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About the Role

This role supports the Commercial / PMO (Client Side) team in providing commercial assurance for a capital programme/projects, focusing on managing cost and programme risk/opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Support the Systra Commercial (Client Side) team in managing time, cost, and quality from planning through to project close out.
• Provide functional and productive commercial support, ensuring timely reporting and contract deliverables.
• Minimize Client risk and maximize Client value.
• Ensure compliance with all Client processes, including Line of Defence protocol.
• Collaborate with LoD to validate compliance and effectiveness.
• Perform EVM and EAC alignment/testing.
• Conduct bilateral risk assessments against funding envelope.
• Manage Change Control and TRA Erosion.
• Identify, notify, and track defects.
• Perform supply chain due diligence, including financial and performance securities.
• Demonstrate behaviors aligned with SYSTRA’s framework, fostering excellence, collaboration, respect, and empowerment.
• Support the preparation of commercial assurance for the Client’s monthly billing cycle.
• Review Client’s Supply Chain Application for Payments and certification recommendations.
• Monitor and support the Client Supply Chain mobilization process.
• Ensure Client’s budget envelopes are maintained and variances are reported transparently.

Requirements

• Experience in high value civil engineering, building, M&E, rail or general construction and/or infrastructure projects.
• Experience in management and reporting of Client expectations and deliverables.
• Minimum of 2 years NEC experience, including managing change control and associated processes.
• Specific knowledge and experience of post-contract commercial services (reporting, payment, variations, claims management, final account settlement).
• Professionally Chartered Membership to an accredited body (CICES / RICS / CIArb or equivalent) or working towards.

Skills

• Commercial assurance
• Cost and programme risk/opportunity management
• Time, cost, and quality management
• Reporting
• Contract deliverables
• Client risk minimization
• Client value maximization
• Compliance with Client processes
• Line of Defence protocol
• EVM and EAC
• Risk Assessment
• Change Control
• TRA Erosion
• Defect management
• Supply Chain due diligence
• Financial securities
• Performance security
• Insurances
• Commercial management
• Quantity Surveying
• NEC experience
• Post-contract commercial services
• Payment processing
• Variations management
• Claims management
• Final account settlement

Location

• UK & Ireland

Work Type

• Hybrid working
• Minimum of 3 days in office

Experience Level

• Minimum of 2 years NEC experience

Education Level

• BA Hons / BSc degree in Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying (or similar)
• Professionally Chartered Membership to an accredited body (CICES / RICS / CIArb or equivalent) or working towards

About the Company

• SYSTRA's specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions relied on by over 50 million people daily.
• For over 60 years, SYSTRA has helped cities and regions develop by creating, improving, and modernizing transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility, and innovation at the core.
• With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland, SYSTRA is growing significantly and seeking top talent.

Equal Opportunity

• Commitment (Safety is the first consideration in everything we do, if it isn’t safe, we don’t do it)
• Leadership (Safety begins at the top - we walk the talk and set a visible example)
• Openness (Safety is openness - information is shared and investigation conclusions are open to all parties)
• Reporting (Safety is knowledge - we report every incident and take immediate remedial action)
• Responsibility (Safety is everyone’s responsibility - we learn from mistakes and will not tolerate negligence)
• Measurement (Safety needs a common measure - we shall use lost time, accidents and other appropriate measures)
• All colleagues are responsible for taking immediate action to deal with any threat to safety.