Location: Portsmouth (HM Naval Base)
Service Area: Commercial
Hours of Work: 37 hours per week
Salary: Up to £55,000
What You'll be doing:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our commercial team for a Commercial Manager to support the delivery of Waterfront Services for Portsmouth Naval Base. This is a varied role, providing plenty of opportunity to develop your commercial career and contribute to the success of KBS Maritime.
Main responsibilities and duties will be to support the delivery of projects through life, developing through life costs, monitoring and managing change requests, and ensuring contractual obligations have been met, provide commercial guidance and expertise to colleagues and delivery teams to ensure contractual obligations are met, monitor contract performance, in respect of contractual KPIs and support representations for any relief events, and build and maintain good working relationships with internal functional areas, the customer and external stakeholders.
You'll Have:
* 5 years+ experience operating in a similar Commercial role
* Knowledge and experience of UK Defence industry Terms & Conditions
* Experience of managing infrastructure projects is desirable
* Strong commercial acumen and financial awareness
* Good interpersonal skills, capable of working independently and collaboratively as part of a wider team
* Ablility to challenge the status quo
You'll get:
* A competitive salary
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Enhanced pension scheme
* Life assurance
* Access to our internal benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues
* Cycle to work scheme
* Group income protection
* Flexible parental benefits (if applicable)
* Access to our Internal employee assistance network, giving you the opportunity to reach the heights of success within your new position.
* Continued professional career development
* Kudos reward opportunities (internal achievements scheme)
* Occupational Health & Wellbeing Services
* 50% off entry into the Historic Dockyard
Application process:
Applications are urged to apply prior to the advertising closing date of Friday 12th September with a view of interviews scheduled to commence week commencing Monday 15th September 2025. For all queries, please contact in the first instance who will advise accordingly.
About Us:
At KBS Maritime, we're not just another company – we're an exciting and dynamic joint venture between industry leaders BAE Systems and KBR. Our team is dedicated to providing Asset Management, Infrastructure Management, Energy Solutions and Alongside Services at His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNBP), the beating heart of the Royal Navy.
With almost two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface ships stationed at HMNBP, working with KBS Maritime means being at the forefront of innovation and progress. We operate in a unique and fascinating environment, with a mix of historic dockyards and cutting-edge infrastructure that's unlike any other.
By delivering state of the art solutions to the Royal Navy, KBS Maritime offers the chance to work on projects that make a real difference to the safety, security, and sustainability of the UK's National Defence and Security. But it's not just about the work – at KBS Maritime, we believe in the value of our people. We have the ethos of a small business, which means we value and empower our team members to succeed.