Commercial Manager
- Role:Commercial Manager
- Location: Bristol (South West region)
- Reporting to: Group Construction Director
- Geographical region: South West
- Working arrangements: Flexible working between home, office and site
- Developments: Located across South West region
Provide commercial expertise in the support of high-quality developments, from inception through to end of defects period, promoting a consistent approach throughout the company. Ensure projects run to established budgets with accurate and timely reporting of budget variance, providing advice on mitigation where necessary.
Commercial Manager About you:
- Excellent, up to date, practical knowledge of the construction process
- Appropriate qualification in Quantity Surveying / Building Management. (HNC/HND in Building Studies)
- Working knowledge of Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) forms of Contract
- Experience of managing the budgets of multiple, complex projects simultaneously
- Ability to accurately report against budget and communicate the findings to senior management
- Strong analytical background
- Excellent oral and written communications and interpersonal skills
- Strong computer skills, including MS Excel and Office
- Demonstrates the companys behaviours
- Demonstrates the companys leadership and management standards
Commercial Manager Responsibilities:
- Assist with the Development projects in assessing scheme costs, and to advise on validity of costs obtained from external consultants
- Undertake value engineering of scheme costs to achieve best value whilst maintaining the quality set out in the Design Guide and Employers Requirements
- Manage the existing network of consultants, suppliers and contractors to ensure the supply chain has adequate capacity and competency
- Identify and engage new consultants, suppliers and contractors via compliant procurement and selection processes to supplement / replace existing chain as necessary
- Assist the Development and Design team to meet or exceed programmed delivery of new schemes through effective tendering and appointment of contractors
- Undertake the assessment of contractor payment stages to ensure they are in line with cashflow and site progress
- Instruct the Employers Agents to issue Withholding Notice / Pay less notices against contractor applications when contractor is in default
- Undertake monthly cost and value reconciliations comparing actual spend to forecast, reporting all variances to line management
- Share financial and commercial information with the Finance Team to ensure accurate cost reporting and allocation
- Work in collaboration with Procurement Team to ensure corporate compliance in tendering and contract award
- Assist proactively the CDQMs and CoWs to ensure contractor compliance with the agreed contract documents, taking responsibility for all commercial matters
- Work with the H&S team to monitor contractor compliance to the agreed Risk Assessment & Method Statement (RAMS)
Commercial Manager What about the benefits package:
- Competitive base salary
- Performance Pay related bonus
- Business mileage
- Healthcare
- Sick pay
- Industry leading pension
- Flexible working arrangements