Water Commercial Lead: Projects, Risk & Growth

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional development

Chartership support

Job summary

WSP UK & Ireland is seeking a Commercial Manager (quantity surveyor level) to lead commercial aspects across water and environmental projects. You will embed a culture of commercial excellence, manage risks, and work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex infrastructure for clients.

The role requires a degree or equivalent, strong experience in quantity surveying and project commercial management, advanced Excel, and NEC contract knowledge.

Qualifications

• A degree (or equivalent professional experience), in a relevant discipline.
• A background in quantity surveying AND project commercial management.
• Advanced MS Excel skills and confidence using similar tools to analyse, manage and report commercial data.
• Solid working knowledge of NEC 3/4 contract administration.
• The ability to produce clear, well‑structured reports and deliver information confidently through presentations and meetings.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients, stakeholders and project teams.
• Experience planning project timescales, resources and commercial inputs, with the ability to monitor and report progress against programme and budget.
• An understanding of fee structures and cost drivers across different project stages, with the ability to support effective commercial decision‑making (desirable but not essential).
• A mind that is open to the opportunities presented by the adoption of AI.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver commercial services to both internal and external clients across a variety of water and environmental sector projects.
• Provide risk and commercial advice during the bid and project lifecycle to assess performance and provide support to the wider business.
• Ensure suitable prospect governance is in place.
• With support from the finance team provide effective reporting and forecasting of the commercial performance of projects within the Water business.
• Carry out detailed analyses of projects and report on the issues and findings from both a commercial and financial perspective.
• Ensure changes are managed rigorously with a focus on commercial implications of change, manage commercial risk and opportunity generally.
• Ensure that activities meet both internal company standards and external requirements. Support the commercial team’s business improvement initiatives.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Project commercial management

Advanced MS Excel

NEC 3/4 contract administration

Reporting & presentations

Interpersonal skills

Project planning

Commercial decision-making

Open to AI opportunities

Education

Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Tools

Excel

Job description

WSP UK & Ireland is seeking a Commercial Manager (quantity surveyor level) to lead commercial aspects across water and environmental projects. You will embed a culture of commercial excellence, manage risks, and work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex infrastructure for clients.

The role requires a degree or equivalent, strong experience in quantity surveying and project commercial management, advanced Excel, and NEC contract knowledge.