Commercial Manager

Description:

Commercial Manager - TOC Assurance, Heavy Civils

Location: Suffolk / London / Hybrid working

Job Type: Full-time

Salary/Package: Competitive + Comprehensive Benefits Suite

About the Firm:

Our client is a premier, independent global consultancy specialising in project management, cost management, and construction advisory services. Recognised for steering some of the world's most iconic mega-scale infrastructure projects, they offer their team members unparalleled career progression, a commitment to professional development, and a collaborative, high-integrity culture.

About the Project & Opportunity:

This role is embedded directly within a landmark, multi-billion-pound UK nuclear power infrastructure mega-project. Financed through an innovative economic regulation model and fully backed by institutional and government partners, this programme utilises a replication strategy from previous major builds to achieve significant optimisation in cost and delivery schedule.

As a client-side consultant representing the delivery team, you will occupy a critical assurance and commercial governance position. The focus is on conducting detailed technical and commercial reviews of contractor Target Outturn Cost (TOC) submissions, ensuring that procurement strategies, cost estimates, and risk provisions for major heavy civil engineering packages are robust, transparent, and auditable.

Key Responsibilities:

TOC Assurance & Cost Review

Submission Interrogation: Review detailed contractor TOC submissions, thoroughly evaluating cost build-ups, underlying commercial assumptions, and pricing methodologies.

Risk & Opportunity Management: Analyse contractor risk allowances to identify inconsistencies, hidden contingencies, and cost-saving opportunities.

Governance & Reporting: Support high-level assurance reporting and feed critical data into the programme's commercial governance frameworks.

Procurement & Pre-Construction

Tender Support: Advise on procurement activities, including detailed tender evaluations, scope definitions, and Bill of Quantities (BoQ) structures.

Contractor Alignment: Participate in contractor clarifications and commercial discussions to ensure final procurement outputs seamlessly align with TOC benchmarks.

Commercial Analytics

Benchmarking: Contribute to comprehensive cost benchmarking, validation exercises, and the ongoing development of cost assurance methodologies.

Risk Mapping: Monitor emerging commercial trends, macro-economic factors, and cost variances that could impact the capital programme's budget forecasting.

Stakeholder Engagement

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a key liaison across commercial, engineering, and delivery teams.

Assurance Forums: Facilitate structured workshops, review sessions, and assurance panels, providing clear and sophisticated analysis to senior stakeholders.

Candidate Profile:

Requirements & Experience

Industry Track Record: A minimum of 12+ years of experience successfully managing heavy civils or major infrastructure projects.

Core Disciplines: A robust professional background spanning quantity surveying, pre-construction estimating, and complex commercial management.

Contracting Frameworks: Proven experience operating within a premier consultancy or Tier 1 contractor environment, with specific exposure to target cost or similar pain/gain incentive contracting models.

Risk Analysis: A foundational understanding of capital project risk identification, including exposure to Quantitative Risk Analysis (QSRA/QCRA Monte Carlo simulations).

Qualifications:

Education: Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or a matching technical discipline.

Accreditation: Relevant professional membership or charterership (e.g., MRICS) is highly desirable.

Key Competencies:

Analytical Precision: Detail-driven with a structured, highly objective approach to interrogating complex commercial data sets.

Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill sophisticated financial and risk metrics into transparent, actionable reports for leadership.

Core Values: Aligned with behavioral principles of professional humility, positive challenge, mutual respect, and collaborative team solidarity.

Programmatic Positioning (Indicative Org Chart)

Reporting Line: Reports directly into the Section TOCs Lead within the broader Commercial Delivery Function.

Role Alignment: Works collaboratively alongside Cross-Functional Commercial Leads, Engineering Panels, and Delivery Teams