Senior Commercial Governance & Assurance Lead

Ptsg; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday + bank holidays

3x salary life assurance

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Discounts on shopping, tech, holidays,

Hybrid working

Job summary

PTSG Ltd in Nottingham (NG17) on a hybrid basis is seeking a Commercial Governance and Assurance Manager to monitor governance, review contracts, and support group-wide commercial capability.

This full-time role involves travel to other PTSG Group offices and heavy collaboration with the Head of Commercial Excellence to strengthen controls and improve commercial performance across the business units.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior commercial management or quantity surveying experience in construction or similar project-led environments.
• In-depth knowledge of UK construction contracts, payments, change control, delays, final accounts, and disputes.
• Experience conducting pre-signature contract reviews and identifying unpriced commitments.
• Ability to assess complex facts, form balanced positions and communicate them clearly.
• Credibility to challenge senior stakeholders and deliver governance and training.

Responsibilities

• Review key terms—including payment, retention, liability, insurance, notices and delay—against the quotation to identify unpriced commitments.
• Record and elevate exceptions for documented decisions, maintaining an auditable review trail.
• Administer and monitor the Delegation of Authority and contract review process, recommending updates to the Head of Commercial Excellence.
• Manage designated live disputes—including contra charges, final accounts and adjudication preparation—and provide analysis and recommendations.
• Prepare and negotiate commercial submissions, settlements and correspondence to achieve timely, evidence-based outcomes.
• Maintain a concise tracker of value, risk, status, ownership and next actions; report progress and derive controls, guidance and training from lessons learned.
• Support Head of Commercial Excellence in delivering a phased programme of targeted health checks, balancing contract review and dispute priorities.
• Use health checks to identify control gaps, potential margin leakage and weaknesses in notices, variations and records; agree corrective actions with the business unit.
• Monitor agreed actions and material risks, escalating significant or repeated non-compliance and reporting trends across disputes, cash, variations and project performance.

Skills

Senior commercial management

Quantity surveying

UK construction contracts

Pre-signature review

Stakeholder management

MS Office / data skills

Education

RICS or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

PTSG Ltd in Nottingham (NG17) on a hybrid basis is seeking a Commercial Governance and Assurance Manager to monitor governance, review contracts, and support group-wide commercial capability.

This full-time role involves travel to other PTSG Group offices and heavy collaboration with the Head of Commercial Excellence to strengthen controls and improve commercial performance across the business units.