Senior Commercial Manager

Overview

As a Senior Commercial Manager, you will shape the commercial strategy and governance for the STEP programme, guiding major engineering and infrastructure contracts. You will act as the senior commercial interface to project teams and leadership, ensuring value delivery across the full project life cycle. You will lead commercial activity on high-value, high-risk contracts, balancing cost control with governance and assurance. This is a formative, high-impact role in a flagship fusion energy initiative with significant visibility and influence.

Pay / Benefits

• Corporate bonus scheme
• Defined benefit pension
• Hybrid working arrangement
• On-site presence requirement (minimum three days first three months)
• Long-term career development opportunities
• 7,000 MCIPS/MRICS allowance

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial strategy across major programme delivery portfolios
• Manage high-value engineering, construction and infrastructure contracts
• Provide commercial leadership within Integrated Project Teams
• Contract negotiation, governance and assurance
• Cost management, forecasting and commercial control
• Risk, change, claims and dispute management
• Supplier performance and strategic relationship management
• Lead commercial teams and develop commercial capability
• Support senior leadership with commercial decision-making and strategic advice
• Represent UKFE with delivery partners, suppliers and government stakeholders

Key requirements

• Significant senior commercial, procurement or quantity surveying experience in major engineering, infrastructure, construction or regulated environments
• Experience managing high-value, high-risk contracts through the project life cycle
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts and complex commercial arrangements
• Expertise in cost management, commercial assurance and governance
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Experience leading commercial teams and developing others
• Ability to operate in complex, multidisciplinary programme environments
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience
• MCIPS, MRICS or progress towards professional qualification
• Experience in energy, nuclear, defence, transport, major infrastructure or large capital delivery programmes would be particularly relevant

• Stakeholder engagement
• Influencing at senior levels
• Autonomy and prioritisation
• NEC contracts
• Cost management
• Commercial governance and assurance

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