Commercial Lead

Sizewell C Ltd; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure project company is seeking a Commercial Lead to oversee significant procurement and contract management for a major nuclear energy initiative in the UK. The role requires senior-level commercial experience and expertise in procurement, as well as strong stakeholder management abilities. This position offers competitive compensation, including a starting salary of £90,000, a 10% bonus, and additional flexible benefits. Join a groundbreaking project contributing to the future of clean energy in the UK.

Benefits

Bonus of 10% annually

Car allowance of £6,900

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension scheme with contributions from both employee and employer

Flexible benefits options

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in commercial or supply chain roles on major infrastructure or energy projects.
• Strong knowledge of NEC and/or FIDIC contracts.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex procurement activity.
• Ensure value for money, transparency, and compliance.
• Manage competitive tendering, contract negotiation, and award.

Skills

Procurement expertise

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Supply chain knowledge

Education

Chartered status (RICS, ICE, CICES, IOB, CIPS or equivalent)

Job description

Job Description

Shape Britain’s Energy Future with Sizewell C

Location: London, Suffolk, Bristol
Contract Type: Permanent - Office-based with hybrid flexibility (typically 2/3 days in office)
Working Pattern: Full time
Closing Date: Friday 9th January 2026

Why Join Us?

We’re building the future, and we need experienced Commercial Leaders to make it happen. Sizewell C is a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project that will power Britain’s energy security and net‑zero ambitions for decades to come. Following our recent Final Investment Decision, construction is fully greenlit. This is your chance to be part of the largest investment in homegrown clean energy in decades, delivering low‑carbon electricity to 6 million homes for at least 60 years.

What’s in It for You

• Salary: Starting salary of £90,000 (depending on experience)
• Bonus: 10% annual
• Car allowance: £6,900
• Holiday: 28 days + bank holidays
• Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
• Flexible benefits & hybrid working options

Your Impact

As a Commercial Lead, you’ll take ownership of some of the most significant and complex commercial packages on the project covering civil and nuclear construction works, major equipment, and enabling contracts. You’ll lead procurement, negotiation, and post‑award commercial management, working with suppliers, regulators, and Tier 1 contractors. You’ll play a key leadership role, shaping strategy, mentoring teams, and ensuring delivery aligns with project goals, contract requirements, and nuclear safety standards.

What You’ll Do

• Lead complex procurement activity
• Ensure value for money, transparency, and compliance
• Manage competitive tendering, contract negotiation, and award
• Post‑Award Management
• Drive supplier performance and governance
• Mitigate risks and resolve commercial issues
• Provide strategic oversight across your portfolio
• Build and lead high‑performing teams
• Act as a key interface with regulators and delivery partners
• Embed collaboration and best practice across the supply chain

What You’ll Bring

• Senior‑level experience in commercial or supply chain roles on major infrastructure or energy projects
• Expertise in procurement and contract management
• Strong knowledge of NEC and/or FIDIC contracts
• Chartered status (RICS, ICE, CICES, IOB, CIPS or equivalent)
• Exceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• Nice‑to‑haves: Degree‑qualified, Experience in nuclear or regulated industries, Understanding of the UK nuclear regulatory environment and supply chain landscape, Familiarity with safety case and licence conditions in nuclear

Key Competencies

• Humility – Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences, be open to others’ points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise.
• Positivity – Positively challenge poor quality and performance, identify solutions at the lowest possible level, encourage tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward.
• Respect – Value the rules and environment in which we operate, give and receive feedback with respect, embrace and engage with new people and ideas.
• Solidarity – One team, working closely together and helping each other, empowered teams always looking forward, shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes.
• Clarity – Communicate clearly and consistently, promote collaboration and team alignment, clearer and faster decision making, drive simplification at all levels.

Additional Information

Join the team at Sizewell C. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. We have begun constructing a 3.2‑gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast, replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C. When built, Sizewell C will generate low‑carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK’s current electricity needs. We are the first nuclear power station in the UK funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.

Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast‑moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners, and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi‑dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will ordinarily require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and be part of something extraordinary.