Senior Commercial Manager

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Quantity Surveyor, where you'll be part of a dynamic team tackling energy mega projects. Your expertise in cost management will be essential in delivering projects on time and within budget, while ensuring compliance with risk management processes. Collaborate with diverse teams and external stakeholders to drive successful outcomes and enhance client satisfaction. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the energy sector, contributing to sustainable solutions that address global challenges. If you're ready to take on exciting challenges and work in a collaborative environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience with cost management and project delivery.
• Relevant qualifications from professional institutions like RICS or CIPS.

Responsibilities

• Assist project teams with contract procurement and administration.
• Analyze data to support cost management decisions.

Skills

Cost Management

Project Management

Risk Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Relevant Professional Qualification

Chartered Status (RICS, CIPS, ICE, CIOB)

Tools

NEC Suite of Contracts

Job description

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we're feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we're seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

As part of our Cost Management team, you'll be involved in a wide range of projects from global and high-profile to small and impactful, ensuring they are delivered on time and to budget. Your expertise in planning, estimating, budgeting, and managing costs will drive growth and smarter working.

The energy landscape as we know it is rapidly transforming; generating and processing enough clean energy is a big challenge to assist with the world's Net Carbon Zero needs. Join our Energy team and you will be part of an industry-leading team, where you can apply your skills to energy mega projects across the UK.

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will join a team of cost managers and project managers on a variety of projects in the energy sector. Your role will assist project teams with the formation of contract procurement documentation and the commercial administration activities of contracts during the execution phase to help support the safe, successful delivery of our clients' programmes, projects, and business objectives.

The Quantity Surveyor provides a professional commercial support service to the client's programme/project teams through the efficient identification, procurement, and administration of contracts, identifying and controlling costs and commercial risks & opportunities, and forecasting in support of the Programme/Project Execution Plans.

You should have great interpersonal skills that will enable you to build positive and effective relationships within both the project teams and wider client organization.

· Work independently within established financial systems to monitor and review project costs and variances on small commercial, regeneration, and residential projects, in order to control cost variables.

· Deliver/assist in managing medium to large-scale cost projects or significant components of cost management assignments, ensuring the delivery of the required scope of work within set deadlines.

· Understand and comply with business risk and present any project concerns or issues to senior managers to ensure the project is not adversely impacted.

· Provide advice to colleagues on principles of risk management, to ensure adherence to the organization's risk and compliance processes.

· Analyze and review a range of data to collate trends and prepare documentation such as delivery plans, providing advice and making recommendations to support cost and commercial management decision-making.

· Use your knowledge and experience to review and analyze existing cost and commercial management processes and policies, sharing knowledge and actively involved in service improvement and innovation.

· Interact with internal and external customers, applying technical knowledge to complete complex, professional-level tasks to ensure projects/programmes can be delivered to meet customer expectations.

· Provide specialist technical advice and guidance within your area, supporting others with cost management queries and actively sharing knowledge to inform colleagues and provide a high level of service to clients.

· Collaborate with external stakeholders to understand their needs, resolve stakeholder issues, and contribute to ongoing client satisfaction.

Qualifications & Experience:

· Relevant professional qualification or chartered status with a relevant professional institution (e.g., RICS, CIPS, ICE, CIOB).

· Demonstrable experience with the NEC suite of contracts.

· Experience in delivering analysis and insights.

· Self-management and prioritization skills, with the ability to work under pressure.

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including influencing stakeholders and third parties.

· Capable of managing a project from inception to completion.