Senior Commercial Manager - Transport & Infrastructure - Manchester

ZipRecruiter; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A project consultancy firm seeks a Senior Commercial Manager focused on transport and infrastructure projects. The role involves managing costs and contracts, requiring significant experience in Quantity Surveying and contract administration. Candidates should possess strong stakeholder management skills and a degree qualification. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and various professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Private pension

Private healthcare

Performance-based bonus

Training and development support

Qualifications

• Experience implementing effective contract administration processes.
• Ability to drive optimum commercial outputs in fast-paced project delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive cost and contracts management across major transport and infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with teams for project execution and administration.

Skills

Experience of working in Quantity Surveying/ Commercial Management team

Experience of working pre and/or post-contract in the rail sector

Experience carrying out cost management activities

Knowledge of tendering and procurement process

Strong stakeholder management experience

Collaborative approach to contract administration

Ability to work effectively within embedded delivery teams

Education

Degree qualification (or equivalent)

Hold or studying towards a professional qualification

Job description

Overview

Commercial & Assistant Commercial Managers - Transport & Infrastructure

CPC Project Services Ltd - Mancester Area - Hybrid Working

CPC is an independent cost and project management consultancy, providing the best technical expertise in delivering transportation, infrastructure, property and transformational change projects.

Our people are dedicated to meeting our clients’ needs, unified by a core set of values and behaviours that bring the right knowledge, experience and approach to unlocking every project’s full potential.

Senior Commercial Manager – Transport & Infrastructure

This is a great opportunity to join CPC’s Commercial Services Division within the Transport and Infrastructure Business Unit as a Senior Commercial/Cost manager, driving cost and contracts management across all areas of major transport and infrastructure projects.

Relevant skills and qualifications

• Experience of working in Quantity Surveying/ Commercial Management team
• Experience of working pre and/or post-contract in the rail sector
• Experience carrying out cost management activities including monthly reporting, cash flow control as well as forecasting of supported projects
• Knowledge of tendering and the procurement process, and/or procurement experience
• Strong stakeholder management experience
• Experience of implementing and maintaining effective contract administration processes and reporting systems aligned to project requirements
• Have a collaborative approach to both work and contract administration, able to work effectively on your own initiative and be a strong team player
• Ability to operate effectively within embedded delivery teams to drive the optimum commercial outputs in fast paced project delivery environments

Desirable

• NEC & NR forms of contract experience
• Experience working on complex, high profile projects.
• Understanding of project and change management methodologies
• Degree qualification (or equivalent).
• Hold or studying towards a professional qualification
• Knowledge of working with or for publicly funded bodies

How we will support you

• Support and training towards gaining MRICS or equivalent qualifications, with a range of experts across the team and organisation to mentor you through your journey
• Regular 1-2-1s with your line manager and structured development objectives
• Buddy system to help integrate into the organisation
• Hybrid working available (2/3 days per week between CPC offices and client site, and the remainder home working)
• Provide a supporting environment and positive culture to enable opportunities to progress within the Commercial Services division and build and develop your career

CPC - Big enough to deliver - small enough to care

In addition to a competitive salary, CPC Project Services Ltd provides comprehensive benefits, including private pension, private healthcare, holidays, assistance with private professional membership subscriptions, training and development, personal performance- based bonus and annual salary review.

2023 Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)*

*Building Awards, 2023

We recognise and value the of our people and are committed to developing working practices which will allow every person to contribute to our business and achieve their career aspirations.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience is not a 100% match for this position. We are looking for someone with relevant skills and experience, not a checklist that exactly matches the job description. We want to help you grow and in return, you help us grow into a stronger, more inclusive organisation.

Polite notice to recruitment agencies. We are not requiring any assistance at the moment. Please note, we do not accept speculative CV's and they will not be counted as a valid 'introduction'.