Commercial Manager

Role: Commercial Manager - Brighton Employment Type: Permanent Location: Brighton Contact: Aaron Taylor @ Randstad Are you an experienced Commercial Manager looking for an exciting opportunity to lead the financial and contractual aspects of critical infrastructure projects? Our client, a collaboration between two leading contractors, is seeking a skilled Commercial Manager to oversee key water infrastructure projects in the Brighton area. Responsibilities: Lead the commercial management of infrastructure projects, ensuring financial control, profitability, and risk management from project inception to completion. Manage project budgets, forecasts, and cash flows, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting. Oversee contract management, including negotiating terms, managing variations, and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations. Liaise with project managers, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure commercial alignment and smooth project execution. Manage subcontractor relationships, ensuring that agreements are met and performance standards are maintained. Provide commercial insights to senior management, preparing reports, risk assessments, and financial updates. Ensure that all projects meet industry regulations, client expectations, and contractual requirements. Identify and mitigate commercial risks, while seizing opportunities to maximise project value. Support the procurement process by evaluating supplier bids and negotiating contracts where necessary.Requirements: Proven experience as a Commercial Manager, ideally within the construction or infrastructure sectors. Strong understanding of contract law, financial management, and commercial risk assessment. Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders. Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. Relevant qualifications in commercial management, quantity surveying, or a related field (e.g., RICS, MRICS). Experience working within the water sector or on infrastructure projects is advantageous.If you're eager to take the lead on commercial management for high-profile projects and contribute to the success of vital infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today, and our recruitment team will provide further details on this exciting opportunity! Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business