Healthcare Construction Commercial Lead

Turner & Townsend; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Townsend in the United Kingdom is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead cost and contract management for healthcare construction projects from award to close-out. You will ensure cost control, risk management, and value for money while coordinating with delivery teams on large hospital schemes.

You will monitor performance, validate NEC4 ECC incentives, and provide data to the analytics team. The role emphasizes governance, collaboration with contractors and suppliers, and adherence to

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Monitor commercial performance and KPI dashboards; maintain forecast vs. baseline.
• Visit sites and perform health checks to escalate commercial risks with recovery actions.
• Ensure change control procedures are followed: scope, pricing, cost build-up, risk allowances, approvals and audit trails.
• Assess changes for approval and value for money before commitment.
• Undertake trend analysis using scheme data across the programme.
• Plan and implement close-out and rolling final accounts.
• Support live threats/opportunities with quantified impact on scheme forecast.
• Assure KPI definitions and evidence aligned to NEC4 ECC and incentive mechanisms; validate monthly submissions.
• Provide clean, timely data (cost, change, risk, carbon, life cycle) to Data team for benchmarks.
• Build and maintain relationships with contractors and suppliers; resolve commercial issues.

Skills

Commercial management

NEC/JCT contracts

Cost control

KPI reporting

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related

Professional membership (RICS/CIOB)

Tools

Primavera P6

CostX

Excel

Job description

Turner Townsend in the United Kingdom is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead cost and contract management for healthcare construction projects from award to close-out. You will ensure cost control, risk management, and value for money while coordinating with delivery teams on large hospital schemes.

You will monitor performance, validate NEC4 ECC incentives, and provide data to the analytics team. The role emphasizes governance, collaboration with contractors and suppliers, and adherence to