M&E Commercial Manager

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Our client is a well-established & recognised UK contractor with a strong reputation within the industry. They deliver a wide range of projects across commercial, infrastructure, data centres, public sector, healthcare and more. With experience delivering projects across a broad range of values and complexities, the business continues to grow through a strong pipeline of secured work & partnership with longstanding clients.

As part of their continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced M&E Commercial Manager to support their growing portfolio.

• Overseeing your own commercial team across all levels within their projects (sector depending on influx of work)
• Build partnerships with key stakeholders, including PQS, Main contractors and end users
• Oversee commercial activities and prepare reports for Commercial Director.
• Work closely with all departments including Operations, Estimating, Procurement and Design to deliver profitable work.
• The management and preparation, submission and agreement of Applications and Final Accounts.
• The management of Sub-Contractor Interim Payments including site measure, Payment and Pay Less Notices and Final Accounts.
• Liaise with the Operations team in the procurement of Sub-Contractor packages including financial checks, assessing commercial competitiveness and the preparation of the Sub-Contract documents.
• Supporting the monitoring of the progress of live projects.
• The preparation and submission of contractual notices and /or correspondence to both the Client and Sub-Contractors.
• Preparation of cash flows, monthly cost reports and analysis of budgets.
• The monitoring of costs across the division
• Stakeholder and client meetings / engagement.
• Overseeing resource allocation and recruitment needs.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Working at a minimum of a M&E Senior Quantity Surveyor or Commercial / Surveying Manager
• Have detailed M&E technical knowledge and an understanding of the construction process
• Be contractually aware and knowledgeable.
• Experience managing a team and nurturing junior staff
• Good problem-solving skills
• Have the communication skills necessary for dealing with both clients and sub-contractors.
• Be able to work independently and manage time effectively.
• Ideally have JCT and NEC experience
• Experience working within the commercial, data centre and healthcare sector ideally
• Experience in a senior management role
• Have relationships with relevant supply chain including subcontractors and suppliers.
• Have significant experience delivering multiple projects; to understand the fundamentals of managing multiple project teams.