• Commercial Lead
• £500 - £550 p/d (inside IR35)
• Location: Chester
• Duration: 4-6 months+

Our client are a leading engineering and design consultancy who require a Commercial Lead to join their team on a Power & Chemical project.

Responsibilities:

- Supporting client with front end development process (knowledge of FEL gates is desirable)
- Interrogating & analysing the EPCM contractors’ cost, commercial and contract submission
- Comparing costs with internal and/or external benchmarks to check value for money
- Challenge client and contractor cost including being able to demonstrate basis for challenge
- Review cost elements including people costs, EPCM contractor costs, major equipment cost, bulks material, sub-contractor cost etc
- Any cost or commercial input to change management
- Reviewing cost & commercial submissions from the contractor and providing advice and guidance to client
- Ensuring the change management process is followed by all parties
- Leading cost reviews and meeting with contractor on behalf of client
- Providing cost input to client project team and business support functions (i.e. finance)
- Ad-hoc support to client as with Client Director
- Pre-contract & Post contract knowledge including with IChemE form of contract
Civil, Mechanical, pipework, electrical, instrumentation, access, insulation, painting within Industrial sector (power, chemical, oil, gas, etc)

Experience & Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience on major capital projects
• Must have experience of major EPC or EPCM contracts either client or contractor
• Ideally have working knowledge of the ICHEME form of contract
• Strong commercial background ideally client side
• Pre-contract & Post contract knowledge including with IChemE form of contract
• Discipline knowledge: Civil, Mechanical, pipework, electrical, instrumentation, access, insulation, painting within Industrial sector (power, chemical, oil, gas, etc)

For more information on this role, please contact Scarlet Wilson.