Senior Commercial Manager - Ranby

Are you a Senior Commercial Manager with direct delivery experience?

Have you previously worked on Ministry of Justice (MoJ) projects?

Would you like a company to support your development and encourage further education and training?

If the answer is yes, then the opportunity below is 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 Senior Commercial Manager to join the team in Randby.

Laing O'Rourke is delivering a major expansion at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire, as part of the Ministry of Justice's Small Secure Houseblocks (SSHB) Programme. The £130 million dual-project (which also includes HMP Humber) features a new 120-place houseblock and an on-site workshop, with completion scheduled for spring 2027.

What will the Senior Commercial Manager role look like?

• Commercial responsibility for multiple structures across the project.
• Advise and manage commercial risks within the project.
• Providing a team of surveyors with support and guidance on their job responsibilities.
• Form an integral part of the multidisciplinary sub-teams responsible for project delivery and client service.
• Support the interim applications for payment and agreements.
• Management, administration and settlement of subcontractors' accounts, including accountability for those delegated to your team.
• Preparation and management of any claims.
• The flexible management of staff to provide an effective commercial service for the business.
• Negotiating with client's representatives, sub-contractors and other consultants to achieve project results whilst maintaining group relationships.
• Input into contractual implications of intended courses of action.
• Input and support the preparation of monthly contract review reports, communicate key risk, opportunity and change with transparency, in a timely manner.
• Support preparation and issue of weekly Business Plan Review (BPR) information.
• Identify change and implement the change control process and agreement in a timely manner
• Ensure that contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
• Adopt appropriate measures for management of risk.
• 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?

• Proven direct delivery experience.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts
• Experience working on MoJ projects.
• Degree (or higher) in a relevant discipline, such as Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), or working towards chartered status.

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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