Commercial Manager - Suffolk
Are you a Commercial Manager? Have you worked on power or infrastructure projects? Do you have experience in direct project delivery? Would you like to join a company that supports your development and encourages further education and training? If so, the opportunity below could be for you!
The opportunity:
Expanded Structures are the specialist reinforced concrete basement, sub and superstructure frame construction division of Laing O'Rourke and are currently recruiting a Commercial Manager to join the team in Suffolk.
Be part of this ‘once in a generation' project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2-Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable load low-carbon electricity. The Civil Works Alliance is an extended delivery enterprise involving Sizewell C and three international construction companies: Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O'Rourke. We are more than just an alliance; we are bringing together a single delivery organisation with years of learning and experience from other major complex infrastructure programmes worldwide.
What will the role look like?
- Managing commercial activities across your project section from pre-construction through to completion.
- Coordinating with subcontractors, clients, and project teams to support successful delivery outcomes.
- Supporting strong financial, contractual, and commercial management to help achieve project objectives.
- Preparing monthly cost reports, contract reviews, BPR information, and business planning inputs.
- Managing subcontract drafting, administration, and settlement of accounts and claims.
- Overseeing change control processes and ensuring effective risk and opportunity management.
- Providing contractual and commercial advice to project teams.
- Supporting continuous improvement and encouraging best practice across operations.
- Supporting the development of colleagues within the commercial team.
- Ensuring contract documentation is properly completed and compliant prior to project commencement.
- Highlighting and escalating risks or issues that may affect project or business performance.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
- Strong NEC contract knowledge
- Proven experience in direct project delivery
- Power and/or infrastructure sector experience
- Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management)
- Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors desirable but not essential.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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