Commercial manager

Michael Taylor Search & Selection

M&E Commercial Manager

Location: London

Salary: 120,000 – 140,000 + Car Allowance + All Travel Expenses + Pension +Healthcare + Discretionary Bonus (Been Paid out for past 15 years)

Company:

Established over 90+ years ago, our client is recognised as a market leading contractor throughout the UK and Europe. They are specialists in delivering commercial, rail and data center projects, whilst they also operate in the public, health, education and pharmaceutical sectors. Their experience ranges from small work contracts circa 500k to major projects in excess of 100m.

Due to continuous growth, our client has recently secured a number of key projects win. Their 2026 turnover is expected to be in excess of 400M. As a result, they are actively looking to recruit a Commercial Manager with an M&E background.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Overseeing multiple commercial teams across their projects (sector depending on influx of work) in the Commercial, Rail, Healthcare and Data Centre sectors.
• Build partnerships with key stakeholders, including PQS, Main contractors and end users
• Oversee commercial activities and prepare reports for Commercial Director.
• Work closely with all departments including Operations, Estimating, Procurement and design to deliver profitable work.
• The management and preparation, submission and agreement of Applications and Final Accounts.
• The management of Sub-Contractor Interim Payments including site measure, Payment and Pay Less Notices and Final Accounts.
• Liaise with the Operations team in the procurement of Sub-Contractor packages including financial checks, assessing commercial competitiveness and the preparation of the Sub-Contract documents.
• Supporting the monitoring of the progress of live projects.
• The preparation and submission of contractual notices and /or correspondence to both the Client and Sub-Contractors.
• Preparation of cash flows, monthly cost reports and analysis of budgets.
• The monitoring of costs across the division
• Overseeing resource allocation and recruitment needs.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Working at a minimum of a M&E Senior Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager
• Have detailed M&E technical knowledge and an understanding of the construction process
• Be contractually aware and knowledgeable.
• Experience managing a team and nurturing junior staff.
• Have good problem-solving skills
• Have the communication skills necessary for dealing with both clients and sub-contractors.
• Be able to work independently and manage time effectively.
• Ideally have JCT and NEC experience
• Experience working within the commercial, data centre and rail sector ideally
• Experience in a senior management role
• Have relationships with relevant supply chain including subcontractors and suppliers.
• Have significant experience delivering multiple projects; to understand the fundamentals of managing multiple project teams.