Commercial Manager

About the role

To help drive efficiency in the green energy transition. As owners of Wales and England’s electricity transmission network, we take green energy seriously. Between now and 2026 we’re investing £29 billion into the decarbonisation of energy systems. Would you like to be involved in this vital transition? If you have a strong commercial background in contract and project delivery and are looking for more responsibility and the chance to work on high‑value, complex schemes, we’d like to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the UK’s transition to clean energy within the Strategic Infrastructure team as a Contracts and Commercial Manager, where you support the development and delivery of very large and complex infrastructure projects safely, on time and within budget by providing contract and commercial guidance to the project teams.

Our customers include everyone who uses electricity in England and Wales. Acting on behalf of these people, you’ll help ensure that we deliver our projects in the most commercially effective way. You’ll be welcomed into our diverse, inclusive organisation that has recently won an Institution of Engineering and Technology silver award for our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programme. If this sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we look forward to talking to you very soon.

Leading a team of Quantity Surveyors, you will be responsible for optimising the commercial value of our construction projects, with a consideration of the regulatory framework and increasing value for money for the consumer.

You will ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions, mitigating risk, building and maintaining important relationships with key stakeholders and shaping our contracting strategy to deliver major infrastructure projects into 2030 and beyond.

We are currently recruiting for two projects, one in the East of England, another in the London area. You will be required to travel to site / office 3 days a week.

It would be highly beneficial but not essential to understand the energy market, in relation to cables, substations, overhead lines and civils. It would also be beneficial to understand the procurement and regulatory environment in which we operate. That is, we have regulatory obligations which impact what we do and how we do it.

From a contract placement perspective you will use your experience of the major construction project delivery to support in the development and placement of contracts in line the strategy for delivery of the projects and the submission of the ASTI Project Assessment to OFGEM. You will support and influence meetings with a range of different stakeholders including internal procurement, delivery, regulation, and legal teams, as well as external transmission system owners, customers, contractors, and DNO’s.

You’ll be working on projects from start to finish. Supporting the transition from the commercial (pre‑contract) to the contract (delivery) phase will be a key responsibility. This will also involve helping internal delivery teams understand the terms of the contract. You’ll need experience in NEC4 Contracts, including cost assurance and relationship management, working proactively with the contractors to identify value, as well as working through dispute resolution and mitigation.

You’ll be regularly reporting on commercial issues such as the value of work completed to date, and key milestones. Contractor performance monitoring will be another key accountability. You will be engaging regularly with our contractors and driving improvement through feedback and stakeholder management. You will also need to be experienced at risk management within a contract management context too, as you work with the Project teams and our PMO team to manage identified risk within the delivery phase.

You will coach, guide and lead a team of Quantity Surveying professionals with a diverse range of experience. Whether you’re working with an experienced or a newly qualified Quantity Surveyor, you will take the time to discover their individual career…