Senior Commercial Lead - Construction Projects

Sisk Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

26 days annual leave plus additional公司

Pension and benefits

Unlimited learning and development机会

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Job summary

Sisk Group is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead project commercial delivery across complex infrastructure programmes in London and the UK. You will own cost and value management, contract negotiation and financial reporting, while guiding risk and dispute resolution with the project team.

In this role you will mentor commercial staff, develop cost plans for large schemes, and ensure commercial governance aligns with company policies and health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in commercial management within construction or infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, risk management and dispute resolution.
• Skilled negotiator with the ability to secure acceptable outcomes on complex projects.
• Experience leading commercial teams across multiple projects or large-scale programmes.
• Detailed understanding of project cost management systems and ability to interpret data for decision making.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to prepare accurate contractual correspondence and reports under tight timelines.
• Knowledge of design and build processes and delivery planning for multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost and value management for projects, ensuring systems and procedures are in place and followed.
• Oversee financial reporting and cashflow forecasting for projects.
• Identify and negotiate unacceptable contract terms, bonds, warranties and guarantees with clients and stakeholders.
• Manage project change processes by recording, evaluating and recovering entitlements where not the company’s liability.
• Lead risk and opportunity management with the operations team, ensuring mitigation measures are identified and implemented.
• Provide commercial support and training to site staff.
• Manage and mentor the commercial team to deliver key responsibilities and develop professional capability.
• Support knowledge sharing and mentoring through structured programmes.

Skills

Contract law

Risk management

Dispute resolution

Negotiation

Cost management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Design & build

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Degree in Construction Management

Degree in Law

Degree in Business Administration

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Job description

Sisk Group is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead project commercial delivery across complex infrastructure programmes in London and the UK. You will own cost and value management, contract negotiation and financial reporting, while guiding risk and dispute resolution with the project team.

In this role you will mentor commercial staff, develop cost plans for large schemes, and ensure commercial governance aligns with company policies and health and safety standards.