involves managing contracts in the social housing sector, with responsibilities including risk management and project leadership. Ideal candidates should possess knowledge of small building contracts and have social housing experience. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and benefits including discounts and life insurance.

Benefits

Discounted gym memberships

Travel and shopping discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life Insurance

Smart Health access

Death in Service Payment

Qualifications

• Experience with planned, responsive, and void repair contracts.
• Ability to lead client-facing meetings and relationships.
• Flexibility in work hours and hold a full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Manage risk and opportunity across the organization.
• Ensure understanding of commercial entitlements within contracts.
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously.

Skills

Knowledge of small building contracts

Decarbonisation works experience

Social housing experience

Problem solving skills

IT literacy

Contract negotiation

Education

RICS or relevant qualification

Job description

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Liberty has an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join our team. You will be working on a full-time, permanent basis working 40 hours per week and in return, you will receive a Competitive Salary Plus Car Allowance Plus Benefits.

We are an experienced and innovative construction firm that is committed to putting customers and clients at the heart of everything we do. Liberty is passionate about housing maintenance and development, with a strong commitment to value for money services that make a positive difference to people and the communities in which we work.

The strength of our organisation lies in the quality of the people we work with. We're proud to employ the most talented, driven individuals within the property services sector.

Liberty is seeking a dynamic and experienced Commercial Manager for a leading maintenance and repair business to the social housing sector.

Responsibilities for the Commercial Manager are:

Operate risk and opportunity management across the group

Ensure commercial entitlement within contracts are understood and fully realised through targeted commercial interventions

Contract mobilisation, operational phase and contract close

Contracts include one off construction projects, exciting decarbonisation opportunities, and a variety of high value & long-term maintenance services (heating & compliance and repairs & maintenance services)

Support the commercial and quantity surveying teams across Liberty to fulfil the commercial strategies, maximise contract profitability and mitigate risk

Develop and maintain strong working relationships (internal stakeholders & external clients)

Lead and manage multiple projects at the same time

What we are looking for in our ideal Commercial Manager:

Ideally have knowledge and experience of small building contracts, decarbonisation works, servicing, maintenance and boiler installation contracts.

Social housing experience within planned, responsive and void repair contracts.

NHF Schedule of Works experience & knowledge. Ability to demonstrate problem solving skills and experience of leading client facing meetings and relationships, identifying risks and opportunities, recovery of contractual entitlements and ability to interpret performance data, penalty clauses and obligations aligned to the contract. Contract and client negotiation experience is a key aspect of this role. IT literate, competent in spreadsheets and word processing software. RICS/ relevant qualification. Ability to be flexible in work hours and travel and hold a full UK driving license.

We offer a range of benefits for a rewarding career including though not limited to:

• Discounted gym memberships
• Discounts and savings on travel, hotels, shopping, holidays and restaurants
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Smart Health (including round the clock access to 24/7 UK-based GPs)
• Death in Service Payment

In addition to the above, at Liberty we look to invest in the up-skilling and development of our employees, ensuring competency and compliance to industry standards, in turn we will look to offer additional training where appropriate to give you the skills you need to deliver the service required.

Liberty strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can ALL be ourselves. We commit to achieving equal opportunities in employment for all suitably qualified candidates, through upholding our values of Passion, Openness, Respect and Trust, underpinned by Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement.

Please note, only candidates who have the right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy.

As part of our recruitment process all employees need to be vetted and undertake pre-employment checks. For this role you may need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, previously Criminal Records Bureau, prior to or upon commencing employment with Liberty.

If you have the desire to work in a busy and high performing team, why not join us as our Commercial Manager, click “apply” below – we want to hear from you!

Closing date: 10th September 2025 (we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier depending on number of applications).