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Commercial Manager - Rail Client Side
Job description
Position: Commercial Manager
Rate: £425 (Indicative Outside IR35)
Location: Birmingham
Start date: January
Contract Duration: 3 months +
Working Arrangements: 5 days office/site based
People Group are looking to recruit a Commercial Manager from a Client Side background to work for a Train Operating Company.
Key Responsibilities:
Essentials and Desirables:
Rate: £425 (Indicative Outside IR35)
Location: Birmingham
Start date: January
Contract Duration: 3 months +
Working Arrangements: 5 days office/site based
People Group are looking to recruit a Commercial Manager from a Client Side background to work for a Train Operating Company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting business activities across a number of projects covering platform extensions, depot builds, facility enhancements and other rail construction projects.
- Performing periodic cost reporting, including provision of Anticipated Final Cost, Actual Cost of Work Performed, and Forecast to Completion.
- Managing the administration of contracts of varying values and complexity, driving compliance and contractual performance including NEC Option A, C and E, Construction Purchase Orders.
- Managing all contract communication including creating and distributing action lists, meeting minutes, Early Warnings, Project Managers Instructions and Compensation Events, and accepting/rejecting Contractors Notifications.
- Managing disputes/potential disputes through negotiation, collaborative working, and escalation as required.
- Supporting the maintenance of the project risk and opportunity register, including valuing the likely cost consequence of each risk/opportunity.
- Managing the closeout of all assigned projects, implementing close-out plan(s) to ensure all defects are recorded, warranties received, and contracts closed, as well as completion of financial close-out.
Essentials and Desirables:
- Must have experience doing NEC 4 contracts.
- Have worked Client side before, Preferably Network Rail or another TOC.
- Full working knowledge and understanding in using web-based contract management tools (eg Cemar).
- Hold or be taking professional stage of membership of The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
- Developing packaging and procurement strategies for large, complex infrastructure projects.
- Cost reporting – including production of cash flow forecasts, variance reporting and analysis.
