Commercial Manager
Listed on 2026-08-21
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Management
Contracts Manager, Project & Program Management, Financial Manager, Operations Management -
Engineering
Financial Manager, Operations Management
Position:
Commercial Manager
Location:
Peterborough with hybrid working available
Salary Guide: £90-100k (Neg DOE), Car/Allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package
Our Client:
Is a Tier 1 design and build engineering contractor operating predominantly in the water industry, who are delivering a significant proportion of Anglian Water's programme of clean and wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
The Alliance is set to deliver a record £2.6Bn of Anglian Water's overall investment in AMP.
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Our client is looking to strengthen their Commercial team with a Project Commercial Manager based at their Peterborough office with hybrid working available. You'll be accountable for the commercial and cost management for the project from inception to close out reporting directly to the Project Director.
You’ll challenge current commercial thinking and agreements, working with the Project Director and their team on all project matters.
Responsibilities- Ensure robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and make due allowance for all risks and opportunities.
- Manage the procurement process ensuring that all strategies are developed and agreed and that tender processes are followed correctly.
- Subcontractors are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance, communications, payments, compensation events and programme submissions.
- Ensure robust cost management is undertaken at all times including accurate live forecasting and actual costs vs estimates.
- Ensure that accurate and trusted records are kept so that all financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.
- Continually strive to develop processes and procedures to ensure standardisation across the commercial teams delivery process
- Develop members of the team with commercial knowledge and experience gained over numerous years in industry.
Educated to Degree/HNC level or equivalent in quantity surveying or a related discipline.
- RICS/CIOB/CICES
- Delivery of multiple and or complex projects ranging in values from £100k to multi-million pound projects with experience of the following:
- Managing/Leading a team
- Contract administration, working with NEC suite of contracts
- Managing change. Procurement
- Risk and opportunity management. Negotiation. Estimating
- Champions collaboration and open communication
- Value for Money mentality
- Takes ownership and leads with a strong commercial focus on out performance and contractual requirements, showing an ability to work under pressure whilst supporting the team
- Positive forward thinking decision maker with the skills to proactively manage the project and the commercial team.
- Capable of building strong personal relationships through a supportive empathetic style to enable the formation of high performing teams - Listens, understands and adjusts
- Strategic thinker with the ability to create strong relationships with key stakeholders within the organisation and to influence decision making.
- Creates drive and momentum to deliver
- A competitive salary
- Car/car allowance
- Bonus
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
- Contribution Pension scheme
- Life Assurance, Health Insurance
- Private medical Insurance
- And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.
- Commercial Director
- Commercial Manager
- Commercial Management
- Head of Commercial
- Commercial Leadership
- Commercial Strategy
- Commercial Governance
- Commercial Performance
- Risk Management
- Quantity Surveyor
- Quantity Surveying
- Project Delivery
- Construction
- Main Contractor
- Principal Contractor
- Contract Administration
- Water Industry
- Water Sector
- Water Treatment
- Clean Water
- Wastewater
- Waste Water
- Sewage
- Utilities
- Framework Delivery
- JV
- Contracts
- Contractual
- Conditions of Contract
- NEC3
- NEC4
- Power Generation
- Power Sector
- Power Industry
- Energy Industry
- Renewables
- Energy from Waste
- Nuclear
- Infrastructure
- Rail
- Transport
- Highways
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