Senior Commercial Manager – Construction & Projects

Sisk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

26 days annual leave

Pension

Learning & development opportunities

Employee benefits

Job summary

Sisk Group is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead cost/value management and commercial governance on major projects. You will oversee financial reporting, cashflow forecasting and contract negotiations with clients and stakeholders.

You will mentor the commercial team, develop cost plans for complex projects and ensure adherence to safety and company policies. This role focuses on delivering value and reducing risk across multi-disciplinary programmes.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial management within construction or infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, risk management and dispute resolution.
• Skilled negotiator with ability to secure acceptable outcomes on complex projects.
• Experience leading commercial teams across multiple projects or large programmes.
• Understanding of project cost management systems and ability to interpret data for decision making.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

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.
• Lead the analysis of project cost reports to inform decision making.
• Ensure commercial practices comply with legislation, company policies and best practice.

Skills

Commercial management

Contract law

Risk management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Law, Business or related field

Job description

Sisk Group is seeking a Commercial Manager to lead cost/value management and commercial governance on major projects. You will oversee financial reporting, cashflow forecasting and contract negotiations with clients and stakeholders.

You will mentor the commercial team, develop cost plans for complex projects and ensure adherence to safety and company policies. This role focuses on delivering value and reducing risk across multi-disciplinary programmes.