Commercial Manager - Healthcare Construction

Turner Townsend; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Commercial Manager to oversee cost and contract management on healthcare construction projects from award to final account. The role partners with delivery teams on large hospital schemes, ensuring value for money and strict governance through NEC4 ECC frameworks.

You will monitor performance, run forecasts, perform site health checks, and manage changes with robust cost build-ups, risk allowances, and audit trails.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in commercial management within major construction programmes.
• Strong knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contracts.
• Excellent cost control, reporting, and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Monitor commercial performance with dashboards and KPIs; forecast vs baseline.
• Visit sites regularly to identify and escalate commercial risks with recovery actions.
• Assure change control procedures: scope definition, pricing, risk build-up, approvals and audit trail.
• Assess changes for compliance and value for money before commitment.
• Undertake trend analysis using scheme data from the Programme.
• Plan and implement close-out and rolling final account settlements.
• Manage risks and opportunities; report net effect to scheme forecast.
• Provide clean datasets (cost, change, risk, carbon, lifecycle) to Data team.
• Stakeholder management with trusts, tier 1 suppliers to ensure framework compliance.
• Record non-conformances with corrective actions and due dates.

Skills

Commercial management

Cost control

NEC/JCT contracts

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

RICS/CIOB membership

Job description

Company DescriptionAt Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.Job DescriptionThe Commercial Manager is responsible for assuring the cost and contract management of healthcare construction projects following contract award through to final account and close out. The role comprises central programme responsibilities working closely with delivery of large-scale hospital schemes.The role ensures cost control, risk management, compliance with wider programme requirements, and delivery of value for money.Key ResponsibilitiesMonitor commercial performanceMaintain forecast vs. baseline for cost, incentivisation provisions, defined cost vs target, payment and commercial KPIs using dashboards and trend analysisVisit site routinely; complete health checks/reviews so emerging commercial risks are escalated with clear recovery actions and owners.Commercial assurance of change controlTest that change procedures are understood and followed: scope definition, pricing method, defined cost build-up, risk allowances, approvals and audit trail.Assess changes requiring approval and review to confirm compliance and value for money before commitment.Undertake trend analysis incorporating scheme data from across the Programme.Commercial close out and final accountPlan and implement close-out and rolling final account settlementRisk (Threat & opportunity) management -Support the maintenance of live threats/opportunities with review of quantified impact and report net effect to scheme forecast.Endorsing and validation NEC4 ECC (KPI's / Incentives)Assure KPI definitions, measurement and evidence aligned to NEC4 ECC and incentive mechanisms.Validate monthly submissions, challenge unsupported claims, and confirm governance before trigger of pain/gain or incentive payments.Provision of project data to Data teamProvide clean, timely datasets (cost, change, risk, carbon, life cycle) to the Data team so benchmarks and analytics are accurate and comparable.Stakeholder management (trusts / tier 1 / suppliers etc)Build and maintain collaborative relationships with contractors and suppliersUse structured engagement to resolve commercial issuesEnsure satisfaction of contract and alliance framework conditionsUndertake Trust and Contractor engagement to confirm team familiarisation with framework conditions and processes.Undertake periodic compliance checks against contract conditions and alliance protocols (governance, reporting, behaviours).Record non conformances with corrective actions and due dates.Defined cost assuranceImplement robust approaches to defined cost assuranceQualificationsEssential:Proven experience in commercial management within construction of other major programmes and projectsStrong knowledge of construction contracts (NEC and/or JCT preferred)Excellent cost control, reporting, and collaboration skillsDesirable:Experience with public-sector healthcare clientsUnderstanding of working in live healthcare environmentsKnowledge of healthcare technical standards and compliance frameworksQualificationsDegree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or related fieldProfessional membership (or working towards) RICS, CIOB, or equivalentAdditional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: TwitterInstagramLinkedInIt is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. SummaryType: Full-timeFunction: ConsultingExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Management Consulting