Cost & Commercial Manager (NEC) - New Hospital Programme (NHP)

Turner & Townsend; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Cost & Commercial Manager to oversee significant projects within the New Hospital Programme. This role involves leading cost management efforts, ensuring client objectives are met, and interfacing with key stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. You will be responsible for delivering comprehensive cost reports, managing procurement processes, and negotiating final accounts. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and promotes a healthy work-life balance, offering you the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Health and wellness programs

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in construction, cost management, or quantity surveying.
• MRICS qualification is preferred for this role.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissions on large scale projects for the New Hospital Programme.
• Ensure effective cost management service from pre-contract to handover.

Skills

Cost Management

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation Skills

Risk Management

Contract Administration

Value Engineering

Education

Degree in Construction

Degree in Cost Management

MRICS Qualification

Tools

CostX

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Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize 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 Description

We have been appointed by NHS England as the Programme Delivery Partner for the New Hospital Programme (NHP).

The NHP, launched in October 2020, aims to build and refurbish hospitals across the UK, improving access to modern healthcare. Following a strategic review in September 2024, the government has rebalanced hospital schemes with secured funding in five-year waves.

Job Objectives:

Our Cost & Commercial Managers will lead commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project, working on large scale projects as a part of the New Hospital Programme (NHP).

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE:

1. To perform the role of the Commercial Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery or acting as a key element of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects.
2. To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.

KEY EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Knowledge of and experience in the healthcare and/or education sectors is beneficial.
2. Ability to lead clients through different stages of projects from feasibility through to completion.
3. Experience of working with NEC suite of contracts.
4. Demonstrable experience of interfacing with key stakeholders and being 'client-facing' in the role of Commercial Manager.
5. The candidate will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the risks, challenges and opportunities facing public-sector healthcare bodies.
6. Experience of producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
7. Experience of managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
8. Ability to effectively negotiate and agree final accounts.
9. Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing.
10. Experience of using CostX or similar measurement software.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
2. Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, creating preliminaries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents.
3. Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager.
4. Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.
5. Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
6. Inputting into value engineering.
7. Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
8. Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
9. Where appropriate, leading junior members of the cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities.

Qualifications

1. Ideally Degree qualified in one of the following fields: construction, cost management or Quantity surveying.
2. MRICS Qualification.
3. Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering.
4. Experience of working in Education sector projects would be advantageous.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/