Commercial Manager

VolkerWessels UK Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Birthday leave

Private medical care

Pension

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work

Flexible working

Job summary

VolkerFitzpatrick, part of VolkerWessels UK, seeks a Commercial Manager to lead commercial activities across the Buildings Portfolio for Southern Renewals Enterprise. The role focuses on robust commercial governance, risk management and maximising opportunities through strong stakeholder relationships with clients, supply chain partners and project teams.

You will help deliver rail infrastructure projects, including station buildings, platform works, and M&E upgrades, working in a

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior commercial role within rail, infrastructure, construction or a related sector.
• Experience leading and developing commercial teams.
• Strong commercial and contractual management expertise.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Collaborative approach with clients, supply chain partners and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial leadership across the Buildings Portfolio, ensuring projects are commercially robust and risks are effectively managed.
• Maximise commercial opportunities across the programme and portfolio.
• Develop and manage commercial teams; lead forecasting, reporting and change management.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, supply chain partners and project teams; influence programme improvements.
• Attend key meetings in Blackfriars and collaborate with SRE stakeholders.

Skills

Senior commercial role

Rail/infrastructure experience

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Commercial reporting

Forecasting

Change management

Communication

Collaborative leadership

Job description

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join us within the Southern Renewals Enterprise (SRE), a long-term collaborative delivery partnership transforming how rail infrastructure projects are delivered.

This role sits within the Buildings Portfolio, which delivers a diverse range of projects across the Southern region, including; station buildings, platform construction, upgrades and extensions, canopies, Footbridges, M&E works and associated railway building and infrastructure improvements.

The highly collaborative nature of the SRE creates a unique opportunity for a commercially minded individual who thrives in a partnership environment and can build strong relationships across multiple stakeholders.

As Commercial Manager, you will provide commercial leadership across the Buildings Portfolio, ensuring projects are commercially robust, risks are effectively managed and opportunities are maximised.

This role can be based from either of our offices in Basingstoke, Blackfriars or Gravesend, although regular attendance at key meetings in Blackfriars will be required.

About you

We are looking for a commercially astute leader with strong relationship‑building skills and a passion for developing high performing teams.

You will ideally have:

• Proven experience in a senior commercial role within rail, infrastructure, construction or a related sector.
• Experience within a Framework/Portfolio environment would be advantageous.
• Strong commercial and contractual management expertise.
• Experience leading and developing commercial teams.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build trusted relationships with clients, supply chain partners and project teams.
• Strong commercial reporting, forecasting, risk management and change management experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to influence, challenge and drive continuous improvement across a programme of works.

This opportunity would suit:

• An experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor ready to take the next step into a Commercial Manager position.
• An established Commercial Manager looking for a fresh challenge within a collaborative, progressive rail delivery environment.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills‑based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.