Commercial Manager
Company Description
At Turner \& Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client\-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
Turner \& Townsend is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to lead commercial strategy, contract management, programme controls, budgeting, and risk management for a major national infrastructure programme.
This senior role will provide high‑level commercial leadership across all phases of the project lifecycle, supporting successful delivery of a complex, multiyear capital investment programme.
You will oversee commercial governance, guide procurement and contract strategy, and ensure robust financial, schedule, and risk performance.
You will lead a multidisciplinary team — including cost, planning and project controls specialists — while working closely with client stakeholders, delivery partners, and industry collaborators.
Qualifications
Commercial Leadership:
- Lead all commercial and contractual activities across assigned programme workstreams.
- Develop contract strategies, oversee tendering and negotiations, and ensure alignment with client governance requirements.
- Manage cost planning, forecasting, benchmarking, performance reporting, and change control.
- Ensure strong commercial stewardship across the full lifecycle of the programme.
- Oversee the development and maintenance of the Master Programme and capital budgets.
- Monitor schedule performance, risk exposure, earned value, and commercial progress.
- Ensure timely and accurate reporting to the client and governance bodies.
- Lead and mentor team members including cost managers, planners, and project controls professionals.
- Foster a collaborative, high performance culture across project teams and interfaces.
- Support capability development, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure full compliance with client governance frameworks, public procurement requirements, and corporate procedures.
- Maintain high quality documentation and audit‑ready records across all commercial, contractual, and programme control functions.
- Support business case development, assurance processes, and stakeholder engagement.
- Experience in transportation, utilities, or other large scale public infrastructure sectors.
- Familiarity with public sector governance and business case development.
- Understanding of project risk management and safety related assurance processes.
- Working knowledge of Primavera P6 and project cost forecasting tools.
- Advanced commercial and contractual management
- Strategic cost planning and financial control
- Claims management and dispute resolution
- Programme and project controls expertise
- Public procurement and tender management
- Strong leadership and team development capability
- Analytical, risk based decision‑making
- Excellent communication, presentation and reporting skills
- Professional membership (e.g., SCSI, RICS, Engineers Ireland, APM).
- Minimum 15 years’ experience delivering major infrastructure or capital programmes.
- Significant commercial leadership experience in complex, multi\-disciplinary environments.
- Strong understanding of contract strategy, procurement, cost management and commercial governance.
- Experience working with NEC4, FIDIC or public sector contract frameworks.
- Proven ability to lead commercial teams and influence stakeholders at senior level.
- Full time
- Competitive remuneration and attractive range of benefits
- 8% Pension
- 23 days Annual leave
- Opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects
- Career development opportunities both in Ireland and globally
- Opportunity to work with a diverse group of talented and collaborative colleagues
*We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work\-life balance.*
*Turner \& Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.*
*Please find out more about us at* *www.turnerandtownsend.com/*
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