Senior Commercial Manager - Construction Projects

About the role

Vita Partners, Asia-Pacific's largest pan-regional life sciences, innovation and R&D real estate platform, is looking for a Senior Commercial Manager. The role leads commercial and contractual management of complex construction projects from pre-contract to completion, working with project leadership, clients and delivery teams to protect the company's commercial entitlements.

Key responsibilities

• Manage Limits of Authority (LOA) compliance and authorise commercial commitments, procurement and contractual decisions
• Develop and run contract administration procedures, including variation and EOT registers, and manage payment claims, notices and contractual correspondence
• Lead commercial negotiations with the client and resolve contractual and commercial issues
• Review budgets, cost plans and Bills of Quantities, prepare cost estimates and advise on value engineering
• Run procurement and tendering, including tender evaluation, contract award recommendations and subcontractor selection
• Administer subcontractors and suppliers, reviewing progress claims, variations and EOT claims and overseeing final accounts
• Maintain commercial risk and opportunity registers and develop mitigation strategies
• Prepare monthly commercial and financial reports, cashflow and cost forecasts, and present performance at project and sponsor meetings
• Lead, mentor and develop the project commercial team

Required profile

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent tertiary qualification
• Minimum 15 years of post-graduate experience in commercial management, quantity surveying or contracts management
• Experience managing commercial and contractual aspects of complex construction projects, preferably industrial, pharmaceutical, life sciences, process plants or M&E developments
• Extensive pre- and post-contract experience, including procurement, tendering, subcontract administration, claims and financial reporting
• Prior experience leading and developing commercial or quantity surveying teams

Required skills

• Construction contracts, contract administration and Security of Payment
• Cost planning, estimation, tender evaluation and cost control
• Financial forecasting and reporting
• Negotiation, stakeholder management and presentation

The employer encourages applications from candidates who do not meet all requirements and offers learning and development opportunities.