Commercial Manager

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.

• 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.

• 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.