Senior Commercial Manager

Senior Commercial Manager - TOC Assurance, Heavy Civils

• Location: London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

• Job Type: Full-time

• Salary/Package: Competitive + Comprehensive Benefits Suite (including Private Medical, Digital GP, and Professional Fees)

• Security Clearance: UK Background Check / Vetting Required

About Our Client:

Our client is a premier global engineering, project management, and delivery partner tackling some of the world's most critical infrastructure, sustainability, and clean energy challenges. They are widely recognised for fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture that prioritises work-life balance, professional development, and ethical excellence.

They offer an exceptional benefits package, including comprehensive private medical cover, digital GP services, enhanced family-friendly leave, and full reimbursement for relevant professional memberships and continuous development.

About the Opportunity:

Operating within our client's expanding Nuclear Power Programmes division, this role supports major clean energy and heavy civil infrastructure initiatives vital to the UK's energy security and Net Zero goals.

This is a senior, client-side assurance and commercial governance position embedded within a major heavy civil infrastructure programme. The focus is on rigorously challenging and validating Target Outturn Cost (TOC) submissions to ensure procurement strategies, cost estimates, risk allowances, and pre-construction planning are robust, auditable, and aligned with delivery objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Assurance Reviews: Oversee comprehensive assurance reviews of TOC submissions across major heavy civils work packages.

• Commercial Challenge: Rigorously validate cost estimates, risk allowances, pricing methodologies, and commercial assumptions.

• Risk & Governance: Review QSRA/QCRA analyses and ensure alignment with strict programme governance frameworks.

• Procurement & Negotiation: Support procurement strategy, TOC development, contract reviews, and commercial negotiations.

• Stakeholder Management: Manage critical interfaces, leading assurance workshops and key governance forums.

• Cost Optimisation: Assess project risks, challenge contingencies, and validate value engineering initiatives.

Candidate Requirements:

• Infrastructure Experience: Proven track record working on major infrastructure or heavy civils projects (ideally with a Tier 1 contractor, major consultancy, or delivery partner background).

• Commercial Expertise: Strong background in pre-construction, estimating, procurement, quantity surveying, and commercial management.

• TOC Familiarity: Direct experience reviewing, analyzing, and challenging TOC/target cost submissions.

• Risk Analysis: Working knowledge of QSRA/QCRA Monte Carlo risk analysis, contingency management, and cost planning.

• Contract Knowledge: Practical understanding of NEC and/or Project Alliance Agreement (PAA) contracting models.

• Qualifications: Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline. MRICS or an equivalent professional accreditation is highly desirable.