Senior Commercial Manager – Nuclear SMR & Construction

Millbank; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Millbank Holdings Ltd is recruiting a Commercial Manager to own the commercial delivery of a major nuclear SMR programme in the UK. You will lead commercial strategy, procurement, risk, and contract management across civil, construction and infrastructure work packages.

You will work with project leadership to protect value, manage compensation events and subcontractor commercial relationships while ensuring regulatory compliance and best practice in a highly controlled environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Commercial Manager role within major construction, civil engineering, infrastructure or engineering projects.
• Proven experience managing the commercial delivery of large-scale construction contracts and work packages.
• Strong knowledge of contract management, procurement, tendering and commercial negotiations.
• Demonstrable experience administering construction contracts, ideally NEC forms of contract.
• Experience managing variations, compensation events, claims, change control and final accounts.
• Strong understanding of cost management, forecasting, budgeting and commercial reporting.
• Experience managing subcontractors, suppliers and key commercial stakeholders.
• Ability to identify commercial risks and opportunities and develop effective mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial management activities across major construction, civil engineering and infrastructure work packages.
• Develop and implement commercial strategies aligned with overall project objectives and delivery requirements.
• Manage the commercial lifecycle of contracts, from procurement and tendering through to contract award, delivery and final account.
• Oversee contractual negotiations, ensuring appropriate commercial terms, risk allocation and contractual protections are achieved.
• Manage contractor and subcontractor commercial relationships, monitoring performance and ensuring contractual compliance.
• Administer and manage construction contracts, including NEC and other relevant forms of contract.

Skills

Commercial management

Contract negotiation

NEC contracts

Cost control

Procurement

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Millbank Holdings Ltd is recruiting a Commercial Manager to own the commercial delivery of a major nuclear SMR programme in the UK. You will lead commercial strategy, procurement, risk, and contract management across civil, construction and infrastructure work packages.

You will work with project leadership to protect value, manage compensation events and subcontractor commercial relationships while ensuring regulatory compliance and best practice in a highly controlled environment.