Commercial Manager (Construction)

FRS Recruitment; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Car allowance

Pension contribution

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Job summary

FRS Recruitment partners with a leading specialist construction contractor to recruit a senior Commercial Manager for a strategic leadership role overseeing commercial functions across Ireland and Europe.

The role blends office, site and remote working, with a focus on safeguarding profitability, managing risk and driving best practice throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Commercial Management, QS, or Estimating within construction.
• Experience with Data Centre, Pharmaceutical, Cleanroom or controlled environments is highly desirable.
• Proven track record leading and developing commercial teams.
• Strong understanding of contracts and commercial risk.
• Experience managing CVRs, variations and final accounts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial function across multiple live projects.
• Mentor and develop Commercial Managers and Quantity Surveyors.
• Drive commercial strategy from contract award through to final account.
• Oversee CVRs, forecasting, reporting and commercial performance.
• Manage contracts, variations, claims and commercial negotiations.
• Work closely with project delivery teams and senior management.
• Strengthen commercial systems, governance and reporting processes.
• Identify commercial risks while maximising project profitability.

Skills

Leadership

Contract management

Commercial reporting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Job description

FRS Recruitment are partnering with a leading specialist construction contractor to recruit an experienced Commercial Manager (Construction) for a senior leadership position within their growing business.

This opportunity is ideally suited to an experienced Commercial Manager looking to progress into a Commercial Director position, although applications from established Commercial Directors are also welcomed. The successful candidate will play a key strategic role in the future direction of the business while leading the commercial function across a portfolio of technically complex projects.

This is a hybrid opportunity, offering a blend of office, site and remote working while overseeing a portfolio of technically complex projects across Ireland and mainland Europe.

Our client has built an outstanding reputation delivering specialist construction and high-specification interior fit-out solutions across the Data Centre, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Food Manufacturing and High-End Construction sectors. Working alongside many of the world's leading contractors and global clients, they deliver technically demanding projects where commercial expertise, quality and programme certainty are critical to success.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this is a senior leadership role within the business. The successful candidate will oversee the commercial function across multiple live projects while helping shape commercial strategy, governance and future growth. Managing an experienced commercial team, you will play a key role in protecting profitability, managing contractual risk and driving commercial best practice throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial function across multiple live projects.
• Mentor and develop Commercial Managers and Quantity Surveyors.
• Drive commercial strategy from contract award through to final account.
• Oversee CVRs, forecasting, reporting and commercial performance.
• Manage contracts, variations, claims and commercial negotiations.
• Work closely with project delivery teams and senior management.
• Strengthen commercial systems, governance and reporting processes.
• Identify commercial risks while maximising project profitability.

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience within Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying, or Estimating, ideally with strong construction Fit-Out project experience in Ireland/UK
• Experience within Data Centre, Pharmaceutical, Cleanroom or other controlled environment projects highly desirable.
• Previous experience leading and developing commercial teams.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts and commercial risk.
• Proven experience managing CVRs, variations and final accounts.
• Excellent commercial reporting, forecasting and financial management skills.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management abilities.

Salary & Benefits

• €100,000 - €120,000+ depending on experience.
• Annual performance bonus.
• Car allowance.
• Pension contribution.
• Private healthcare.
• Life assurance and income protection.
• Hybrid working.