Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: Cheltenham Gloucestershire
- Date: 21 hours ago
Description:
Commercial Manager, civil engineering (Gloucestershire)
Gloucestershire / Midlands | Salary competitive, dependent on experience | Car allowance
The Opportunity:
An established civil engineering principal contractor working across the South West and Midlands, delivering infrastructure, highways, industrial and commercial, flood defence, and bridges and structures projects up to around £20 million. Their work spans local authority frameworks, national highways, and private sector clients, including major housebuilders.
They are looking for a Commercial Manager to take overall responsibility for the commercial performance of a portfolio of civil engineering projects, leading a team of surveyors and reporting directly into senior management. This is a role with genuine influence over how projects are commercially run, not just a reporting function.
What you will be doing:
* Leading commercial delivery across a portfolio of civil engineering projects, from tender through to final account
* Managing and developing a team of quantity surveyors
* Overseeing contract administration, risk management and dispute avoidance
* Reviewing and reporting on project cost, margin and cash position to senior management
* Supporting bid and tender activity, including commercial strategy and pricing review
* Building and maintaining strong client relationships across frameworks and repeat clients
What you will need:
* Proven commercial management experience within civil engineering, ideally at principal contractor level in the UK
* Strong working knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contract forms
* Experience managing and developing a surveying team
* Full UK driving licence, given travel across sites in Gloucestershire and the Midlands
* A degree in quantity surveying, commercial management or a related discipline is preferred, along with membership of a relevant professional body such as RICS or CICES.
* You must have the right to live and work in the UK
* You must have UK construction experience
What is on offer:
* Competitive salary, dependent on experience
* Company vehicle or car allowance
* Pension and standard benefits package
* Genuine scope to shape commercial strategy across a varied project portfolio
How to Apply:
Apply with your CV, or contact Fiona Corbett at Thatcher Associates for a confidential conversation