Commercial Manager – Major Infrastructure Programme

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to lead commercial strategy contract management programme controls budgeting and risk management for a major national infrastructure programme.

This senior role will provide highlevel commercial leadership across all phases of the project lifecycle supporting successful delivery of a complex multiyear capital investment programme.

You will oversee commercial governance guide procurement and contract strategy and ensure robust financial schedule and risk performance.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team including cost planning and project controls specialists while working closely with client stakeholders delivery partners and industry collaborators.

Qualifications :

Commercial Leadership:

- Lead all commercial and contractual activities across assigned programme workstreams.

- Develop contract strategies oversee tendering and negotiations and ensure alignment with client governance requirements.

- Manage cost planning forecasting benchmarking performance reporting and change control.

- Ensure strong commercial stewardship across the full lifecycle of the programme.

Programme & Project Controls:

- Oversee the development and maintenance of the Master Programme and capital budgets.

- Monitor schedule performance risk exposure earned value and commercial progress.

- Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the client and governance bodies.

Team Leadership & Collaboration:

- Lead and mentor team members including cost managers planners and project controls professionals.

- Foster a collaborative high performance culture across project teams and interfaces.

- Support capability development knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Governance & Compliance:

- Ensure full compliance with client governance frameworks public procurement requirements and corporate procedures.

- Maintain high quality documentation and auditready records across all commercial contractual and programme control functions.

- Support business case development assurance processes and stakeholder engagement.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelors degree in Engineering Quantity Surveying Project Management or related discipline.

- Professional membership (e.g. SCSI RICS Engineers Ireland APM).

- Minimum 15 years experience delivering major infrastructure or capital programmes.

- Significant commercial leadership experience in complex multi-disciplinary environments.

- Strong understanding of contract strategy procurement cost management and commercial governance.

- Experience working with NEC4 FIDIC or public sector contract frameworks.

- Proven ability to lead commercial teams and influence stakeholders at senior level.

Desirable Experience

- Experience in transportation utilities or other large scale public infrastructure sectors.

- Familiarity with public sector governance and business case development.

- Understanding of project risk management and safety related assurance processes.

- Working knowledge of Primavera P6 and project cost forecasting tools.

Key Competencies

- Advanced commercial and contractual management

- Strategic cost planning and financial control

- Claims management and dispute resolution

- Programme and project controls expertise

- Public procurement and tender management

- Strong leadership and team development capability

- Analytical risk based decisionmaking

- Excellent communication presentation and reporting skills

Additional Information :

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: 

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited by the Recruitment Team to submit candidates for review. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time