Commercial Manager – Onshore

Arcadis; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager / Procurement Manager to lead on commercial strategy, procurement, and contract administration within energy projects. You will work with project teams to maximise value for money and manage risks across pre- and post-contract stages.

You'll collaborate with engineering, estimating and accounts teams, manage supplier relationships, and produce tender and contract documentation aligned with NEC/FIDIC forms.

Qualifications

• Commercial/c contract management experience in pre- and post-contract phases.
• Experience with NEC or FIDIC contracts in major projects.
• Membership in professional bodies (RICS/CIPS/CICES/IOB or equivalent).
• HV cables and equipment project experience is welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Work with collaborative behaviours, in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation.
• Leading and supporting the development of effective commercial strategies including acquisition and contracting at programme, project and category as appropriate.
• Providing support to the procurement process (pre-award), commercial management of contracts during the execution phase (post-award) and commercial management for the delivery of contract account agreements (close out).
• Managing Supplier / Contractor commercial relationships. Participating in supply chain / supplier / contractor performance management.
• Commercially administering the contract including Notices and Instructions; Applications for Payment, Invoicing and Scheduling of Payment; Variations and Change Management; Disputes and Claims Administration / Support
• Manage the production of high-quality Tender Documentation documents, including collation of Works Information and other contract documents.

Skills

Contract management

NEC/FIDIC familiarity

Stakeholder management

Risk & cost control

Procurement knowledge

Education

RICS/CIPS/CICES/IOB membership

HV Power knowledge (beneficial)

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

The energy landscape as we know it is rapidly transforming; generating and processing enough energy is a big challenge. Join our Energy team and you will be part of an industry-leading team, where you can apply your skills to national energy transition challenges including several onshore and offshore mega projects. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager / Procurement Manager you will join a team of cost managers, procurement professionals and project managers on a variety of projects in the energy power sector. Your role will lead on the formation of effective category / commercial strategies, contract procurement, commercial administration of contracts during the execution phase to help support the safe delivery of value for money solutions of our client’s programme, projects and business objectives. The Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager / Procurement Manager will provide a professional commercial support service to the client’s programme / project teams through the efficient identification, procurement and administration of contracts, identifying and controlling costs and commercial risks & opportunities in support of the Programme / Project Execution Plans. As part of this, you will be responsible for management of our client’s significant expenditure on the procurement of works and services in support of their portfolio of projects. As key driver in the successful formation and execution of the commercial strategy it is important that relationships are built and maintained with internal and external stakeholders such as Project Manager, Engineering, Marine, Estimating and accounts teams and the selected supply chain.

Role accountabilities

• Work with collaborative behaviours, in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation.


• Supporting development of programme and project business cases within the clients defined processes.


• Leading and supporting the development of effective commercial strategies including acquisition and contracting at programme, project and category as appropriate.


• Providing support to the procurement process (pre-award), commercial management of contracts during the execution phase (post-award) and commercial management for the delivery of contract account agreements (close out).


• Managing Supplier / Contractor commercial relationships. Participating in supply chain / supplier / contractor performance management.


• Commercially administering the contract including Notices and Instructions; Applications for Payment, Invoicing and Scheduling of Payment; Variations and Change Management; Disputes and Claims Administration / Support


• Manage the production of high-quality Tender Documentation documents, including collation of Works Information and other contract documents.


• Implementing progress and cost management, including inclusion in the preparation of contract specific progress reports and reporting and participating in periodic contract reviews.


• Manage commercial correspondence and contractual notices in concert with legal interface for the issue in accordance with the relevant contract conditions.


• Leading contract commercial reviews and attending progress reviews where necessary.


• Identifying and recommending mitigating actions on all commercial risk / opportunities at the earliest possible time.


• Ensuring the maintenance of contract commercial files and cost records.


• Implementing contract commercial / financial reporting and participating in periodic contract reviews.

Qualifications & Experience

• Effective commercial / contract management in both pre- and post-contract skills are essential, with clear knowledge of best practice contract methodologies.


• Extensive experience in Forms of Contract (NEC and/or FIDIC) within the construction industry and major projects and programme environment (power, oil & gas, water, rail, etc.), ideally power. Experience working within a regulated sector would be beneficial.


• Membership of the RICS / CIPS / CICES / IOB or equivalent professional body


• Specific project experience with delivery of HV cables and equipment is welcomed.


• Having a background in HV Power and Energy is beneficial; however, we welcome applications from those with relevant transferable experience

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.