Your newpany
We are working with the UK's leading highways service provider, working with a diverse range of partners, including national organisations and local authorities responsible for maintaining the road network. With a legacy spanning over 90 years, it has played a crucial role in delivering road, bridge, and tunnel projects, managing everything from major infrastructure schemes to routine maintenance and operations.Collaboration is at the heart of its approach, fostering partnerships with clients, supply chain partners, and industry peers to drive innovation in transport infrastructure. By leveraging research and technology, it continuously seeks solutions to enhance road safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Its expertise extends to surface dressing, full resurfacing projects, and minor defect repairs, ensuring that roads remain in optimal condition formunities across the UK.
Your new role
This role involves overseeing themercial control andernance of highway maintenance projects for Transport for London’s high-speed road network in North London. Responsibilities include managing reactive incident response, winter services, planned maintenance, and preventative works to ensure roads and associated assets like drainage, lighting, and road markings remain in top condition.With an annual budget of approximately £20 million, this position supports critical infrastructure to keep traffic flowing efficiently. Thepany ismitted to employee growth, collaboration, and wellbeing, providing a workplace that fosters career development and prioritises mental, physical, and financial health.
Your Day to Day:
Subcontract management; procurement/Task Order Instructions, payments, and change control
Pricing of works and agreeing prices with the client
Change control management
Revenue claims and WiP management
Month-end reports; CVR’s, revenue claims, and WiP / debt management
Attend client meetings
Support and guide junior members of themercial team
Support themercial forecasts based on client annual budgets with regular updates to the forecast based on client spends
What you'll need to succeed
Degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering is preferable
Previousmercial experience in highways or an infrastructure-related sector
High level ofmercial awareness
Experience of pricing Civil/Highways works
Ability to handle large volumes of data given the nature of highway maintenance works
Demonstrable experience in the control and management of all subcontractor elements
Detailed contract experience using the NEC form of contract and various options