Commercial Manager - Buildings & Places market

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent engineering services organization in the UK is seeking a driven and experienced Commercial Manager with a strong background in design and engineering consultancy. You will support a collaborative team by managing commercial tasks, negotiating agreements, and ensuring compliance with company standards. The role offers competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Training and professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and adapt to new processes.
• Basic understanding of commercial principles, with training provided.
• Experience in multidisciplinary design teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the B&P Commercial team with governance and commercial processes.
• Assist in preparing contract and project reviews.
• Track head contracts from service request to award.

Skills

Attention to detail

Good communication skills

Organizational skills

Solutions focused

Job description

Job Description

Overview

This role sits within the Buildings & Places Business Unit of AtkinsRéalis, offering diverse services to its clients. We require a driven and experienced Commercial Manager with a strong background in design/engineering consultancy.

Joining the current commercial team, the successful applicant will support the team with a wide-range of commercial tasks from reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a wide range of complex agreements with both clients and suppliers. You will also be responsible for leading the commercial governance process for bids that fall within your remit and hold the wider division to account aligned to AtkinsRéalis approvals framework.

Become a vital member of our Building & Places (B&P) team, proudly taking on some of the world's most exciting and prestigious projects. Join us, and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents. It's about recognizing everyone's contributions equally while delivering excellence together.

Your role

• To provide support to the B&P Commercial team by assisting with commercial processes, governance activities, and project administration throughout the project life cycle.
• Assist the Commercial team with day-to-day tasks, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Help review Appointments/Frameworks/Call off /task order opportunities under guidance from senior team members.
• Support the preparation and documentation of contract and project reviews in line with business standards.
• Provide support to design teams working closely with the legal team where required.
• Participate in initiatives to improve commercial awareness and performance within the business.
• Assist with tracking head contracts from service request to award and ensure proposals follow governance processes.
• Help project teams with basic contractual compliance tasks, including maintaining records and supporting risk management

About you

• Attention to detail and willingness to learn.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Basic understanding of commercial principles (training will be provided).
• Experience working in multidisciplinary design teams.
• Solutions focused approach to ensure quick and positive outcomes during tendering events or contract discussions.
• Strong drive with sound judgement. Quickly establishes credibility and sphere of influence.
• Drafting of contractual correspondence.
• Preferably experience within a similar role in design consultancy.
• Knowledge of internal governance processes.
• A working knowledge standard forms of contract particularly NEC.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.