Commercial Manager
Job Introduction
The role
As Asset commercial lead you will be working very closely with the Asset Delivery Lead and you will have overall responsibility of all aspects of commercial management associated with the Asset including the commercial administration of the MWCC requirements, administrating and managing the Early Warnings, Staff Forecasting and working very closely with the Work Package / Subcontract Commercial Team, Change Team, Project Controls Team the Risk and Planning Team. In the role you have overall responsibility for reporting the commercial performance of the Asset. You will provide commercial support and advise the Asset Teams on Contractual and Commercial matters and seek support as and when required. You will work as part of the wider Commercial Team (SHDU and MWCC) and support the delivery of the overall SHDU objectives set by the Commercial Lead for SHDU.
Ensure good communication at all times and ensure compliance with SCS policies and procedures.
Role Responsibility
- Defining and maintaining a complete asset scope in a format that is transparent and clearly reflects changes as and when they are instructed by HS2. This document will form the basis of forecasting.
- Clearly identify how each aspect of the scope is being delivered – i.e. self - delivery or by a subcontractor (if subcontracted, provide the name of the subcontractor).
- Commercially deal with Asset NCRs and Defects (including that the correct contractual processes are covered to avoid the risk of MWCC Disallowed Cost
- Understand the Asset Route to Assurance and Handover coordinating with the Assurance Team to ensure that all subcontractor information has been received before the Subcontractors are issued their Completion Certificate.
- Any remaining scope that still needs to be procured needs to be clearly visible and must be communicated to the procurement team who will include it on their procurement schedule. Work closely with the procurement team to ensure that the scope is procured in time to meet the programme. Ensure instructions are issued to subcontractors timeously to avoid delays to the programme.
- The Stage 5 design scope for subcontractors are clearly understood and design progress is visible.
- Support the Delivery Team in understanding scope.
- Review the Asset Programme narrative before the MWCC Cl.32 is submitted to HS2 and ensure that it reads contractually and commercially accurately - including CEs/PMIs, EWNs, etc. are cross referenced and the programme accurately reflects the causes for variances – cross referencing back to Risk where appropriate (i.e. Contractor or Employer Risks).
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