Commercial Manager

Eurovia UK Limited; Gloucester, Leighton Buzzard; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurovia UK Limited's EST business unit seeks an experienced Commercial Manager to lead the commercial function across high-profile highway and infrastructure projects. You will shape strategy, manage contract performance, and drive value through robust governance and risk management.

Working with operations, estimating and leadership teams, you will oversee procurement, bid management, and tendering activity, reporting to the BU Manager and aligning pricing with strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a Commercial Manager, Managing Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor within infrastructure, highways or construction.
• Strong expertise in contract management, cost control and commercial risk.
• Proven experience in procurement and supply chain strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial function across EST projects, covering contract management, cost control and risk management.
• Provide commercial governance and support to operational delivery teams.
• Responsibility for procurement across the business, including line management of a Bid Manager.
• Dotted line into Eurovia Estimating function for alignment on tendering and pricing.
• Reporting directly to BU Manager, with a dotted line to the Eurovia Commercial Director.
• Support tendering, pipeline development, and overall commercial performance of the business unit.

Skills

Commercial Management

Contract Management

Cost Control

Risk Management

Tendering

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Education

Quantity Surveying degree

Tools

Procurement processes

Job description

Business Unit: 5038 - Eurovia Specialist Treatments (EST)

Job Role

Eurovia Specialist Treatments (EST) is a specialist business unit that deliver high-quality maintenance and surface treatment solutions across the UK’s highways and infrastructure network.

With a focus on innovation and technical expertise, EST offers a range of preservation treatments designed to extend asset life, improve safety, and optimise network performance. Partnering with both public and private sector clients, the team combines operational excellence with strong commercial discipline to deliver efficient, sustainable and value-driven solutions.

We are looking for an experienced and commercially driven Commercial Manager to lead the commercial function within our EST business. This is a pivotal senior leadership role with broad influence across the business unit. You will be responsible for driving commercial performance, strengthening governance, and supporting the successful delivery of a varied portfolio of projects. Working closely with operational, estimating and leadership teams, you will play a key role in shaping business strategy, managing commercial risk, and ensuring strong financial performance

Duties

• Lead the commercial function across EST projects, covering contract management, cost control, and risk management
• Provide commercial governance and support to operational delivery teams
• Responsibility for procurement across the business, including line management of a Bid Manager
• Dotted line into Eurovia Estimating function for alignment on tendering and pricing
• Reporting directly to BU Manager (myself), with a dotted line to the Eurovia Commercial Director
• Support tendering, pipeline development, and overall commercial performance of the business unit

Person Specification

• Demonstrable experience as a Commercial Manager, Managing Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor within infrastructure, highways or construction
• Strong expertise in contract management, cost control and commercial risk
• Proven experience in procurement and supply chain strategy
• Track record of supporting successful tendering and bidding activity
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to operate at both a strategic and operational level
• Degree-qualified (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related discipline

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time - 40 - Monday to Friday

Fairness Inclusion & Respect

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at Eurovia is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team.

Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

Eurovia recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.