Senior Commercial Contracts Manager (Construction)

PTSG; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Discounts on shopping, tech, holidays,

Hybrid working

Job summary

Premier Technical Services Group is seeking a Group Commercial Contracts Manager in Nottingham. The role targets a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Senior Commercial Manager with deep NEC/JCT contract knowledge and a track record in large value projects.

You will advise on contracts, assess commercial risk, and protect margins across multiple businesses within the group, working with Head of Commercial Excellence and local leadership to drive practical solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field or substantial professional experience.
• Senior QS or Senior Commercial Manager background.
• Strong knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contracts.
• Experience reviewing contracts before signature and assessing implications.
• Understanding of payment requirements, notices, variations, delay and claims.
• Ability to explain complex contractual issues to non- specialists.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and negotiating contracts against quotation, scope and commercial assumptions; identify risks in NEC, JCT and bespoke contracts.
• Manage live commercial issues, disputes, claims and adjudication preparation.
• Protect margin and cash flow by identifying missed notices and changes; drive practical actions.
• Provide clear commercial advice to senior management and operational teams.
• Improve contract management processes across the group.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Commercial risk management

NEC/JCT contracts

Dispute resolution

Stakeholder communication

Education

QS degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Group Commercial Contracts Manager

An opportunity for a Senior Commercial Manager / Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Nottingham (NG17)

Salary - Competitive (Experience dependent)

You’ve built your career managing the commercial demands of construction projects. You understand how contracts work in practice, where risks sit and what happens when the paperwork doesn’t reflect the reality on site. Now you’re looking for an opportunity to put that knowledge to use in a different way.

As Group Commercial Contracts Manager at PTSG, you’ll make contract advice, commercial risk and dispute resolution your specialism. Supporting specialist contracting businesses across the Group, you’ll help teams understand the commitments they’re making, negotiate better terms and protect their commercial position throughout a project.

This role would suit an established Senior Quantity Surveyor or Senior Commercial Manager with a strong grounding in NEC and/or JCT contracts, gained within a main contractor or large construction business delivering high-value contracts.

If the parts of your role you enjoy most are unpicking a difficult contract, spotting an overlooked risk or finding a practical way through a dispute, this is an opportunity to build your next career move around those strengths.

The opportunity

You’ll move beyond the day-to-day cycle of valuations, cost reporting and managing your own portfolio of projects, applying your commercial judgement across a varied group of businesses.

One day, you could be reviewing an amended NEC or JCT contract before signature and identifying obligations that haven’t been allowed for in the price. The next, you could be helping an operational team respond to a disputed final account, assess a claim or recognise when a contractual notice is needed to protect its position.

You’ll work closely with the Head of Commercial Excellence, Group Legal and local leadership teams, combining detailed contract knowledge with practical advice that people can act on.

What you’ll be doing

• Reviewing and negotiating contracts. Assess proposed terms against the quotation, scope and commercial assumptions. Identify risks within NEC, JCT and bespoke contracts, including amendments affecting payment, retention, liability, insurance, variations, delay and notice requirements.
• Supporting live commercial issues and disputes. Take ownership of designated matters, including contra charges, disputed final accounts, claims and adjudication preparation. Review project records, assess the contractual position and prepare clear correspondence, submissions and settlement proposals.
• Helping teams protect margin and cash flow. Identify where missed notices, unrecorded changes, unclear obligations or gaps in project records could weaken a business’s position. Agree practical steps to address these issues.
• Providing clear commercial advice. Explain contractual obligations and options to commercial, operational and senior management teams, helping them make informed decisions and recognise when further legal support is required.
• Improving contract management across the Group. Use recurring issues to shape guidance, training and contract review processes, building confidence and capability within local teams.
• Maintaining oversight of significant risks. Manage contract review and approval records, document agreed exceptions and track key disputes, actions and responsibilities.

What you’ll bring

• A degree in Quantity Surveying or a closely related commercial construction discipline, or substantial relevant professional experience demonstrating an equivalent level of technical knowledge and commercial judgement.
• A substantial background as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Senior Commercial Manager, ideally having progressed through quantity surveying, within a main contractor or large construction business managing high-value contracts.
• Strong practical knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contracts, including reviewing and negotiating amendments and managing their requirements on live projects. Familiarity with both forms would be particularly valuable.
• A track record of reviewing contracts before signature, identifying departures from the priced scope and assessing the implications for delivery, liability, cash flow and margin.
• A sound understanding of construction payment requirements, contractual notices, variations, delay, claims, final accounts and dispute resolution.
• The ability to work through complex project records, establish a clear commercial position and recommend a practical course of action.
• The confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively, negotiate effectively and explain complex contractual issues in plain English.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills and a clear, organised approach to recording advice, decisions and actions.

RICS membership or another relevant professional qualification would be welcome. Involvement in adjudication, mediation, working with legal advisers, delivering commercial training or supporting multiple businesses would also be useful.

Why join PTSG?

PTSG’s continued growth creates the opportunity to apply your knowledge across a broad range of specialist contracting businesses, with different customers, projects and commercial challenges.

You’ll have scope to influence how those businesses approach contracts, help colleagues strengthen their commercial judgement and develop your own expertise in a focused Group role. For someone who still enjoys the technical and contractual side of construction but wants a change from day-to-day project commercial management, it offers a clear next step.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Life assurance at three times your salary
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Discounts on shopping, tech, holidays, meals out, gym memberships and more
• Hybrid working from our Nottingham office, with travel to other PTSG locations as needed

About PTSG

Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG) is a leading provider of specialist services across the UK and Europe. Our businesses deliver more than 170 services across five divisions covering Access & Safety, Electrical Safety, Building Access & Specialist, Fire Solutions and Water Treatment.

Around 4,000 colleagues support more than 90,000 customers across 400,000 buildings. Our aim is to be a great place to work and a great company to do business with.

Armed Forces Covenant

PTSG is proud to support the Armed Forces community and has signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant. We value the skills that service leavers, veterans, reservists and military families bring to our business. We guarantee an interview to ex-Forces applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

Equal Opportunities

PTSG is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment process and a workplace where everyone is treated with respect.

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