Commercial Manager

Overview

In this role you drive commercial delivery on a major nuclear infrastructure programme. You’ll manage high-value contracts across post-award and execution phases, coordinating with Project Managers, Finance, and Project Controls. You will handle change, risk, payments, and claims, ensuring governance and budget control. The role offers hybrid working across Suffolk, London, Bristol, and Manchester and a chance to influence the programme’s commercial performance. You will collaborate with multiple teams to support ESG objectives and close out final accounts.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial management across a portfolio of high-value infrastructure contracts
• Administer contracts during post-award and execution phases
• Support Project Managers with commercial decision-making and risk management
• Manage NEC and/or FIDIC contract aspects, including change, payments and claims
• Support management of supply chain packages in excess of 10m
• Oversee Early Warning process, ensuring deadlines and governance
• Assist resolution of contractual claims and disputes
• Manage contract change and ensure budget reporting/forecasting
• Support agreement and close-out of final accounts
• Maintain relationships with contractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Ensure governance-aligned contract administration and use of Integrated Management System
• Collaborate with Finance, Project Controls, Supply Chain and Programme Delivery teams for consistent reporting
• Capture commercial lessons learned across contract lifecycle
• Support ESG requirements across the programme

Key requirements

• Proven experience in commercial management of major infrastructure or construction projects
• Strong experience with NEC contracts; FIDIC experience is advantageous
• Experience managing high-value and complex supply chain contracts
• Strong knowledge of change management, compensation events, payments, claims and final accounts
• Experience managing multiple contracts and stakeholders simultaneously
• Excellent commercial, contractual and financial management skills
• Ability to work in a complex, multi-disciplinary project environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in highly regulated or major programme environments would be advantageous

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• team collaboration
• NEC contracts
• FIDIC experience (advantageous)
• change management

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