Senior MEP Commercial Manager (Datacentre)

Job Description

Radius is seeking a Senior M&E Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager with either Data Centre / Life sciences / critical infrastructure experience.

Reporting to the Programme Delivery Director, the Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager (Projects & Commercial) will provide in-house Quantity Surveying services on all infrastructure projects / programmes.

This involves initial estimating / budget forecasting, cost plan management, consultant and contractor selection, preliminaries drafting, tendering, contractor negotiation, valuations, variation control, cost reporting, and final accounting. Additionally, this role supports the financial management functions normally carried out in an end operator construction business, including internal Purchase Order reconciliation and cash flow management.

Required qualifications include:

1. More than 5 years’ experience in running construction projects, ideally within the data centre industry or those with a very complex services content.
2. Extensive experience in an environment where ‘front end’ activities such as project estimating and cost planning are routinely carried out.
3. Able to provide all the quantity surveying input necessary to run construction contracts of £10m-30m, where external quantity surveying firms are not appointed.
4. Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical matters in a way that can be clearly understood by a non-technical audience.
5. Demonstrable experience of managing a critical supply chain.
6. A sound track record in risk management.

The main responsibilities are, but not limited to, the following:

To own all commercial elements of pre-contracting for each project / programme to deliver:

• Costs

Estimated budget costs for each scheme.

Cost planning for each scheme and option.

Cashflow plan for each scheme / option to allow for clear funding plan.

• Documents

Internal approval of scope / briefs and similar third-party documents.

An approved Procurement Strategy / method for each project.

An appropriate and agreed contracting approach for each project.

Agreed tender documents that allow selection of the best & most appropriate supply chain / partners.

Preparation of all preliminaries.

Completed contract bundles using the appropriate legal advice / support.

Completed third-party appointments using the appropriate legal advice and support.

• Management

Representation at all pre-contract meetings, providing advice or assistance to all other professionals.

Management of any tender processes and selection of the best & most appropriate suppliers / partners.

Achieving the best outcomes in all commercial negotiations.

Working / liaising with external Quantity Surveyors (where appointed) to deliver all of the above.

• Cost Management & Reporting

Contract variations that are agreed by all stakeholders, formally instructed, managed, and recorded via a formal contract framework.

Accurate and agreed interim valuations that allow payments to contractors to be made.

Accurate cost reporting and reconciliation to agreed costs plans / budgets.

A final accounting review / payment with contractors / suppliers.