Commercial Manager

Babcock; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the nuclear sector is seeking a Commercial Manager to oversee contract management and client relationships at their Warrington site. The role involves negotiating contracts, ensuring compliance, and supporting budget management in a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in commercial strategy and contract management, with a focus on the nuclear industry. This position offers generous benefits and opportunities for professional growth within the organization.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Opportunities to travel within the UK

Dynamic working environment

Autonomy to perform the role

Qualifications

• Significant client exposure with proven track record in delivering accountabilities.
• Demonstrable NEC3 experience and experience in Nuclear, Engineering, Construction sectors.

Responsibilities

• Managing contracts throughout their lifecycle and negotiating contract changes.
• Developing key external commercial customer relationships.
• Supporting budget management and reporting for commercial P&L.

Skills

Contract Management

Negotiation

Client Relationship Management

Budget Management

Commercial Strategy

Education

Law Degree

Quantity Surveyor Qualification

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Manager
Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57420

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Commercial Manager, at our Warrington site.

The role
As a Commercial Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. From decommissioning redundant nuclear facilities, through supporting the Continuous at Sea Deterrent, to supporting the operation and build of nuclear power plants, our role in Cavendish Nuclear is to clean up the nuclear legacy and create a world where nuclear plays a key contribution in protecting our nation, ensuring security of energy supply and meeting our net zero commitments.

Day-to-day, you’ll managing contracts throughput their lifecycle, negotiating contracts and contract changes, manging trade controls and compliance and also providing quantity surveying services all in support of Nuclear Defence Support business stream.

• Responsible for developing and fulfilling of contract requirements, evaluating contract compliance, advising on contractual rights and obligations, and requesting or approving amendments to contract terms or extensions.
• Act as an escalation point within the relevant project for high risk, complex commercial issues
• Develop key external commercial customer relationships
• Support the budget management process by providing input into project reporting for the business’ and commercial P&L
• Raise key commercial issues with higher management through both line management and functional management lines
• Accountable for managing people, setting direction and deploying resources

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to pass a targeted medical questionnaire and/or medical examination as a condition of employment for this role.

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and based at our Warrington hub following a hybrid working arrangement of three days in the office and two days working from home.

Essential experience of the Commercial Manager

• Significant client exposure, demonstrating proven track record in delivering on accountabilities, and/or including a focus on bid and scope development.
• Proven track record of delivering significant contribution to project commercial strategy, and to delivering robust commercial management on large and complex contracts and bids
• Demonstrable NEC3 experience
• Nuclear, Engineering, Construction sector experience is desirable

Qualifications for the Commercial Manager

• Educated to degree level with a Law degree or Quantity Surveyor qualification, or equivalent qualification or relevant experience

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 ten days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Opportunities to travel within the UK
• A dynamic working environment
• Autonomy to perform the role

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, 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.

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