Commercial Manager

Overview

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? At M Group Water we help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will join BGEN – one of the UK's largest multidisciplinary design and build contractors with over 100 years of industry experience.

We support clients in the water, power & energy, pharmaceutical, nuclear and food & beverage industries to deliver next generation, value‑added engineering solutions.

• Work closely with the Business Unit Leadership Team to help drive shared goals and build strong, positive client relationships.
• Provide senior commercial guidance across all projects, ensuring healthy cash flow, strong revenues, and smooth management of contractual obligations.
• Review and negotiate contract terms to protect the business and support fair, balanced agreements with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Collaborate with procurement, support project managers, and contribute to estimating, risk reviews, and change control.
• Lead commercial negotiations, guide the bidding process, and offer clear, practical advice whenever project issues arise.
• Help develop new commercial talent, stay connected with Quantity Surveyors, and maintain open communication across all live projects.
• Manage insurance and bonding needs, prepare monthly commercial reporting, and ensure governance and policies are followed with care.

• Helpful knowledge of the M&E industry.
• Confident communication with people at all levels.
• Positive, customer‑focused approach that strengthens relationships.
• Strong IT skills suited to a modern working environment.
• Relevant degree and/or professional qualifications.
• Chartered status preferred but not essential.

• Company pension scheme.
• Death in service benefit.
• Opportunity to purchase additional holidays per year (up to 5 days for full‑time employees).
• My rewards – offering documents on high street and online shopping.
• Employee assistance programme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Private health care for you.
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Overtime.

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people who join us and make a difference. We're one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another.

We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations and ways of working align with ours. We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry‑recognised programmes, training and development. It's an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:

Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd‑party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.