Project Commercial Manager

Anglian Water's @one Alliance; Norwich (CT); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water @one Alliance is seeking a Project Commercial Manager to lead commercial and cost management for complex projects. The role reports to the Senior Project Manager and drives value through robust forecasting, cost control, and governance adherence.

You'll work across procurement strategies, subcontracts, and change management within a hybrid model at Norwich. A degree and professional certification are preferred, with strong stakeholder engagement essential.

Qualifications

• You will hold a degree or professional certification and have demonstrable experience managing complex projects.
• Experience with NEC contracts and strong stakeholder management skills are essential.
• Ability to lead, challenge decisions and drive commercial outcomes across programmes.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for commercial and cost management from inception to close out.
• Provide a commercial challenge to the Senior Project Manager and team on all project matters.
• Ensure contracts, procurement strategies and cost reporting align with governance and baseline plans.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Commercial management

Negotiation

Change management

Education

Degree level education

RICS/CIOB/CICES certification

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

Who are we?

Here within the @one Alliance we are a totally collaborative organisation made up of our eight partner companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO) and our extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

Now in our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP 8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment for career progression.

We truly care about enabling our business to be able to deliver what is needed to succeed and want to continue with the great progress we are making with efficiencies. To help us achieve these targets we are looking for a Project Commercial Manager to join the team.

It is essential our commercial and cost management processes and practices remain industry- leading to ensure we not only deliver but outperform against our objectives and customer expectations.

What will you be doing as our new Project Commercial Manager?

You will be accountable for the commercial and cost management of a project or programme of projects from inception to close out reporting directly to an Senior Project Manager (SPM) ensuring that maximum efficiencies are obtained and full compliance with all Alliance and Anglian Water governance procedures is achieved. Providing a commercial challenge to the SPM and team on all project matters.

Key responsibilities:

Management of Commercials:

• Ensuring robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope.
• Managing and supporting the commercial and procurement strategies with the Senior Buyers to ensure the tender processes are followed correctly.
• Ensuring subcontracts are properly prepared and reflect the agreed scope and are properly managed in accordance with contract.

Robust Cost Management:

• Providing accurate live forecasting taking into account the project programme and reporting in accordance with the respective WBS/CBS.
• Ensuring actual costs are properly monitored and assessed against the baseline estimate and challenge any variance to the plans.
• Providing reports on actual costs versus estimate and identifying underlying reasons for any variance and resolution.

Contract Management:

• Ensuring the Alliance contract is properly administered.
• Overseeing the timely issue of early warnings and advising the IPL on all matters related to compliance.
• Ensuring that proper records are kept so that all financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.
• Ensuring final accounts are prepared timely and accurately.

Project and Programme Risk:

• Ensuring that mitigation plans are in place and implemented.
• Proactive management of opportunities including identifying and implementing plans to realise.
• Ensuring that all identified efficiencies are monitored as to progress and report to the IPL any variances to the plan.
• Report any withheld, disputed or disallowed costs to the IPL.

Team Leadership:

• Leading and managing a small team.
• Mentoring and developing the team individuals.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours…

To be considered for this role, ideally, you’ll be educated to degree level and hold either RICS/CIOB/CICES certification. You’ll have demonstrable experience in managing complex projects ranging in size up to multi-million pounds projects. You’ll have a robust nature, be able to manage change, and feel comfortable challenging decisions. Experience in working with NEC suite of contracts, coupled with negotiating and estimating and outstanding stakeholder management skills will make you stand out from the crowd!

With a high level of integrity and fairness, you’ll act as the commercial conscience of the Senior Project Manager. You’ll champion collaboration and open communication and take ownership, leading with strong commercial focus. Working under pressure with a positive forward-thinking mentality is second nature to you as is you leading and supporting your team with a supportive empathetic approach, using your stakeholder management skills to build strong personal working relationships.

Our vision

A collaborative alliance, driving change. Empowering us to set global benchmarks and building a better environment for our customers. We strive to:

Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Embrace digital transformation; Deliver brilliance.

Our Values

To bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop we:

Build trust; Do the right thing; Are always exploring

The Anglian Water @one Alliance. Seven partners, endless opportunities.

Location: Hybrid, Norwich