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Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Managment

Radius • Contractor • london (city of london), south east england, uk • 4d ago

Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Managment with extensive M&E experience within Critical infrastructure environments for an expanding 'End Client' Datacentre organisation based in London. This role will lead into running the Commercial Department.

Reporting to the Programme Delivery Director, the Associate Director - Cost / Commercial Managment (Projects & Commercial) will provide in house Quantity Surveying service on all infrastructure projects / programmes.

This involves initial estimating / budget forecasting, cost plan management, consultant and contractor selection, preliminaries drafting, tendering, contractor negotiation, valuations, variation control, cost reporting and final accounting. Additionally, to support the financial management functions normally carried out in an end operator construction business including internal Purchase Order reconciliation and cash flow.

More than 5 years’ experience in running construction projects, ideally within the data centre industry or those with a very complex services content.

Extensive experience in an environment where ‘front end’ activities such as project estimating and cost planning are routinely carried out.

Able to provide all the quantity surveying input necessary to run construction contracts of £10m-30m, where external quantity surveying firms are not appointed

Excellent communication skill with the ability to explain technical matters in a way that can be clearly understood by a non-technical audience

Demonstrable experience of managing a critical supply chain

A sound track record in risk management.

The main responsibilities are, but not limited to, the following:

To own all commercial elements of pre-contracting for each project / programme to deliver:

Costs

Estimated budget costs for each scheme

Cost planning for each scheme and option

Cashflow plan for each scheme / option to allow for clear funding plan

Documents

Internal approval of scope / briefs and similar third party documents

An approved Procurement Strategy / method for each project

An appropriate and agreed contracting approach for each project

Agreed tender documents that allow selection of the best & most appropriate supply chain / partners

Preparation of all preliminaries

Completed contract bundles using the appropriate legal advice / support

Completed third party appointments using the appropriate legal advice and support

Management

Representation at all pre-contract meetings, providing advice or assistance to all other professionals

Management of any tender processes and selection of the best & most appropriate suppliers / partners

The best outcome in all commercial negotiations

Working / liaising with external Quantity Surveyors (where appointed) to deliver all of the above

Cost Management & Reporting

Contract variations that are agreed by all stakeholders, formally instructed and managed & recorded via a formal contract framework

Accurate and agreed interim valuations that allow payments to contractors to be made

Accurate cost reporting and reconciliation to agreed costs plans / budgets

A final accounting review / payment with contractors / suppliers

Management

Representation at all pre-contract meetings, providing advice or assistance to all other professionals

Management of any tender processes and selection of the best & most appropriate suppliers / partners

The best outcome in all commercial negotiations

Working / liaising with external Quantity Surveyors (where appointed) to deliver all of the above

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