Commercial Manager

Laing O'Rourke; Brighton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

Are you a Commercial Manager with MEP experience looking for an exciting new opportunity? Do you have previous experience of working on health care or defence projects? If the answer is yes, then Laing O'Rourke has the role for you!

The Opportunity:

Crown House technologies are the specialist MEP delivery unit of Laing O'Rourke and are currently recruiting a Commercial Manager to join the team across projects based in Brighton and Surrey.

Through Laing O'Rourke's unique self-delivery model, we provide a single-source solution for some of the world's most recognised organisations in sectors such as healthcare, defense, science & research, residential, commercial, rail, and data centres.

Laing O'Rourke is the construction partner on Stage 1 of The Royal Sussex County Hospital's ‘3Ts redevelopment' programme, a new build 13-storey teaching, trauma & tertiary care hospital with rooftop helideck occupying the southeast quarter of the existing hospital site.

What will the role look like?

• To manage, supervise and be responsible for all commercial aspects of a section of a large or medium project including managing specialist sub-contractors, liaising with client & project teams.
• Provision of a commercial, contractual and financial management service to projects and the business to ensure project and business profit objectives and targets are met and cash and margin are managed to maximise performance, all in a manner consistent with the Group processes.
• Plan, monitor and support operations, encourage ‘best practice'.
• Responsibility for the delivery of Commercial activities for projects. Efficiently direct and manage the commercial resources of a project during the pre-construction & construction phases to ensure the success of the company business plan.
• Ensure development needs of line reports are met and support with the development of the wider commercial function.
• Preparation and management of monthly contract review reports, weekly Business Plan Review (BPR) information, monthly management accounts information and contractual and commercial input into Project Business Plan, as required.
• Draft, manage and settle subcontracts and drafting and preparation of claims.
• Management and reporting of monthly costs.
• Day-to-day management of any trainee, assistant quantity surveyor and/or quantity surveyor.
• Negotiating with client's representatives, sub-contractors and other consultants to achieve project results whilst maintaining group relationships.
• Advise project management on contractual implications of intended courses of action and commercial risks within the project or projects.
• Assist with the establishment of the project “budget to build” from the Contract award.
• Identify and agree change and implement change control process.
• Ensure that contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
• Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise and which could affect the business/project.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• MEP experience essential.
• Led the commercial team in the delivery of a section of a large project / a number of medium projects / number of small projects.
• Healthcare / Science & Research experience desirable.
• Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management).

About us:

Crown House Technologies (Cht) is one of the UK's most advanced and innovative engineering and business services specialists. Part of the Laing O'Rourke Group, and founded on more than 200 years of experience, we are a leading construction and infrastructure technology services provider, supplying a complete Building Services package with communications, ICT, intelligent building, monitoring, BMS, and the UK's largest mechanical, electrical & public health manufacturing facility - a 129,000 sq. ft factory - offering Off-site manufacturing and assembly for our digitally engineered modular MEICA packages.