Senior Commercial Manager (London) - London

Balfour Beatty; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to drive commercial performance across significant projects. The role involves leading commercial teams, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and managing procurement strategies. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in the construction sector and a strong grasp of NEC and JCT contracts, alongside excellent leadership and communication skills. This position offers flexibility with smart working options and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Smart working with flexibility

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Significant commercial management experience within the buildings or construction sector.
• Strong technical understanding of NEC and JCT contracts.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to guide, mentor and develop others.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial management across building projects.
• Oversee contract administration with strong understanding of NEC and JCT.
• Manage procurement strategies and negotiate major subcontract packages.

Skills

Commercial management experience

Technical understanding of NEC and JCT contracts

Excellent commercial acumen

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Professional qualifications such as RICS/MRICS

Job description

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About the role

Balfour Beatty's Regional Buildings team delivers high-quality construction projects across a wide-ranging portfolio of major building schemes. We are now seeking an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to join our business and lead commercial excellence across complex and strategically significant projects.

In this key leadership role, you will drive commercial performance and ensure robust governance throughout the full project lifecycle. From tendering and procurement through to delivery and final account, you will provide authoritative commercial guidance, shape best practice, and support the successful delivery of our Regional Buildings programme.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Commercial Manager you will:

• Lead commercial management across building projects, ensuring accurate cost control and reporting.
• Oversee contract administration, with strong understanding of NEC and JCT forms of contract.
• Produce detailed cost forecasts, manage risk, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Drive value engineering and challenge assumptions to deliver best value outcomes.
• Manage procurement strategies and negotiate major subcontract packages.
• Lead and develop commercial teams, fostering a culture of quality, collaboration, and high performance.
• Build strong and proactive relationships with clients, consultants, supply chain, and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure all commercial activities align with Balfour Beatty governance and Regional Buildings standards.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Significant commercial management experience within the buildings or construction sector.
• Strong technical understanding of NEC and JCT contracts.
• Excellent commercial acumen with the ability to influence key decisions.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to guide, mentor and develop others.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Professional qualifications such as RICS/MRICS (advantageous but not essential).

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.

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 https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]