Commercial Manager

  • Lanesra Technical Recruitment
  • Longthorpe, Cambridgeshire
  • 18/08/2026
Full time Construction

Job Description

Position: Commercial Manager

Location: Peterborough with hybrid working available

Salary Guide: 90-100k (Neg DOE), Car/Allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is a Tier 1 design and build engineering contractor operating predominantly in the water industry, who are delivering a significant proportion of Anglian Water's programme of clean and wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.

The Alliance is set to deliver a record 2.6Bn of Anglian Water's overall investment in AMP.8

The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their Commercial team with a Project Commercial Manager based at their Peterborough office with hybrid working available. You'll be accountable for the commercial and cost management for the project from inception to close out reporting directly to the Project Director.

You'll challenge current commercial thinking and agreements, working with the Project Director and their team on all project matters.

Responsibilities: Ensure robust estimates are provided that are aligned to scope and make due allowance for all risks and opportunities.

Manage the procurement process ensuring that all strategies are developed and agreed and that tender processes are followed correctly.

Subcontractors are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance, communications, payments, compensation events and programme submissions.

Ensure robust cost management is undertaken at all times including accurate live forecasting and actual costs vs estimates.

Ensure that accurate and trusted records are kept so that all financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.

Continually strive to develop processes and procedures to ensure standardisation across the commercial teams delivery process

Develop members of the team with commercial knowledge and experience gained over numerous years in industry.

Experience: Educated to Degree/HNC level or equivalent in quantity surveying or a related discipline.

RICS/CIOB/CICES

Delivery of multiple and or complex projects ranging in values from 100k to multi-million pound projects with experience of the following:

Managing/Leading a team

Contract administration, working with NEC suite of contracts

Managing change. Procurement

Risk and opportunity management. Negotiation. Estimating

Skills: Champions collaboration and open communication

Value for Money mentality

Takes ownership and leads with a strong commercial focus on outperformance and contractual requirements, showing an ability to work under pressure whilst supporting the team

Positive forward thinking decision maker with the skills to proactively manage the project and the commercial team.

Capable of building strong personal relationships through a supportive empathetic style to enable the formation of high performing teams - Listens, understands and adjusts

Strategic thinker with the ability to create strong relationships with key stakeholders within the organisation and to influence decision making.

Creates drive and momentum to deliver

Package includes: A competitive salary

Car/car allowance

Bonus

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance, Health Insurance

Private medical Insurance

And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.

Key Words:

Commercial Director

Commercial Manager

Commercial Management

Head of Commercial

Commercial Leadership

Commercial Strategy

Commercial Governance

Commercial Performance

Risk Management

Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveying

Project Delivery

Construction

Main Contractor

Principal Contractor

Contract Administration

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Wastewater

Waste Water

Sewage

Utilities

Framework Delivery

JV

Contracts

Contractual

Conditions of Contract

NEC3

NEC4

Power Generation

Power Sector

Power Industry

Energy Industry

Renewables

Energy from Waste

Nuclear

Infrastructure

Rail

Transport

Highways