MEP Senior Commercial Manager

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Competitive with excellent benefits package

Working Hours:

40

Location:

London

Closing Date:

12/09/2026

Function:

Shafts & Headhouses

Function:

Shafts & Headhouses

Team:

Commercial

Supporting both the Commercial director & Commercial lead, to provide the link between the Asset Commercial delivery leads, MEP commercial leads to ensure commercial operations are kept consistence throughout.

This role requires excellent communication and customer facing skills are a must, along with working as part of a team promoting our JV culture and values. The successful candidate will consider problems as a challenge, collecting information relevant to the problem, be disciplined in ascertaining the root cause, identify and develop a practical solution, communicate the findings and implement action to resolve the problem.

Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility  return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Senior commercial manager, to assist in the management and commercial delivery of the MEP element of the Works
• Prepare and support the MEP function in the production of monthly reporting data and liaising with the Project Control Team to ensure reports are completed to schedule.
• Lead where necessary the management of change including active engagement & where possible the avoidance of disputes.
• Manage effectively commercial teams under their control, ensuring there is consistency across all teams
• Lead where required in the monthly cost & performance reviews for each of the MEP Function/Trade
• Assist with the development and active management of MEP specific cost and performance reporting
• Prepare & support the MEP in the 6-monthly production of the BUF as defined under the Contract,
• Lead of complex change both up and downstream, ensuring clear strategies are in place.
• Ensure Contract administration is kept in line with SCS principles, including the close of change.
• Liaise with Project Controls to ensure data is kept up to date on commercial activities
• Ability to provide clear advice and training where necessary to the other members of team.
• Must Liaise with the area teams/others in relation to the monthly supplier AfP and its production, ensuring these are challenged, and issued.
• Manage disallowed costs, implementing mitigations measures where applicable.
• Management of the Staff organograms and ATR’s related to these roles and the co-ordination of this against the staff budget.
• Lead and manage where applicable risk drawdown/s and transfers between disciplines.
• Has the ability to engage and effectively liaise with the Customer and other stakeholders.
• Has the ability to manage and develop both commercial and Engineering teams in commercial acumen .

(EVA)

making sure we are in line with the BUF Production.

• RICS/CICES accredited Degree (or equivalent but not a must)
• Full Membership of RICS or CICES (or equivalent but not a must)
• Post graduate commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement
• Has a proven track record of managing large commercial teams in complex environments
• Has a proven track record of delivering complex schemes from inception to final account.
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen
• Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence & the facilitation of collaborative solutions
• Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge and experience
• Experience in implementing and delivering strategic objectives and associated change programmes
• Confidence and ability to assert influence
• A creative, strategic and innovative approach to problem‑solving

The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK's new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK's 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services

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