Project Commercial Manager

TN United Kingdom; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Commercial Manager to lead innovative projects focused on nature-based solutions. This role offers an exciting opportunity to manage complex projects, ensuring robust cost management and compliance with governance procedures. You will mentor a small team while driving change and fostering collaboration. Join a forward-thinking company that prioritizes sustainability and offers a supportive work environment, where your contributions will help set global benchmarks in environmental management.

Qualifications

• Degree level education with RICS/CIOB/CICES certification preferred.
• Experience managing multi-million pound projects is essential.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for commercial and cost management from inception to close out.
• Manage procurement strategies and ensure compliance with governance procedures.

Skills

Project Management

Cost Management

Stakeholder Management

Negotiation

Change Management

Education

Degree Level Education

RICS/CIOB/CICES Certification

Tools

NEC Suite of Contracts

Job description

Project Commercial Manager, Peterborough

Client:

sweco

Location:

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

5ce036e7ed93

Job Views:

7

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

Job Description:

Job Description

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transformingsociety together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office orsite presence on an average of three days a week.

What will you be doing as our new Project Commercial Manager?

You will be accountable for the commercial and cost management of a project or programme of projects from inception to close out reporting directly to an Integrated Projects Leader (IPL) ensuring that maximum efficiencies are obtained and full compliance with all Alliance and Anglian Water governance procedures is achieved. Providing a commercial challenge to the IPL and team on all project matters.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope.
• Managing and supporting the commercial and procurement strategies with the Senior Buyers to ensure the tender processes are followed correctly.
• Ensuring subcontracts are properly prepared and reflect the agreed scope and are properly managed in accordance with contract.
• Providing accurate live forecasting taking into account the project programme and reporting in accordance with the respective WBS/CBS.
• Ensuring actual costs are properly monitored and assessed against the baseline estimate and challenge any variance to the plans.
• Providing reports on actual costs versus estimate and identifying underlying reasons for any variance and resolution.
• Ensuring the Alliance contract is properly administered.
• Overseeing the timely issue of early warnings and advising the IPL on all matters related to compliance.
• Ensuring that proper records are kept so that all financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.
• Ensuring final accounts are prepared timely and accurately.
• Ensuring that mitigation plans are in place and implemented.
• Proactive management of opportunities including identifying and implementing plans to realise.
• Ensuring that all identified efficiencies are monitored as to progress and report to the IPL any variances to the plan.
• Report any withheld, disputed or disallowed costs to the IPL.
• Leading and managing a small team.
• Mentoring and developing the team individuals.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours….

To be considered for this role, ideally, you’ll be educated to degree level and hold either RICS/CIOB/CICES certification. You’ll have demonstrable experience in managing complex projects ranging in size up to multi-million pounds projects. You’ll have a robust nature, be able to manage change, and feel comfortable challenging decisions. Experience in working with NEC suite of contracts, coupled with negotiating and estimating and outstanding stakeholder management skills will make you stand out from the crowd!

With a high level of integrity and fairness, you’ll act as the commercial conscience of the IPL. You’ll champion collaboration and open communication and take ownership, leading with strong commercial focus. Working under pressure with a positive forward-thinking mentality is second nature to you as is you leading and supporting your team with a supportive empathetic approach, using your stakeholder management skills to build strong personal working relationships.

If the opportunity to join an industry- leading Alliance appeals to you as you look to establish a career in environmental project management, please apply today!

A collaborative alliance, driving change. Empowering us to set global benchmarks and building a better environment for our customers. We strive to:

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we:

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families,are treated fairly. To find out more .

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interviewapplicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on theapplication form and meet the minimumcriteria for the role.

If I have a disability, can I get help (e.g. “reasonable adjustments”) with the application process?

In order to address your request the following information is needed:

• The best method for contacting you (Phone or email)

• The position title

Upon receipt of this information, we’ll respond to you promptly to obtain more information about your request.

Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.

Sweco UK&I have an internal resourcing team who are responsible for all recruiting activity. We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted agencies who we work with on those “hard to fill” roles.

We have defined processes for recruitment applications and it is company policy not to accept speculative CVs. Any speculative CVs received into the business (whether to a manager or member of the resourcing team) will become the property of Sweco and the agency will not be eligible for an introductory fee.

Our Preferred Supplier List was reviewed in December 2023and we are not looking to add any additional agencies. We’ll be reviewing the PSL again at the end of 2024 and non-compliance with the above statements could be detrimental to you having the opportunity to be included.

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Created on 26/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom