Job Description
Job Title: Senior Commercial Consultant
Location: Hybrid 1 2 days/week at a regional office (location flexible) + regular UK-wide travel to project sites
Reporting to: Head of Facilities Management
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Join a Leading FM Advisory Team Supporting Complex Infrastructure Projects Across the UK
Boden Group is proud to be partnering with a well-established consultancy supporting a diverse portfolio of high-profile PFI and infrastructure projects across the UK. We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Commercial Consultant to join our client s expert team and provide high-level advisory and operational support across multiple sectors including healthcare, education, and public infrastructure.
This is a rare opportunity to work in a hybrid capacity, combining strategic insight with hands-on consultancy across a wide range of service environments.
The Role: Make a Tangible Impact Across the FM Landscape
As a Senior Commercial Consultant, you ll play a key role in enhancing service delivery and mitigating risk on operational projects. From overseeing service provider transitions to conducting benchmarking and value-for-money exercises, you ll be a critical interface between operational teams, contractors, and senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
Location: Hybrid 1 2 days/week at a regional office (location flexible) + regular UK-wide travel to project sites
Reporting to: Head of Facilities Management
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Join a Leading FM Advisory Team Supporting Complex Infrastructure Projects Across the UK
Boden Group is proud to be partnering with a well-established consultancy supporting a diverse portfolio of high-profile PFI and infrastructure projects across the UK. We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Commercial Consultant to join our client s expert team and provide high-level advisory and operational support across multiple sectors including healthcare, education, and public infrastructure.
This is a rare opportunity to work in a hybrid capacity, combining strategic insight with hands-on consultancy across a wide range of service environments.
The Role: Make a Tangible Impact Across the FM Landscape
As a Senior Commercial Consultant, you ll play a key role in enhancing service delivery and mitigating risk on operational projects. From overseeing service provider transitions to conducting benchmarking and value-for-money exercises, you ll be a critical interface between operational teams, contractors, and senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advise project boards and management teams to identify, assess, and mitigate operational and commercial risks
- Conduct benchmarking and market testing across both Hard and Soft FM services
- Provide strategic input into the replacement and mobilisation of FM service providers
- Deliver high-quality reporting and insights on compliance, performance, risk, and service models
- Undertake due diligence and data analysis to support project improvement plans and client decision-making
- Support contractual dispute resolution and provide commercial guidance across operational challenges
- Share best practice across projects and work collaboratively with colleagues to optimise FM outcomes
- Support the development of client proposals and contribute to new business opportunities
- Extensive experience in the FM industry, with strong understanding of PFI project structures
- Proven background advising on or managing FM contracts within healthcare or education settings
- Confident navigating and interpreting complex contractual documents and compliance frameworks
- Strong experience in managing multi-stakeholder relationships (Boards, Funders, Local Authorities, Service Providers)
- Practical knowledge of performance monitoring regimes and dispute resolution strategies
- Ability to undertake detailed analysis of qualitative and quantitative data
- Experience supporting or leading benchmarking and value-for-money exercises
- Excellent communication skills able to produce professional reports and convey advice clearly
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and analytical tools expertise
- Strategic thinker with a practical, solutions-focused approach
- Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities
- High levels of integrity, professionalism, and commercial awareness
- A collaborative team player with an inclusive leadership style
- Oversight of PFI payment mechanisms or performance deduction regimes
- Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary or inter-agency teams
- Professional qualification in a relevant field (e.g. FM, Engineering, Legal, Real Estate)
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of FM lifecycle and operations within PFI/PPP environments
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