Commercial Advisor

weServed; West of England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

Be Kind Day – paid volunteering

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International, seeks a Commercial Advisor at the Bristol site to provide expert guidance across contracts, bids and supply chain activities. You will help manage commercial risk, maximise value, and support contract delivery within a key growth area.

This full-time role offers exposure to large-scale projects, ongoing professional development and clear progression opportunities, with flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting bids, contracts and commercial management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Attention to detail in identifying, assessing and mitigating risks.

Responsibilities

• Managing tenders, subcontracting, evaluations and ongoing commercial administration.
• Providing commercial guidance to project teams through delivery and close-out.
• Acting as primary commercial contact for internal/external stakeholders.
• Contributing to process improvements and commercial best practices.
• Handling commercial correspondence and documentation for successful outcomes.

Skills

Bids & contracts

Commercial risk

Stakeholder mgmt

Security clearance

Education

Degree-level qualification

MCIPS / World Commerce & Contracting

Tools

NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Advisor

Location: Babcock Technology Centre, Bristol

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76593

Shape the commercial success of projects that support the UK's clean energy future

At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Advisor at the Babcock Technology Centre, near Bristol.

The role

As a Commercial Advisor, you'll provide expert commercial guidance across contracts, projects, bids and supply chain activities within one of Cavendish Nuclear's key growth areas. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career in a business delivering complex projects that support the UK's clean energy and national infrastructure ambitions.

Working alongside project and operational teams, you'll help manage commercial risk, maximise value, support contract delivery and build strong relationships with stakeholders. Whether you're already working in a commercial role or looking to take the next step in your career, you'll benefit from exposure to large-scale projects, ongoing professional development and clear progression opportunities.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Managing tenders, subcontracting, evaluations, and ongoing commercial administration support
• Providing commercial support, reporting and guidance to project teams throughout project delivery and close-out.
• Acting as a key commercial point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Contributing to commercial process improvements and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Handling commercial correspondence, queries and documentation to support successful project outcomes.

This is a full-time role based at Bristol Flexible working arrangements are available.

Essential experience of the Commercial Advisor:

• Previous commercial experience supporting bids, contracts and commercial management activities.
• Working effectively both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrating strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Identifying, assessing and mitigating commercial risks with excellent attention to detail.
• Building positive and professional relationships with customers, suppliers and colleagues.

Qualifications for the Commercial Advisor:

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience is desirable.
• Holds, or is willing to work towards, relevant professional qualifications such as MCIPS, World Commerce & Contracting certification or Post Graduate Certificate in Commercial Management.
• Experience working with NEC3 or NEC4 contracts would be advantageous.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 05/11/2026

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