Contract and Commercial Lead
hace 6 días
Cardiff
Commercial and Contract lead This is a senior opportunity to lead cost and contract management within a Major Projects environment, playing a key role in the delivery of complex, high-value infrastructure and energy programmes. Sitting within the Cost & Contract Management function, the role takes end-to-end responsibility for commercial, cost, and contractual performance across projects ranging from £20m to £1bn, from early cost planning and risk management through to contract administration and final account. Working closely with multidisciplinary internal teams and external partners, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy, providing trusted commercial leadership and ensuring value, risk control, and robust governance throughout the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities • Lead all cost and contract management activity across major capital programmes, operating independently day-to-day, • Own full project cost control, forecasting, reporting, and financial performance, • Develop and implement commercial and contracting strategies using the NEC4 suite, • Negotiate, administer, and manage supplier contracts and commercial risk, • Play an integral role in procurement activity alongside procurement specialists, • Prepare, review, and enhance tender and contract documentation to ensure appropriate risk allocation, • Lead and manage external cost consultants, assuring quality, accuracy, and value of outputs, • Provide senior-level commercial, contractual, and financial advice to project leadership and executives, • Support project managers with claims management, commercial negotiations, and dispute avoidance, • Advise on the commercial implications of customer and third-party agreements, • Ensure statutory, regulatory, and governance requirements are consistently reflected in contracts, • Escalate and align on commercial risks and disputes in line with group best practice Essential Skills & Experience • Extensive senior-level experience in cost, commercial, and contract management within major infrastructure programmes, • Strong technical exposure across marine, civil infrastructure, and mechanical & electrical works, • Proven ability to design and deliver commercial and contractual strategies on complex projects, • Demonstrated expertise across the full project lifecycle in multidisciplinary environments, • Advanced experience in commercial programme management, risk allocation, and contract negotiation, • In-depth knowledge and hands-on administration of NEC4 contracts, • Strong analytical capability with a structured, solutions-oriented mindset, • Confident communicator and negotiator, able to influence at senior stakeholder level, • Degree (or equivalent experience) in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related discipline, • Chartered or professionally qualified (e.g. MRICS, MCIOB, MCIPS or equivalent), • Proficient in Microsoft Office and industry-standard cost management systems Desirable Experience • Knowledge of statutory and regulatory frameworks relevant to construction and infrastructure delivery, • Experience operating within regulated or public-sector procurement environments, • Understanding of both client-side and contractor-side commercial management, • Exposure to publicly funded bodies and/or private sector delivery models, • Ability to shape and influence commercial outcomes at a strategic level