Are you excited by the thought of joining a diverse team? Enhancing your reputation working on bigger, better, multi-million pound projects, with a company that will support and accelerate your career?
We have a fantastic new opportunity for a Senior Commercial Manager to join our specialist business unit, Expanded. Part of the Laing O'Rourke Group, the Expanded Group provides total capability in the early construction phases of major projects, providing an end-to-end solution or a bespoke choice of services. Backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, we can deliver the full range of piling, precast concrete, post-tensioning and structures techniques.
Old Oak Common is a new super-hub set to be the best-connected and largest new railway station ever built in the UK! The station will have fourteen platforms, a mix of six high-speed and eight conventional service platforms, with an 850m-long station box.
Role / Responsibilities:
* Commercial responsibility for a section or work package on a major project.
* Form an integral part of the multidisciplinary sub-teams responsible for project delivery and client service.
* Drafting of contractual correspondence to support Project Leadership.
* Prepare the interim applications for payment and agreements.
* Management, administration and settlement of subcontractors' accounts, including accountability for those delegated to your team.
* Preparation and management of any claims.
* The flexible management of staff to provide an effective commercial service for the business.
* Providing junior members of staff inside and outside of function with support and guidance on their job responsibilities.
* Negotiating with client's representatives, sub-contractors and other consultants to achieve project results whilst maintaining group relationships.
* Input into contractual implications of intended courses of action.
* Advise and manage commercial risks within the project or projects.
* Input and support the preparation of monthly contract review reports, communicate key risk, opportunity and change with transparency, in a timely manner.
* Support preparation and issue of weekly Business Plan Review (BPR) information.
* Identify change and implement the change control process and agreement in a timely manner
* Ensure that contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
* Adopt appropriate measures for management of risk.
* Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise, and which could affect the business/project.
Requirements:
* Autonomously delivered a large project in the remit of £100mil+
* Confident in demanding environments.
* Expert Coins user.
* Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
* BSc(Hons) MRICS
* NEC Option C experience