Senior Commercial Manager

Hours: 36 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Clarion Housing Group is a major housing developer with the financial strength, capacity, skills and expertise to deliver a wide range of housebuilding and regeneration schemes. Our target is to build 50,000 new homes over the next 10 years as one of the country’s top 5 house builders. In order to achieve our goal we are expanding our team and looking for ambitious, passionate and dedicated development professionals to join us on our journey.

We’re currently looking for an exceptional Senior Commercial Manager to play a key role in the project team on a major regeneration project in Leeds. You will deliver the Procurement of Works [demolition, enabling works, infrastructure and main build] and Consultant Services, Commercial Management, Contract Administration, and Risk Management to the project. You will be responsible for monitoring and reporting the financial performance of the project as well as dealing with all payments. You will also engage with the market and carry out supply chain market testing to support development budgets.

Reporting directly to the Project Director, your duties will include Contract Administration across various types of contract – Project Manager under NEC forms [Option A or Option C], or Employer’s Agent under JCT DB forms, including all cost management functions.

We’ll also look to you to liaise with the Strategic Procurement team to ensure strategic purchasing arrangements are included in delivery contracts and to negotiate, agree and secure final forms of Collateral Warranties, guarantees and bonds.

In order to be successful in this role, you’ll already be an experienced quantity surveyor or commercial manager, ideally with experience from an employer/developer and contractor background, and familiar with residential and mixed use development schemes. We’re looking for someone with Contractual expertise, a sound knowledge of Development appraisals and the construction process, and a detailed understanding of the commercial issues and risks/benefits associated with construction procurement in its various forms. Excellent leadership skills, communication skills and the ability to work with others to define mutual priorities are also essential for the role.

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d be interested in, we look forward to hearing from you.

What You Can Expect From Us

Here at Clarion we’re dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle. As standard we offer;-

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
• Initial 25 Days annual leave (plus bank holiday), increasing to 30 days after 3 years’ service.
• A flexible benefit scheme tailored to you, inclusive of healthcare options, dental insurance, restaurant card and cycle to work along with 1% of your salary to spend on whichever approved benefit you like!
• Matched pension contributions of up to 7.5% of your salary with generous life assurance
• Flexible and agile working for the majority of our employees.

Other Perks

• Company Bonus Scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Holiday trading scheme allowing you to buy and sell leave
• Free counselling and legal advice scheme for you and your family
• Interest free loans for season ticket and study leave

Our commitment to equality and diversity means that we are keen to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, including but not limited to part-time working and job share, enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity leave, and compassionate leave.

For further details on this vacancy and to download the role profile Senior Commercial Manager please visit our website at https://careers.clarionhg.com/ or click ‘apply’.

Applicants must be able to travel across regions as required.

Latimer

Latimer is the development arm of Clarion Housing Group. We exist to build homes and create communities, playing our part in tackling the housing crisis.

What sets Latimer apart is our long-term commitment to the people who live in our homes. Our model is not to build and then move onto the next site. We are long-term stewards of place, committed to building sustainable and thriving communities.

We are part of a social business, reinvesting our profits back into building more affordable homes and supporting Clarion residents.

Web: www.latimerhomes.com