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About the Role

We are recruiting for a Senior Commercial Manager (Commercial Lead) for a major refurbishment/retrofit project in Central London. This role involves overseeing procurement, managing client and supply chain relationships, and ensuring robust commercial, legal, insurance, and risk controls. You will be responsible for accurate commercial reporting, contract administration, and ensuring the project is delivered safely, efficiently, and sustainably, meeting client expectations and enhancing the business's reputation. You will report to the Commercial Director and manage the core commercial team on site.

Responsibilities

Procure the project in accordance with approved strategy, ensuring orders are fully scoped, bought at best value, and correctly contracted.
Liaise and communicate with the Client team in accordance with the Contract.
Manage supply chain relationships for a consistent and coordinated procurement approach.
Implement and manage commercial, legal, insurance, and risk controls for the Project.
Provide accurate commercial reporting and contract administration, including interim payments, change management, cashflows, and final accounting.
Ensure the project is delivered safely, timely, efficiently, and sustainably.
Achieve project targets and meet client expectations.
Enhance the reputation of the business.
Report into the Commercial Director.
Manage the core commercial team on site.

Requirements

Maintain CSCS card for the role.
Possess Professional Construction Qualifications relevant to the role or qualified by appropriate level of experience.
Have a related Chartership such as MRICS.

Skills

Written and verbal communication to influence and build relationships.
Ability to influence and lead teams.
Skills in the avoidance and defence of claims.
Tendering subcontract works packages of medium to high value.
Prepare subcontract documentation ready for engrossment by external parties.
Advanced word-processing, Excel spreadsheet packages, and cost management software.
Ability to read drawings and construction design information.
Valuing interim applications.
Measurement and valuation techniques.
Management of claims including assessment of entitlement for prolongation, loss and expense, including inflation.
Knowledge of current construction laws, legislations, and regulations, standards, and procedures.
Commercial and financial understanding, with the ability to contribute to value engineering.
Understand and apply commercial & financial procedures and reporting systems.
Maintain detailed prelim forecasts and actual costs, intervening where negative trends are identified.
Management of bonds, PCGs, warranty insurances, and associated risks.
Management of cost, value, and profit.
Accurate reporting to the monthly forecast final account.
Manage cash flow to the benefit of the project and business.
Good understanding of building technology / construction methods.
Full knowledge and understanding of various forms of Construction contracts.
Pre-construction experience.
Background with a main contractor on projects above £30m in value.
Proven track record of delivering successful construction projects safely.
Experience of managing field construction activities on major/complex projects.
Proven track record in the delivery of projects as the Commercial Lead.
Procurement of work packages in line with the Project Procurement Strategy.
Conversion of the project from preconstruction to construction.
Communicating and liaising with the Client team in accordance with the contract.
Production of Tender Recommendation Reports and Contract Sum Analysis.
Preparation of Subcontracts for execution in line with limits of authority.
Procure robust packages with an understanding of package interfaces.
Manage the change process in accordance with the contract.
Prepare bid documentation to ensure a fully defined tender.
Change management in accordance with the contract.
Flexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player.
Lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision.
Support the project manager to manage project risk and opportunities.
Level existing knowledge to continuously improve processes to achieve efficiency.
Attention to detail, ability to flex to meet business plans and drive to meet key dates.
Ability to join up a wide range of complex issues and understand how they relate to each other.
Uncompromising discipline and rigorous approach to follow the process and close projects out.
Collaborate across the organisation and external teams, communicating strategy and maximising outcomes.
Drive a culture of safety and quality and embed best practice.

Location

Central London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Above £30m project value experience
Experience managing field construction activities on major/complex projects
Proven track record in project delivery as Commercial Lead

Education Level

Professional Construction Qualifications
Chartership (e.g., MRICS)

Benefits

Car allowance
Up to 10% employer pension contribution
Private medical health benefit (Family cover available)
Life assurance
25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
4 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave
Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services
Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gyms nationwide
Industry leading parental leave

About the Company

Bovis is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling, and empowering our people.
We build careers, develop skills, and invest in people.
Bovis: Building Relationships. We do what’s right, always. We succeed together. We bring energy. We are Bovis.

Equal Opportunity

We offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equal treatment and equal opportunity are just the norm.
We are a disability inclusive employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.
We particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or disabled.