Overview
Are you a Commercial Manager? Have you previously worked on Power/Infrastructure Projects? Can you drive commercial success across complex, high-value projects? If the answer is yes, then the opportunity below is for you!
Laing O'Rourke are currently recruiting a Commercial Manager to join the team in central London.
We have been appointed as construction partner for National Grid's Great Grid Partnership programme, which forms part of a supply chain framework that will also support infrastructure projects beyond 2030.
What will the role look like?
- To manage, supervise and be responsible for all commercial aspects of a section of a large or medium project including; managing specialist sub-contractors, liaising with client & project teams.
- Provision of a commercial, contractual and financial management service to projects and the business to ensure project and business profit objectives and targets are met and cash and margin are managed to maximise performance, all in a manner consistent with the Group processes.
- Plan, monitor and support operations, encourage ‘best practice'
- Responsibility for the delivery of Commercial activities for projects. Efficiently direct and manage the commercial resources of a project, during the pre-construction & construction phases, in order to ensure success of the company business plan.
- Ensure development needs of line reports are met and support with the development of the wider commercial function.
- Preparation and management of monthly contract review reports, weekly Business Plan Review (BPR) information, monthly management accounts information and contractual and commercial input into Project Business Plan, as required.
- Draft, manage and settle subcontracts and drafting and preparation of claims.
- Management and reporting of monthly costs,
- Day to day management of any trainee, assistant quantity surveyor and/or quantity surveyor.
- Negotiating with client's representatives, sub-contractors and other consultants to achieve project results whilst maintaining group relationships.
- Advise project management on contractual implications of intended courses of action and commercial risks within the project or projects.
- Assist with the establishment of the project “budget to build“ from the Contract award
- Identify and agree change and implement change control process.
- Ensure that contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
- Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise and which could affect the business/project.
- Oversee Commercial team on the project.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
- NEC contract knowledge.
- Power/infrastructure experience.
- Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management)
- Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors desirable but not essential.
About Us
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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