Senior Commercial Manager

ARUP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the engineering sector is seeking a Senior Commercial Manager to join their NWY Advisory Services team in Manchester. The role focuses on ensuring the financial success of major projects through effective contract management and client relations. Candidates should have strong experience with NEC4 contracts and be able to advise on commercial management practices. This position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package, promoting diversity and inclusion within the workplace.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Flexible Benefits

Profit Share

Qualifications

• Good contract experience, particularly with NEC4 contracts.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating main contracts.
• Professional memberships (MRICS, MCInstCES, or MCIOB) are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of contract management to enhance project performance.
• Advise clients on good commercial management for successful delivery.
• Participate in project reviews and coach multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Contract Management

Client Advising

Risk Management

Cost Analysis

Change Management

Education

MRICS

MCInstCES

MCIOB

Tools

CEMAR

Asite

Job description

Joining Arup

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The Opportunity

Our NWY Advisory Services team is recruiting a Senior Commercial Manager to join our well-established team! With offices in Leeds, Manchester, and Liverpool, you can choose your preferred location on a hybrid basis. As a Commercial Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the commercial and financial success of major construction and engineering projects. Your focus will be on ensuring financial success by managing internal processes and maintaining external relationships with customers, clients, and multidisciplinary colleagues.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective where individuality thrives. Our strength comes from respecting, sharing, and connecting diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas. You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that is meaningful to Arup, your career, our members, and the communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

In this role, you will apply your knowledge of contract management to enhance project performance, focusing on insurances, programme, delay damages, key contract dates, and risk management. You will advise clients and colleagues on good commercial management to ensure successful delivery, requiring an understanding of estimates, value engineering, supply chain management, cost analysis, change management, and commercial decision-making. You will participate in project reviews, commercial discussions, and coach staff and multidisciplinary teams to improve their commercial awareness and expertise.

Requirements:

• Good contract experience, particularly with NEC4 contracts.
• Experience working within a client organization, either directly or through colocation/secondment in high-profile and complex projects.
• Experience in drafting and negotiating main contracts throughout project development and execution.
• Experience using contract administration platforms such as CEMAR and Asite for overseeing client communications and instructions.
• Professional memberships (MRICS, MCInstCES, or MCIOB) are advantageous.

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What We Offer You

At Arup, we care about each member’s success so we can grow together. We provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes your contributions, including competitive pay, benefits supporting health and wellbeing, learning opportunities, and impact through your work.

As a member-owned organization, we have the freedom and responsibility to set our own direction, working on ambitious projects that deliver remarkable outcomes. Profit Share allows members to share in our collective success. We also offer private medical insurance, life assurance, accident insurance, income protection, and flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and personal needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We promote an environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas, fostering excellence. Guided by our values and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create equitable spaces and systems, supporting initiatives like employee networks for race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+, and disability inclusion.

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