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Job Title: Pre-Contracts Manager Location: Feering, Essex CO5 9SE Hybrid: Monday – Friday 9:00AM – 5:30PM (Monday and Thursday in office) Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 About The Role: As Pre-Contracts Manager, you’ll lead projects from initial client contact through pre-contract and into construction. You’ll manage design coordination, technical input, pricing, client negotiations, and contract completion. You’ll oversee and develop our supplier network, securing best value through strong relationships and effective negotiation. Working closely with the Operations Director, you’ll support operational efficiency and business growth. You’ll work alongside Design and Project Delivery teams to identify new opportunities and deliver successful outcomes, requiring strong organisation, attention to detail, and a focus on adding value for clients and the business. Benefits: • Generous Holidays starting from 33 days per annum, • Birthday leave (post-probation), • Tax Free EOT Bonus, • Group Life Assurance, • Social events organised by our Social Committee, • Optional private medical insurance after 1 year, • Long service awards every 5 years, • Employee of the Quarter programme, • Free tea, coffee, snacks, kitchen facilities, and breakout spaces, • Beer Fridge Fridays, • Referral programme, • Pirkx benefits from day one, • Auto-enrolment pension (3% employer contribution after 3 months) Key Responsibilities: • Lead all pricing, cost control, and commercial elements of projects, ensuring profitability and budget alignment, • Manage and negotiate supplier and subcontractor contracts, frameworks, and material costs, • Oversee accurate contract preparation and smooth handover to project delivery teams, • Build strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and partners, communicating technical detail clearly, • Lead tender and framework submissions and attend client and supplier meetings as required Requirements: • Strong background in construction, ideally within commercial fit-out, • Proven experience in pricing, scoping, and cost management, • Confident people manager with experience overseeing supplier frameworks, • Excellent commercial awareness and negotiation skills, • Clear, confident communicator with clients and internal teams, • Highly organised with strong attention to detail, • Comfortable using commercial systems such as Synergist or similar, • Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams), • Project or Construction Management qualification (desirable), • CSCS Card (desirable), • Health & Safety qualifications (desirable)

Working within Aureos’s SPN Business Unit, and forming a part of the Commercial team, the Senior Quantity Surveyor plays an integral part in delivering exceptional commercial results. Core responsibilities encompass project delivery, commercial reporting and maximising profit. Aureos SPN work collaboratively with our customers to deliver critical national infrastructure projects across the UK. Our goals are to: • Grow: turnover, margin and customer satisfaction, • Improve: operational delivery, reliability and outcomes, • Sustain: our people, communities and the environment Aureos’s Action Agenda – Unleashing our potential, a business-wide strategy focusing on seven key priorities: • Sustainable innovation: Embedding sustainable improvements with an aim to be net zero, • Structure and Governance: Through monthly Performance review meetings and clear delegation, • of authority, • Business Development and Customer Relationship Management: Growing into new markets and developing relationships and strategies with new and existing customers, • Safety, Health and Wellbeing: implementing tiers of H&S management and bring the operational input to the fore, • People and inclusion: With specific training and succession planning, • Operational effectiveness: Enhancing our capabilities and strengthening the existing core of the business, • Digitisation: Through an internal Programme Management office, lean tools, and digital platforms. With sustainable growth in mind, our Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for assisting the commercial team in completing and maintaining well organised records, contribution to the timely production of applications for payment and accurate project reporting. Job Content Primary tasks and duties: Reporting to the Regional Commercial Manager, you will assist the commercial team in providing support to the contract delivery team to ensure the profitability, cash management, cost control and accurate reporting of all schemes. Your role will require you to: • Management of application and credit control processes, • Management of optimisation of income, • Management of all processes regarding costing and forecasting, • Management of change control system, • Input into the management of project risk, • Management of CTC and CVRs, • Management of the full sub-contract cycle, • Provision of commercial advice to Project Team, • Development of team spirit and trustworthiness within Project Commercial Team and with Client and S/C, • Management of dispute resolution, • Communications within the Project Commercial Team and with the Project Team, • Management of Training plans, • Input into the tendering process Secondary tasks and duties: We operate a team ethos across the SPN Business Unit and strive to assist colleagues in the execution of their duties where this is appropriate and brings added value. The Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for the following in this respect: • Ensure that the group commercial policies are adhered to and that the requirements of legislation are met, • Manage commercial performance against business targets and KPI’s, • Working with the commercial and operational teams to strive for continuous improvement, • Promote a culture of integration, continuous improvement and use of best practice across the client base, • Assisting with the use of key lean tools to drive efficiencies and reduce waste, • Encourage, support and assist with the delivery of successful collaborative planning with the contract delivery teams, • Commitment to their own professional development, and that of others across the Business Unit, • Other tasks appropriate to the role of Senior Quantity Surveyor, as identified by Regional Commercial Manager/Commercial Manager Behaviours Aureos SPN expects all employees to conduct themselves in a safe professional manner, applying the following key behaviours across all aspects of their work. • Trust and respect, • We act with integrity and treat everyone with respect., • We have an open and honest working environment in which everyone contributes effectively, • We deliver on our commitments and support others across our team to deliver on theirs, • Accountability and decision making We ensure responsibilities are clearly defined and fulfilled, and that performance is managed fairly. • Everyone knows what is expected of them and how their job fits into the bigger picture, • We include the right people in the right conversations, making decisions in an effective and timely manner; we take accountability for our actions and ownership of the outcomes, • Communication and engagement We are a high performing, collaborative team of effective communicators. • We willingly share information across the team to the benefit of all, • When communicating, we provide clarity and seek feedback to ensure understanding, • Constructive challenge We are open to challenge and welcome diversity of opinion. • We welcome the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own, • We challenge in a constructive and professional manner to promote success, • Improvement and innovation, • We challenge the status quo to find better ways of working., • Everyone in the team proactively shares ideas without fear, • We learn from successes and mistakes to promote continual improvement Expectations Targets for the Senior Quantity Surveyor will be set and reviewed on a 6 monthly basis, aligned with the responsibilities and behaviours listed within this job description. The section below will be used to record key targets, which will align with Performance Reviews undertaken via the current Group process. The Senior Quantity Surveyor is expected to deliver: • Timely achievement of forecast figures for turnover, profit and income, • Timely production of accurate internal accounts and internal/external reports/audits, • Timely production of accurate cost and forecasting information, • Robust and up to date change control system. Prompt agreement of and payment for changes. Risk register frequently reviewed and updated, • Successful well managed sub-contract life spans with few or no disputes and payments made on time, • A commercially well informed, qualified and professional Project Commercial Team with few quickly resolved project disputes, • Up to date records/reports/libraries of standard documents, • Significant contribution to the tendering, and contract review processes In return you will receive. • Generous Salary, • 25 days Holiday with the option to buy more, • Pension, • Cycle to work scheme, • Free parking, • Health & wellbeing programme, • Employee benefits portal., • On-site parking, • Private medical insurance, • Referral Scheme Equal Opportunities Aureos are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable

Cash Sales Coordinator (12 Months Fixed term Contract) Are you a Cash Sales Coordinator looking for your next position? At Tarmac, who you are matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. Tarmac is the UKs leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the countrys long-term future. We are currently looking for a Cash Sales Coordinator at our site in Colchester, Essex. The site is easily accessible from Witham, Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Brentwood, Harlow, Bishops Stortford, Braintree, Cambridge, Haverhill, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Ipswich, Felixstowe, Clacton-on-Sea and the surrounding areas. Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and its important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds. Reporting into the Cash Sales Manager, the successful Cash Sales Coordinator will be responsible for the receipt of our cash sales enquiries and accurate input of orders within our system for Aggregates and Asphalt. You will also monitor the progress of orders and work closely with the Cash Sale Manager & Internal commercial team to ensure that account requirements are understood and delivered in line with SLAs agreed with the customer. On a day to day basis, duties and responsibilities of the Cash Sales Coordinator will include (not exhaustive): Supporting the Cash Sales Manager to deliver against targeted sales volumes, price and profitability targets Working on call accuracy and quality in line with Tarmac standards Proactively controlling and influencing the service relationship with customers based on a full understanding of their needs and requirements Supporting the Cash Sales Manager, raising, pricing and chasing quotes & enquiries Carrying out accurate order input and monitoring progress of orders ensuring the customer is kept informed of progress and any delays Working with the distribution and operations teams to ensure that the orders placedare on time and in full Supporting the Cash Sales Manager to implement the Cash Sales strategy Working with wider commercial function to ensure all cross-sales opportunities are captured across all business units Supporting in the delivery of the financial targets as set by the Business Unit and Regional management Developing strong client relationships and look to further develop new relationships with potential customers No formal qualifications are necessary for this role, but the ideal Cash Sales Coordinator will be someone who is able to prioritise workloads in a fast-paced environment, has high levels of accuracy and drive & determination. Furthermore, we are looking to hear from candidates who can identify customer needs and build solutions, show problem solving skills to challenges and be able to add value. Why Tarmac We don't just offer a job, we offer a career. Alongside this role, you'll have access to industry-leading rewards, development opportunities, and a culture that puts people first, including: Bonus scheme Enhanced holiday entitlement Contributory pension scheme Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc. Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause Training and development opportunities Were proud to be part of CRH, and even prouder to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know, were here to support you. Ready to build your future? Click Apply to get started. Please note: we sometimes close roles early due to high interest, so dont wait too long! #Tarmac #TarmacCareers #cashhandling #salesstrategy Tarmac Trading Limited TPBN1_UKTJ

About The Role Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. Where will you be working? We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. Were problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will be within ourwater and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment. Want to be a part of it? What you will be doing As the Performance Manager, you will monitor and evaluate Delivery, Commercial, SHEQ performance, identifying strengths and areas for improvement. Youll contribute to performance reviews and improvement plans. Youll track data and agree outputs. Youll also provide reports into Anglian Water, providing contract targets and year-end goals. What you'll bring Are you competent in the use of Microsoft applications and willing to develop your skills in bespoke systems? Can you monitor performance and spot trends early? Can you use analysis to identify ways to improve how we work? Can you work with others in the team to produce performance reviews and improvement plans? Can you collect results from information packs and agree outputs? Can you engage with both the client and the team to discuss the performance identified? Can you record and display progress against targets clearly and accurately? Whats in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; Matchedpension scheme Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Employee assistance programme My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts Life assurance Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave Reward and recognition scheme In addition, this role offers; Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme Private health care for you Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more! Discretionary bonus scheme 25days annual leave plus bank holidays Personal Accident Cover About us We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. Were responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet Were open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations Were together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts Were ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life Whether youre a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. Its an exceptional time to be a part of M Group. Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rdparty background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding. #MGroupW TPBN1_UKTJ

ECC Supervisor Utilities(water) Suffolk/Essex We are partnering with a cradle to grave project delivery partner specialising in planning, commercial and project management. Due to continued growth in their team, they are seeking an experienced ECC Supervisor to aid with their civils and utilities projects. Responsibilities Site Operations Oversight Lead and supervise on site construction activities for water infrastructure projects, ensuring all works are executed safely, efficiently, and in strict compliance with project specifications, NEC4 ECC requirements, and health & safety regulations. Provide guidance to contractors and on-site teams to maintain high standards of delivery. Progress Monitoring & Reporting Monitor contractor performance against the approved programme, identifying delays, risks, or non-compliances. Prepare and issue detailed progress reports, early warnings, and recommendations to the Project Manager to support proactive decision making and schedule management. Quality Assurance & Inspection Conduct comprehensive site inspections, verify that all workmanship and materials meet design specifications, technical standards, and contractual obligations. Witness hold points, critical activities, and testing procedures, ensuring all work is compliant with NEC4 ECC and client expectations. Record Keeping & Contract Compliance Maintain accurate, up to date records of site activities, variations, instructions, and formal communications. Ensure all NEC4 ECC contractual requirements, notices, and documentation are correctly issued and archived, supporting audit readiness and contractual transparency. Stakeholder Coordination & Issue Resolution Act as the primary on site contact for client representatives, contractors, and subcontractors. Facilitate smooth communication, resolve site issues efficiently, and escalate matters as required, ensuring timely project delivery while maintaining strong working relationships and adherence to contractual obligations. Requirements Must have proven experience in ECC supervision on Water/wastewater projects Must be based within a commutable distance of Essex/Suffolk Must have 4+ years experience in a similar role Benefits £300 - £325 per day TPBN1_UKTJ

Proven experience in contract negotiation, contract review, commercial decision support, and contract performance management. The Senior Contract Commercial Manager will play a critical role in supporting LONGi Solar’s expansion into the BESS business. Support and collaborate with the sales team d

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The Senior Commercial Manager will suit candidates with experience as a Commercial Manager, Contracts Manager Commercial Director or Contracts Director or Procurement Manager. You will lead the relationship for initially 1 contract, and act as a lead in commercial contract management, acting as a me

Implement commercial processes to ensure contractual entitlement is achieved Lead on commercial procedures for cost capture, valuation, procurement and reporting Manage subcontractor accounts in line with agreed terms Prepare commercial reports including Cost Value Reconciliations and cash flo

We are seeking an experienced and commercially astute Contracts Manager within our Service Commercial Team to support the continued growth of Clarke Energy’s service business. If you are a commercially driven Contracts Manager with a passion for negotiation, risk management, and building long-term

A leading energy company in the UK is seeking a Senior Commercial and Contract Manager to shape the commercial contracting strategy for the North Sea Link interconnector. The ideal candidate has experience in contract management, commercial acumen, and strong analytical skills. This hybrid role invo

This is a hands-on, technically credible and commercially strong Contracts Manager position, focused on delivering and commercially controlling multiple smaller-value schemes rather than long-duration, major projects. Commercial Contracts Manager : Civils, Highways and Small Works. Experience as a C

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We are looking for a Project Controls Manager to join our team. This strategic acquisition combines our deep expertise in cost and commercial management with Accenture’s global scale and digital innovation.

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A leading construction consultancy is seeking a Project Controls Manager to lead all aspects of project controls, including reporting, cost control, and schedule management.

A recruitment agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Manager for a contract role starting ASAP. This role involves leading KRA/KPI reporting, managing project insurance, and supporting commercial assurance activities. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and is for an initial 6

A background in UK Government procurement processes, such as Qualifying Defence Contracts (QDC), Defence and Security Public Contracting Regulations (DSPCR) and Public Contract Regulations (PCR). We are currently seeking skilled Commercial and Contract Managers interested in working within the UK De

Provide the necessary pre‑ and post‑contract quantity surveying and commercial support on a range of projects and programmes. Oversee contract administration, ensuring compliance with terms and conditions, and manage contract deliverables. Supporting one of our key construction clients, you will

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A global retail brand is looking for a Commercial Finance Manager based in London to support the CFO on a 6-month contract.

Job Title: Commercial / Contract Manager. Our Client is expanding their Defence Team and is on the lookout for skilled Commercial and Contract Managers who are eager to tackle the exciting challenges currently facing the UK Defence Sector. Liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders, including clien

Support the operational delivery team and facilitate knowledge transfer of commercial contractual rights, obligations and processes from pre‑contract to execution phase to maximize the commercial success of our projects. Experience in managing the contractual delivery of contracts in execution and

A UK-based recruitment firm is looking for a skilled Contract Manager for managing commercial and contractual aspects of capital and cyclical works programmes. Candidates should have a degree in relevant fields and proven contract management experience.

A leading international recruitment firm is seeking a Commercial Contract Manager in London. This hybrid role requires managing contracts exceeding £200 million, reviewing and drafting documents, and ensuring compliance and performance.

A local recruitment agency is seeking a Commercial Waste Sales Manager to expand Hackney Council’s commercial waste portfolio. The position offers a contract of 3 months and requires proactive customer engagement and relationship maintenance.

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You will focus on the first of the three phases of good contracting practice, “Pre‑Contract Negotiation” (the others being Contract Development & Execution, and Post Contract Compliance & Governance), and will lay the foundations for a smooth and efficient contract journey. The Commercial Rese

A leading construction consultancy in the United Kingdom seeks a Cost Manager to join their EMEA team. The ideal candidate will develop and implement procurement and commercial strategies for key projects. Responsibilities include managing client relationships, preparing cost reports, and overseeing

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A long-established electro-mechanical manufacturing business based in Bournemouth is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of new products from initial concept through to full series production.

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