Commercial Manager

Overview

Liberty has an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join our team. This is a full-time, permanent role working 40 hours per week with a competitive salary plus car allowance plus benefits.

We are an experienced and innovative construction firm that is committed to putting customers and clients at the heart of everything we do. Liberty is passionate about housing maintenance and development, with a strong commitment to value for money services that make a positive difference to people and the communities in which we work.

Liberty is seeking a dynamic and experienced Commercial Manager for a leading maintenance and repair business to the social housing sector.

Responsibilities

• Operate risk and opportunity management across the group
• Ensure commercial entitlement within contracts are understood and fully realised through targeted commercial interventions
• Contract mobilisation, operational phase and contract close
• Contracts include one off construction projects, decarbonisation opportunities, and a variety of high value & long-term maintenance services (heating & compliance and repairs & maintenance services)
• Support the commercial and quantity surveying teams across Liberty to fulfil the commercial strategies, maximise contract profitability and mitigate risk
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships (internal stakeholders & external clients)
• Lead and manage multiple projects at the same time

What we are looking for in our ideal Commercial Manager

• Ideally have knowledge and experience of small building contracts, decarbonisation works, servicing, maintenance and boiler installation contracts.
• Social housing experience within planned, responsive and void repair contracts.
• NHF Schedule of Works experience & knowledge. Ability to demonstrate problem solving skills and experience of leading client facing meetings and relationships, identifying risks and opportunities, recovery of contractual entitlements and ability to interpret performance data, penalty clauses and obligations aligned to the contract. Contract and client negotiation experience is a key aspect of this role.
• IT literate, competent in spreadsheets and word processing software.
• RICS/ relevant qualification.
• Ability to be flexible in work hours and travel and hold a full UK driving license.

Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Discounts and savings on travel, hotels, shopping, holidays and restaurants
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Smart Health (including round the clock access to 24/7 UK-based GPs)
• Medicash Health Plan
• 25 Day Holiday Entitlement plus Bank Holidays
• Death in Service Payment

In addition to the above, at Liberty we look to invest in the up-skilling and development of our employees, ensuring competency and compliance to industry standards, in turn we will look to offer additional training where appropriate to give you the skills you need to deliver the service required.

Liberty strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can ALL be ourselves. We commit to achieving equal opportunities in employment for all suitably qualified candidates, through upholding our values of Passion, Openness, Respect and Trust, underpinned by Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement.

Please note, only candidates who have the right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy.

As part of our recruitment process all employees need to be vetted and undertake pre-employment checks. For this role you may need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, previously Criminal Records Bureau, prior to or upon commencing employment with Liberty.

If you have the desire to work in a busy and high performing team, why not join us as our Commercial Manager, click “apply” below – we want to hear from you!

Closing date: 10 September 2025 (we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier depending on number of applications).

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