Commercial Contracting Specialist

Airswift; Reading; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a commercial professional to support complex industrial and infrastructure projects in Reading, UK. This 12-month contract role focuses on commercial strategy, contract development, procurement support, and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities include preparing commercial agreements, drafting contracts, assisting with RFIs/RFPs, and conducting commercial analysis. Essential qualifications include a degree in a related field and proven experience in commercial,

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Law or related discipline.
• Proven experience in commercial, contracts, procurement or project support.
• Experience supporting commercial strategy, contract development, and procurement activity.
• Ability to support bid processes, including RFIs, RFPs, bid clarifications, and commercial evaluations.
• Experience contributing to commercial analysis, financial comparisons, and business case inputs.
• Strong coordination skills with the ability to work across legal, contracting, manufacturing, technical, and project execution teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of commercial strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Assist with structuring commercial models, service arrangements, and long-term agreements.
• Support the preparation, review, and administration of commercial agreements from NDA through to contract award.
• Assist with contract drafting, negotiation planning, and issue tracking.
• Help ensure commercial terms, pricing logic, and risk allocation are clearly captured.
• Prepare reports, summaries, and supporting materials for management review.
• Support RFIs, RFPs, bid clarifications, and commercial evaluations.
• Assist in comparing proposals and commercial assumptions.
• Coordinate with third parties, developers, and advisers to maintain progress on deliverables.
• Support commercial evaluations, financial comparisons, and business case inputs.
• Assist with tracking key commercial actions, obligations, and performance items.
• Maintain organised records of bids, agreements, approvals, and negotiation status.
• Coordinate closely with legal, contracting, manufacturing, technical, and project execution teams on deliverables and reviews.
• Follow up with internal and external stakeholders to maintain progress across workstreams.
• Support the preparation of presentations, reports, and executive materials as required.

Skills

Commercial experience

Procurement

Contract development

Bid support

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Law or related discipline

Job description

Start date: ASAP

Duration: 12 Month initial contract

Location: Reading, UK

Position Overview

This opportunity offers the chance to support complex commercial and contracting activity across strategic industrial and infrastructure projects. The role focuses on commercial strategy, contract development, procurement support, and stakeholder coordination, helping to progress BOO, BOOT, and other third-party project opportunities. This position would suit a hands-on commercial professional with strong experience in contracts, procurement, and commercial analysis within a technically demanding environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development of commercial strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Assist with structuring commercial models, service arrangements, and long-term agreements.
• Support the preparation, review, and administration of commercial agreements from NDA through to contract award.
• Assist with contract drafting, negotiation planning, and issue tracking.
• Help ensure commercial terms, pricing logic, and risk allocation are clearly captured.
• Prepare reports, summaries, and supporting materials for management review.
• Support RFIs, RFPs, bid clarifications, and commercial evaluations.
• Assist in comparing proposals and commercial assumptions.
• Coordinate with third parties, developers, and advisers to maintain progress on deliverables.
• Support commercial evaluations, financial comparisons, and business case inputs.
• Assist with tracking key commercial actions, obligations, and performance items.
• Maintain organised records of bids, agreements, approvals, and negotiation status.
• Coordinate closely with legal, contracting, manufacturing, technical, and project execution teams on deliverables and reviews.
• Follow up with internal and external stakeholders to maintain progress across workstreams.
• Support the preparation of presentations, reports, and executive materials as required.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential Qualifications:

• Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Law or related discipline.

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience in commercial, contracts, procurement or project support.
• Strong experience supporting commercial strategy, contract development, and procurement activity.
• Ability to support bid processes, including RFIs, RFPs, bid clarifications, and commercial evaluations.
• Experience contributing to commercial analysis, financial comparisons, and business case inputs.
• Strong coordination skills with the ability to work across legal, contracting, manufacturing, technical, and project execution teams.

Desired Experience:

• Exposure to BOO, BOOT, or infrastructure and industrial projects (Preferred).
• Experience with major refinery, energy, or industrial project environments (Preferred).

About The Company

This company is one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals businesses. In Europe, this company supports a broad range of activities including energy delivery, research and innovation, and specialist support across oil, gas and energy-related sectors. This company works with established industry suppliers to support major operational and project objectives.

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique business needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift’s geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.