Commercial Manager

• Right across infrastructure theres a requirement to not only maintain but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life while being safety first and client and customer centric in a friendly fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

  Where will you be working

  We help our clients safeguard the water supply improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. Were problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

  This role will be within ourWater and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

  Want to be a part of it

  What will you be doing

  As the Commercial Manager (Pre-Contract) youll play a pivotal role in setting projects up for commercial success from day one. Working closely with senior commercial leaders operational teams clients and supply chain partners youll help shape contract strategies influence procurement decisions and ensure robust commercial controls are established from the outset.

  Youll lead or support pre-contract activities including contract briefings developing commercial guidance defining measurement and reporting requirements and working with Procurement teams throughout the tendering process. Youll also support supplier evaluations contract award recommendations and manage TUPE-related commercial considerations where required.

  Once projects are underway youll take ownership of key commercial processes ensuring valuations applications change management and contractual obligations are managed accurately and in line with contract requirements. Youll oversee certifications notices cash collection processes Early Warnings and Compensation Events while providing commercial guidance and support to operational teams and acting as an escalation point for contractual issues and disputes.

  Youll maintain strong commercial control across the supply chain validating cost information overseeing subcontractor onboarding and governance managing payments and accounts and driving the resolution of commercial issues. Working collaboratively with supply chain partners youll identify opportunities to maximise value recover costs and reduce commercial risk.

  A key part of the role will involve maintaining accurate and compliant commercial records ensuring all valuations payments notices risks opportunities and contract documentation are effectively managed and readily accessible for audit and assurance purposes.

  Youll also play a leading role in contract performance management producing and reviewing forecasts cashflow reporting and CVRs providing clear insight into project performance and helping operational teams understand and manage commercial risks and opportunities. Through close collaboration with clients youll support KPI and SLA performance management to help secure successful commercial outcomes.

  Alongside managing your own responsibilities youll provide leadership and direction to junior commercial team members helping to maintain high standards develop capability and drive commercial best practice across the business.

  What youll bring

  • Do you have a degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline or equivalent experience
  • Have you got a Full UK driving licence

  Desirable: Other skills experience qualifications and professional memberships that will help you grow with us:

  • Do you have a professional accreditation such as RICS or CICES or working towards
  • Have you got a good understanding of procurement processes and frameworks
  • Do you have experience working on large complex or multi-site programmes
  • Are you someone who has familiarity with ERP or financial reporting systems
  • Have you got experience with SLAs KPIs and performance-based contracts
  • Do you have exposure to dispute resolution and negotiations
  • Have you got an understanding of inflation impacts and forecasting approaches

  Whats in it for you

  We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work some of which include;

  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Online GP service 24 hours a day 365 days a year
  • Employee assistance programme
  • My Rewards portal access to 1000s of retail discounts
  • Life assurance
  • Cycle to work salary finance and give as you earn schemes
  • Enhanced maternity paternity leave and adoption leave
  • Reward and recognition scheme
  • Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

  In addition this role offers;

  • Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
  • My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
  • Health Care Cash Plan giving you and your family the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
  • Private Healthcare - family cover
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Discretionary bonus scheme

  About us

  We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work attracting diverse and talented people who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

  Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind to ensure your aspirations and ways of working align with ours.

  • Were responsible and go further for our people clients communities and the planet
  • Were open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
  
  
  • Were together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
  • Were ambitious and embrace opportunity to lead essential infrastructure services for life

  Whether youre a trainee apprentice or graduate or progressing through your career our people benefit from industry recognised programmes training and development.

  Its an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

  Please note: Occasionally job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

  For certain roles successful candidates will be subject to 3^rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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Required Experience:

Manager