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

TURNER & TOWNSEND; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global project management firm is seeking a Cost & Commercial Manager to lead commissions under the New Hospital Programme. The ideal candidate will be MRICS qualified and possess strong experience in cost management, as well as knowledge of healthcare and education sectors. The role involves managing procurement processes, preparing cost reports, and ensuring project objectives are met. This position is based in London with a focus on large-scale healthcare projects.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Diversity and inclusion policies

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in the healthcare and education sectors is beneficial.
• Ability to lead projects from feasibility to completion.
• Experience working with NEC contracts.
• Knowledge of risks facing public-sector healthcare bodies.
• Experience producing post-contract cost reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissions as Commercial Manager for large projects.
• Ensure client objectives are met via effective cost management.
• Prepare and present final cost plans.
• Manage the procurement process effectively.
• Negotiate and agree final accounts.

Skills

Knowledge of healthcare sector

Stakeholder management

Cost management

Negotiation skills

Use of measurement software like CostX

Education

Degree in construction, cost management or Quantity surveying

MRICS Qualification

Tools

CostX

Job description

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That is, 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 projects on a large scale as part of the New Hospital Programme (NHP).

Main Purpose of Role

• 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
• To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover.

Key Experience Requirements

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

Key Accountabilities

• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan.
• 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.
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager.
• 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.
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.
• Inputting into value engineering.
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.
• Where appropriate, leading junior members of the cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities.

Qualifications

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

Additional Information

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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/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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