Senior Commercial Manager - Rail - London

Balfour Beatty; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Balfour Beatty as a Senior Commercial Manager in London, where you'll lead commercial activities for a top rail business. You'll manage stakeholder relationships, oversee a team of surveyors, and ensure projects deliver on budget. With a competitive salary and various benefits, this role is perfect for an experienced commercial manager looking to thrive in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Smart working with flexible hours

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension scheme

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Experience managing projects over £50m.
• Experience with NCE contracts Option C&E.
• Experience with multiple sub-projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage key stakeholder relationships and oversee a commercial team.
• Ensure adherence to governance processes and budget delivery.
• Provide leadership across the project lifecycle.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Leadership

Strategic change management

Achievement focus

Education

BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience

Job description

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About the role

Our Rail Business is looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to take the lead on commercial activities across a diverse portfolio of projects within a multi-disciplinary business unit.

This unit delivers Civils, Building, Permanent Way (P-way), and Signalling works throughout London and the Southeast.

As a key member of the regional leadership team, you will collaborate closely with the Programme Director, Finance Manager, and other functional leads to support the successful delivery of an annual turnover of approximately £100 million.

What you'll be doing

The successful candidate will be expected to actively manage key stakeholder relationships to ensure they remain strong and effective. Balfour Beatty Rail maintains well-established partnerships with major clients, including Network Rail, Transport for London, and other internal Balfour Beatty business units.

As the delivery unit Commercial Lead, you will be overseeing a commercial team of circa 20 surveyors for whom you will be providing support and guidance on their job responsibilities.

This role involves ensuring strict adherence to internal governance processes throughout all phases of the project lifecycle, with a focus on delivering projects within budget while optimising profit margins.

You will provide leadership across the entire project journey-from work winning through to delivery-demonstrating a strong grasp of technical challenges, risk and supply chain management, and team leadership.

A key part of the role includes actively managing and developing team members to support their growth and performance.

Who we're looking for

The following qualifications are essential:

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
• Experience of NCE contracts Option C&E
• Experience of project over large geographical area with multiple sub-projects
• Experience of projects £50m+

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Member or Fellow of RICS, ICES or CIOB
• Rail experience desirable

Key competencies:

• Communication
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Strategic change management
• Achievement focus (achieving results)
• Business and customer awareness
• Promotes organisational aims and objectives
• Manages customer needs
• Manages opportunities and threats

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

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK's rail networks - designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

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]