Project Commercial Manager

Morson Edge are working with a well know Consultancy who are seeking a Project Commercial Manager to join their Water/Utilities division.

Role - Project Commercial Manager
Location - Peterborough
Salary - £70k to £90k + Bens
Ideal background - Water/Utilities if preference but the client will consider people from Civils or infrastructure.

Key responsibilities:
- Ensure robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and makes 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 strives to develop processes and procedures to ensure standardisation across the commercial teams delivery process
- Looks to develop members of the team with commercial knowledge and experience gained over numerous years in industry.

About The Candidate:
- Educated to Degree/HNC level or equivalent.
- 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
- Stake Holder management

Skills
- Acts as the commercial conscience of the IPL, challenges delivery team
- Operates fairly, honestly and with integrity
- Champions collaboration and open communication
- Value for Money' mentality
- Takes ownership and leads with a strong commercial focus on outperformance 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

If you are interested in this position please send updated CVs to (url removed)
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed