Commercial Manager - Elgin

Balfour Beatty; Elgin; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm is seeking a Commercial Manager in Elgin to drive commercial delivery across major infrastructure projects. The role involves managing a team and ensuring compliance with contracts while mitigating risks. Competitive remuneration and a supportive work environment are offered, with a strong focus on national infrastructure goals.

Benefits

Competitive salary + car allowance

37.5-hour workweek

28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave

Professional development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing commercial performance on large-scale infrastructure projects.
• NEC Option A & C contract knowledge is essential.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to identify and develop commercial opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial strategy and delivery across a portfolio of major infrastructure projects.
• Ensure consistent application of commercial processes, governance, and risk management.
• Drive subcontractor procurement processes in collaboration with procurement surveyors.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Cashflow management

Education

Professional qualification

Chartered membership of RICS, CIOB, or ICE

Job description

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About the role

We're looking for a highly skilled and driven Commercial Manager to lead the commercial delivery of a portfolio of strategic infrastructure projects valued at £1 billion, under the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) Framework - a UK-wide initiative fast-tracking critical upgrades to the national grid.

This long-term programme runs until 2032, offering stable, high-impact work within a nationally significant infrastructure environment.

Role Profile:

• Lead commercial strategy and delivery across a portfolio of major infrastructure projects.
• Manage and mentor a team of commercial professionals, with team size scaled to project complexity.
• Administer NEC Option A and C contracts, ensuring compliance and effective risk mitigation.
• Frequent site presence required - primarily in Elgin, Inverness, or Aberdeen.

What you''ll be doing

• Lead the commercial management of multiple ASTI and infrastructure projects within the Delivery Unit.
• Ensure consistent application of commercial processes, governance, and risk management across all projects.
• Provide commercial expertise and support to the Director of Operations, particularly in managing ASTI commercial risk and strategic programme delivery.
• Collaborate with the Commercial Director to ensure commercial assurance across the framework.
• Maintain confidence in margin performance, proactively manage cashflow, and mitigate commercial risks.
• Forecast commercial outcomes accurately and escalate issues where appropriate.
• Drive subcontractor procurement processes in collaboration with procurement surveyors, ensuring timely and commercially sound contract placement.
• Support end-to-end contract management, including warranties, compensation events, and value creation.
• Ensure customer requirements are understood and reflected in project delivery, particularly across ASTI-related scopes.

Who we''re looking for

• Proven experience managing commercial performance on large-scale infrastructure projects, ideally within a regulated or framework-driven environment.
• NEC Option A & C contract knowledge is essential.
• Experience within ASTI, transmission investment, or similar frameworks is beneficial but not required.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to manage margin, risk, and cashflow across multi-million-pound projects.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and a collaborative leadership approach.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to identify and develop commercial opportunities.
• Professional qualification required.
• Chartered membership of RICS, CIOB, or ICE is desirable.

Why work for us

This is a high-impact role at the heart of delivering essential national infrastructure. You'll help shape and deliver projects under the ASTI Framework, contributing to the UK's net zero and energy resilience goals. We offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment where diverse experience is welcomed and valued.

• Competitive salary + car / car allowance
• 37.5-hour workweek (Monday to Friday)
• Pension scheme: Up to 5% employee & 7% employer contributions
• Family-friendly policies:
• 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave
• 4 weeks full pay for paternity/partner leave
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Professional development: Access to a broad range of learning opportunities, including qualifications
• Employee Assistance Programme for support and well-being
• Volunteering opportunities: Up to 2 days per year

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: www.disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/