Commercial Manager
Company
Location
Lewes, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/8/2025
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Description
About The Role
Are you ready to take the lead on high-value construction projects and shape their commercial success from day one? As a Commercial Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our project delivery team, overseeing the financial and contractual aspects of major developments—often worth millions. This is a pivotal role where your expertise will drive performance, manage risk, and ensure value at every stage of the project lifecycle.
You’ll be joining a team that thrives on energy, edge, and execution—where your leadership will inspire others and your decisions will make a real impact. If you're looking for a role where you can bring your commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and industry insight to the forefront, this is it.
What you'll be doing
As a Commercial Manager, You’ll Be Responsible For
Who we're looking for
We’re Seeking a Commercially Astute Leader With
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?
Benefits
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:
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
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: [email protected]
Are you ready to take the lead on high-value construction projects and shape their commercial success from day one? As a Commercial Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our project delivery team, overseeing the financial and contractual aspects of major developments—often worth millions. This is a pivotal role where your expertise will drive performance, manage risk, and ensure value at every stage of the project lifecycle.
You’ll be joining a team that thrives on energy, edge, and execution—where your leadership will inspire others and your decisions will make a real impact. If you're looking for a role where you can bring your commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and industry insight to the forefront, this is it.
What you'll be doing
As a Commercial Manager, You’ll Be Responsible For
- Leading the commercial delivery of projects from tender through to completion.
- Managing contracts, procurement strategies, and supply chain relationships.
- Preparing and reviewing cost estimates, CVRs, and commercial reports.
- Driving value engineering and digital innovation in cost planning.
- Overseeing risk and opportunity management, disallowed costs, and dispute resolution.
- Collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure commercial success.
- Mentoring and developing commercial staff, supporting their journey to professional qualification.
- Representing the company in client meetings and promoting our values and behaviours.
Who we're looking for
We’re Seeking a Commercially Astute Leader With
- A BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent experience).
- Chartered membership of RICS, ICES, or CIOB.
- Proven experience in commercial management within the construction industry.
- Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
- A strategic mindset with the ability to manage complexity and drive results.
- A passion for mentoring and developing high-performing teams.
- A deep understanding of governance, cost engineering, procurement, and project controls.
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?
Benefits
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…
Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.
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: [email protected]
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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