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)