Becoming a Commercial Manager with Capita Real Estate & Infrastructure:

Job details:

Capita has a new vacancy for a Commercial Manager to be based in Bristol you will be required to provide post-contract commercial management of high value/risk activity as well as to support pre-contract activity within the Project delivery team’s scope of work. Providing specialist commercial advice, guidance and recommendations to mitigate commercial risks.

About Capita Real Estate & Infrastructure:

The Infrastructure team has a good reputation as specialist consultants in the disciplines of Commercial and Project Management. They are part of Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure which in turn is part of Capita plc – the UK’s leading provider of integrated professional support service solutions. The team has a record of delivering innovative solutions for leading edge projects within the UK and to a certain extent internationally.

Essential Experience:

• Clear experience in a commercial management role on infrastructure projects
• Demonstrable relevant experience of managing Target Cost Contracts
• Good understanding of railway and construction industry forms of contract
• Good understanding of the construction/railway industry
• Good negotiation skills
• Experience of working within Network Rail directly or as a consultant/client

Desirable Experience:

• Educated to degree standard in related subject
• Membership of a relevant professional institute, chartered status
• Awareness of industry issues
• Demonstrable relevant experience of managing Target Cost Contracts

What you will do with us:

• For a full list of duties please apply or contact Neil Constable at <email address removed>. This role requires real experience as a QS/Commercial Manager. You will report, present findings, manage multiple projects, monitor, advise, produce financial records, analysis, people manage and communicate at a senior level within our Infrastructure team and the wider Capita business.

• Monitor awareness of all site activities on allocated projects in order to influence decision making from a commercial perspective. Review contractor delivery; including leading valuation of medium value/medium risk contracts & attending all progress meetings to actively influence contractor’s commercial behaviours, delivery and activity.

• Monitor, manage and report on all commercial aspects of allocated projects, flagging issues and proposing mitigation actions at the earliest opportunity to Project Manager and/or Programme Commercial Manager (functional reporting line) and/or Senior Commercial Manager.

• Provide pro-active advice and guidance to Project Managers on all change including proposed scope changes, recommending appropriate action in accordance with change control systems and produce all required documentation for approval in accordance with levels of delegated authority including comparative estimates where required in a timely manner.

• Produce of applications for payment/invoices to outside clients in accordance with relevant funding agreements, including supporting documentation as appropriate.

• Produce appropriate commercial correspondence and contractual notices for issue in accordance with contractual conditions. Commercial records should be retained and archived properly upon close out.

• Manage cost reporting of all allocated projects including Cost Forecasting, Anticipated Final Cost, Cost of Work Done, Gross Billing and Current Contract Value.

• Support the negotiation of all prices under existing contracts/framework agreements (including the negotiation of target costs) and fully participates in the associated quantitative risk assessment and value management workshops, as required.

• Check whether all contractual specifications set out for the management of safety, and as determined by standards, procedures etc., are effectively implemented and thereafter monitored to prevent any potential non-compliance, delay, or lack of organisational cover etc. which could introduce the importation of risks to the programme managers portfolio.

• Check whether both Occupational and Operational risks are inputted into project Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRA’s).

What’s in it for you?

At Capita, we believe an open, transparent working environment that encourages ingenuity and collaboration with colleagues, customers and clients is what makes us so effective at what we do.

As well as a generous basic salary, we also give you 25 day’s holiday, matched pension scheme and access to a variety of voluntary benefit options. These include a share save scheme, life assurance, holiday buy and many more designed to suit your own personal lifestyle, such as retail, health & wellbeing and leisure discounts.

You’ll be joining a network of some of the most experienced, innovative and dedicated people in the country - the opportunities to learn new skills, develop in your career and grow and as we grow are almost endless. Our mission is to help you realise your potential – whatever that means to you.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process and ensuring that you include a cover letter, please click apply now. We understand you might have some questions before taking the step to apply you can contact Neil Constable at <email address removed> for guidance.

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