Cost & Commercial Manager (NEC) - Hospital Construction

Turner & Townsend

The Role

Overview

Manage end-to-end cost and commercial activities for hospital builds using NEC contracts.

Key Responsibilities

  • cost management
  • cost reporting
  • tender management
  • cost planning
  • value engineering
  • commercial management

Tasks

-To ensure that client objectives are met through the delivery of an effective cost management service from pre contract to handover. -Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages. -Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client. -Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, creating preliminaries, tender analysis, producing the tender report and compiling the contractual documents. -Where appropriate, leading junior members of the cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on their project accountabilities. -Inputting into value engineering. -Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes, where applicable referring major changes to line manager. -Negotiating and agreeing final accounts. -Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place. -Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan. -To perform the role of the Commercial Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery or acting as a key element of a wider project team on larger or more complex projects

Requirements

  • nec
  • mrics
  • costx
  • procurement
  • stakeholder
  • negotiation

What You Bring

-Experience of working with NEC suite of contracts -Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering. -Ability to lead clients through different stages of projects from feasibility through to completion -Experience of working in Education sector projects would be advantageous. -Experience of producing monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client -The candidate will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the risks, challenges and opportunities facing public-sector healthcare bodies -Knowledge of and experience in the healthcare and/or education sectors is beneficial -Experience of managing the procurement process, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively -MRICS Qualification. -Knowledge of contract administration, value engineering and lifecycle costing -Ideally Degree qualified in one of the following fields: construction, cost management or Quantity surveying. -Experience of using CostX or similar measurement software -Demonstrable experience of interfacing with key stakeholders and being “client-facing” in the role of Commercial Manager -Ability to effectively negotiate and agree final accounts

The Company

About Turner & Townsend

-Operates across various sectors, including real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources, providing comprehensive services such as construction consultancy, asset and facilities management, and environmental consultancy. -Expertise spans advisory, cost and commercial management, digital solutions, and program management, enabling them to handle complex capital projects and drive transformative change for their clients. -With over 10,000 employees in 48 countries, the company leverages local knowledge and global expertise to deliver tailored solutions for each project.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Buildings

Infrastructure