Commercial Manager
Location: Orwell Logistics Park, Ipswich (Hybrid: 2–3 days per week from home) Type: Full-time, Permanent
Help deliver one of the UK's most complex and ambitious infrastructure programmes.
The Civil Works Alliance (CWA) — a partnership between Laing O'Rourke, Bouygues and Balfour Beatty — is delivering the full civils scope of Sizewell C, one of the UK's largest and most high-profile nuclear projects.
We are seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to take ownership of the commercial performance of a defined section within the SZC Civil Works Alliance — from Target Outturn Cost (TOC) development through to delivery and final account.
You will play a pivotal role in ensuring robust financial control, effective risk and change management, and strong supply chain governance, while championing Health & Safety, sustainability, and digital ways of working. Acting as a trusted partner to Delivery Leadership, you will provide clear commercial insight, manage key stakeholder relationships, and safeguard the project's contractual and financial position.
Key Responsibilities
* Champion Health & Safety across all commercial activities.
* Support delivery of project sustainability objectives.
* Ensure compliance with Alliance governance, processes and procedures.
* Identify efficiency and value engineering opportunities to enhance project outcomes.
* Proactively manage commercial risk, opportunity and issue resolution.
* Monitor economic factors and assess their impact on project performance.
* Ensure accurate review and reporting of commercial, cost and Earned Value data.
* Support preparation of Target Outturn Costs (TOCs), submissions and work package requirements.
* Provide timely and accurate commercial reporting to the Delivery Leadership Team.
* Support procurement planning and coordinate effective supply chain management.
* Represent the project's commercial and contractual interests in meetings and forums.
* Administer subcontract agreements, ensuring effective change management and cost recovery.
* Minimise disputes through proactive package management and early issue identification.
* Contribute to team development through mentoring, feedback and cross-functional collaboration.
About You
* Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
* Strong stakeholder management capability, particularly with external suppliers.
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex commercial matters clearly.
* Sound understanding of construction law.
* Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams.
* Strong collaborative skills with experience operating within matrix organisations.
* Experience mentoring and developing team members.
* MRICS (or working towards).
* NEC3/NEC4 contract experience.
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