Job Description

We are looking to appoint an experienced Quantity Surveyor/Commercial Manager. This is an exciting time to join the team, as you will see and manage the contract from design, through to delivery. As Commercial Manager you will be responsible for P&L accounting, allocating time and budgets, tracking and managing changes, and liaising with the client. You will report directly to the senior Commercial team and Project Director, as well as establishing meaningful working relationship with the Finance and Operations teams.
What will this role involve?

• Implement commercial processes to ensure contractual entitlement is realised
• Implement Group commercial processes for cost capture, valuation, procurement and reporting
• Responsible for creation of robust coding structure to facilitate accurate cost capture
• Management of Subcontractor accounts in line with agreed subcontract
• Establish agreed benchmarks and KPIs for the Contract
• Play a leading role in the Management Team Manage and/or carry out if required all normal quantity surveying duties
• Comply with the Amey Values
• Ensure maximum recovery of all contractual entitlements
• Manage up to 6 direct reports
• Work within the strict deadlines required under the Contract and as required by the Company
• Prepare commercial reports including Cost Value Reconciliations and cash flows
• Exercise full cost control of projects including providing and monitoring budgets and forecasts in conjunction with the Project Manager/Senior Commercial Manager
• Leading on the production of weekly/monthly cost and value reconciliations and forecasts and advising the Project Manager/Senior Commercial Manager thereof
• Assist and advise the Project Manager/Senior Commercial Manager in ensuring timely issuing of all notices required under the Contracts
• Identify the existence of all variations to the works in conjunction with other project team members
• Identify the existence of any "claim" and "extension of time" situations in conjunction with other project team members
• Endeavour to ensure that all contemporary records are kept by the project team members for use in supporting claims, extensions of time, and the evaluation of variations
• Manage all aspects of subcontract procurement and payment
• Support the tender processes and strategy as required
• Provide commercial and financial feed-back to the Estimators

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To be successful in this position you must have evident experience in quantity surveying and commercial management, ideally within the rail sector. You should be comfortable in establishing and developing relationships with clients and internal stakeholders, with experience of managing and tracking change, and communicating this effectively. As part of the team you should be able to work well with your Line Manager; supporting where necessary, and in developing the team, creating a collaborative work environment.