Commercial Lead – RC Frame

Overview

In this role you will lead the commercial delivery of a c15m RC Frame project in central London, guiding the commercial team and ensuring alignment with contractual requirements. You’ll coach quantity surveyors, manage forecasts and reconciled values, and drive commercial strategies to improve project performance. You will maintain strong client relationships, support risk management and dispute resolution, and collaborate with estimating and site teams to add commercial value. This position offers an opportunity to shape commercial outcomes on a high-profile civil project with a focus on leadership and strategic impact.

Responsibilities

• Ensure teams understand project contractual and commercial requirements
• Oversee monthly reconciled values and updated forecasts
• Support resolution of commercial disputes, claims, and risk management
• Maintain strong client relations to agree valuations and variations
• Build productive relationships with site/management teams and client management
• Provide commercial expertise to the estimating/tender process
• Research market information to improve commercial opportunities
• Develop strategies to improve commercial performance
• Lead, mentor and train the commercial team

Key requirements

• Experience with a main contractor in civil engineering
• Degree-qualified preferred; HNC/HND considered based on experience
• Expertise in administering contracts for multi-disciplinary construction packages
• Knowledge of relevant forms of contract

• leadership
• communication
• stakeholder management
• contract administration
• value reconciliation and forecasting
• claims and risk management

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