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About the Role

SYSTRA is seeking a Commercial / PMO leader to provide commercial assurance for a client's capital program. This role involves managing key Line of Defence duties to mitigate cost and program risk and opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Systra Commercial (Client Side) team in managing time, cost, and quality from planning through project close-out.
• Provide proactive commercial leadership and ensure timely reporting and contract deliverables.
• Minimize client risk and maximize client value through leadership within the team.
• Ensure compliance with all client processes and Line of Defence protocols.
• Collaborate with other LoD to validate compliance and effectiveness.
• Coach and mentor junior members of the Systra Commercial Team.
• Align and test EVM and EAC.
• Conduct bilateral risk assessments against funding envelopes.
• Manage change control and TRA erosion.
• Identify and track defects.
• Perform supply chain due diligence, including financial and performance securities.
• Prepare and manage client commercial correspondence and contractual notices.
• Identify emerging risks, report contractual claims, and support dispute resolution.
• Demonstrate behaviors aligned with SYSTRA’s framework, fostering excellence, collaboration, respect, and empowerment.
• Develop and maintain peer-to-peer relationships with the client-side organization.
• Oversee the preparation of commercial assurance for the client's monthly billing cycle.
• Oversee the review of client's supply chain applications for payments and certification recommendations.
• Lead the client supply chain mobilization process.
• Ensure client budget envelopes are maintained and variances are reported transparently, including mitigating actions.

Requirements

• Experience in high value civil engineering, building, M&E, rail or general construction and/or infrastructure projects (preferably Client-side).
• Experience in management and reporting of client expectations and deliverables.
• Minimum of 7 years NEC experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing change control and associated processes.
• Specific expertise and experience of post-contract commercial services including reporting, payment, variations, claims management, and final account settlement.

Skills

• NEC experience
• Change control management
• Post-contract commercial services
• Reporting
• Payment management
• Variations management
• Claims management
• Final account settlement
• Commercial leadership
• Risk management
• Stakeholder management

Location

• UK & Ireland

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum of 7 years NEC experience
• Senior level

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)

About the Company

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

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)