MDE UK
Commercial Manager
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Role: Commercial Manager
Salary: Up to £80,000 (TBC)
Location: South East England/Home Counties
Type: Full-time, permanent
About the Company
Our client is a growing energy and infrastructure business delivering complex projects across the public and private sectors. They provide feasibility, design, and installation services across a range of energy, renewable, and decarbonisation solutions, helping clients reduce risk, optimise costs, and deliver long-term value.
Role Purpose
The Commercial Manager will safeguard the company's commercial position across live and prospective contracts, from tender pricing through to final account. The role sits at the centre of contract governance, cost control, change management, and commercial risk, working across NEC, JCT, and public-sector procurement frameworks on occupied NHS and public-sector sites. You will ensure projects are delivered profitably while protecting the company's contractual and commercial position throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the commercial management of live projects, including cost control, valuations, change control, and final accounts
- Review and negotiate contract terms across NEC and JCT forms, including subcontract agreements
- Manage change logs across live projects, assessing and pricing variations and compensation events
- Provide commercial input into tender pricing, ensuring accurate cost build-ups, BoQ alignment, and appropriate margins
- Identify, assess, and mitigate commercial and contractual risks throughout the project lifecycle
- Manage issues relating to liquidated damages, defects liability periods, retention, and contractual liabilities
- Work with procurement teams and NHS/public-sector clients to resolve commercial queries, cost splits, funding applications, and compliance requirements
- Support bid teams with commercial clarifications, pricing methodology, and OH&P justification during tender stages
- Ensure subcontractor and supply chain contracts provide appropriate commercial and contractual protection
- Champion commercial discipline across the business, with a focus on cost control, margin protection, and contractual compliance
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What We're Looking For
- Proven experience as a Commercial Manager, Quantity Surveyor, or similar commercial professional within construction, M&E, energy, or renewables
- Strong working knowledge of NEC and/or JCT contract forms
- Experience managing the commercial aspects of live construction, installation, or infrastructure projects
- Strong experience with change control, valuations, and final accounts
- Confident negotiating commercial and contractual terms with clients, principal contractors, and subcontractors
- Strong understanding of commercial and contractual risk
- Comfortable working on or around occupied and operational sites
- Strong Excel and commercial reporting skills
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the relevant region
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Desirable Experience
- Experience within solar PV, renewables, energy efficiency, or wider decarbonisation projects
- Experience working directly with NHS Trusts or other public-sector organisations
- Familiarity with the Procurement Act 2023
- RICS, CICES, or similar professional qualification, or currently working towards one
Package & Benefits
- Competitive base salary, dependent on experience
- Performance-related bonus
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Support for professional development and professional qualifications
- Opportunity to play a key role in a growing energy and infrastructure business
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Commercial Manager or Senior Quantity Surveyor to take a key role within a growing energy and infrastructure business, working on high-value projects across the NHS, public sector, and wider energy and decarbonisation markets.
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