Job Description
Job Title: Commercial Manager
Location: We offer a hybrid approach to working, approximately 2 days on-site and 3 from home. We can be flexible with the base location of this role across East Sussex, West Sussex, and West Hampshire.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Salary: Competitive salary commensurate to experience
Job Overview
We’re growing our team again! Having successfully filled over seven roles, we’re now looking for two more Commercial Managers to join us in Falmer as we gear up for our biggest AMP yet—featuring multiple large-scale projects.
As a Commercial Manager in our Procurement team, you’ll be a key commercial business partner, providing expert advice and strategic guidance. Your role will involve cost management, pre-contract commercial support, ensuring contractual compliance, and resolving disputes—helping Southern Water maximise value from its construction contracts.
Our Business Plan 2025 to 2030 is our largest and most ambitious plan ever.
The plan is the company’s largest ever, to enhance the health and wellbeing of our communities, protect and improve the environment, and help to sustain the local economy.
Responsibilities
* Support delivery of cost management services within a specified business directorate, providing commercial support and advice to the business including appraisal of options, feasibility studies, cost planning, procurement support, cost management, change management, and cost appraisals throughout the contract/project lifecycle.
* Operate within a defined framework of commercial/cost management, control, and audit in line with procurement best practices and techniques.
* Work closely with commercial Project Managers to provide pre-contract capabilities.
* Ensure all commercial and cost activity is recorded using agreed processes, and that it is incorporated into the costs and budgets.
* Work with Project Managers and contractors to support setting of target costs/fixed prices as appropriate for the contract form.
About You
We are keen to hear from experienced (and preferably fully qualified) Quantity Surveyors who are looking to take their next step into an exciting yet challenging Commercial Management career.
Experience within the Utilities industry and Chartership would be advantageous but are not essential.
Package
This role will be full-time, Monday to Friday, with a hybrid approach to working. We can be flexible with the base location within Sussex and West Hampshire.
We offer a competitive salary depending on skills and experience, along with benefits including:
* Company and performance-related bonus
* Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
* Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
* Health benefits through a Cash Plan
* Two paid community volunteering days a year
* 25 days annual holiday
* Occupational health service
* Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on various products and experiences
* Study support for job-related qualifications (if available)
* Flexible maternity leave and return-to-work options
Join Southern Water and explore career progression, training, and development opportunities, with a company committed to its people, customers, and the environment.
If this opportunity excites you but you're unsure if you meet all requirements or have concerns about office hours, we encourage you to engage with us to find a practical solution. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and delivering water for life is our core purpose. We need 24/7 support to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently.
All employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support, and during your interview, your manager will discuss any incident support rotas applicable to your position.
Privacy Statement: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you must confirm within your application that your manager is aware of your application. All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK and provide evidence of eligibility (passport, long birth certificate, proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months). Applications from those not meeting these criteria will not be considered.
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