Commercial Manager (HVDC)

About The Role

At Balfour Beatty, we don’t just build projects, we deliver the infrastructure that powers

communities, businesses, and entire industries. Our Power Transmission & Distribution

team is shaping some of the most unprecedented and complex projects in the UK energy sector, and we’re looking for a Commercial Manager who’s ready to match that ambition.

Our HVDC portfolio is growing with the recent success on both Lot 1 & Lot 2 of National Grid’s £59 billion High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Framework. The first tender under the new frameworks will cover southern civil works for Eastern Green Links 3 and 4. This position is to be part of Lot 2 – HVDC Onshore Cable Civils.

This isn’t a role for someone who wants to coast. We’re after a professional with sharp

commercial acumen, fire in their belly, and the drive to get things done to the highest standard.

You’ll be stepping into a high-performing team where the bar is set high, the pace is fast, and the rewards are real.

Can be based from Derby, with travel to site (3 days onsite in York/Hull)

What you'll be doing

• Leading the commercial delivery of major power sector projects, ensuring outcomes that are profitable, sustainable, and aligned with client expectations.
• Driving commercial strategy, managing risk, and ensuring strong governance across complex contracts.
• Coaching and developing your team, raising the standard at every level
• Building trusted relationships with clients, stakeholders, and partners through transparency, integrity, and delivery.
• Provides commercial input to Value Engineering reviews for different forms of construction.
• To manage the preparation of Target Cost for a Project, including the associated risks.
• To support the review of tenders, including estimates, cost data and contract reviews.
• Manage the preparation of the monthly CVR and associated commercial reports.

To be able to report and explain the commercial progress to senior project staff.

Establish client supply chain requirements & advise on alternative forms of contract & procurement arrangements.

Co-ordination of buying, accounts, production control/planning, supply chain management & procurement techniques, estimating & surveying functions

Who we're looking for

• A proven track record as a Commercial Manager (or a Managing Quantity Surveyor ready to step up) with significant experience in large-scale infrastructure, energy, or power projects.
• The full suite of professional QS skills and qualifications — but more importantly, the ability to apply them in real-world, high-pressure environments.
• Demonstration of Strategic Change Management.
• FIDIC contract experience desirable, but not essential.
• A results-driven mindset: someone who thrives on challenges, makes clear decisions, and refuses to settle for “good enough.”
• Track record of managing and developing a commercial team and be themselves a Chartered Member or Fellow of the RICS, ICES or CIOB, and a mentor/role model to other commercial staff on their journey to becoming professionally qualified.
• Strong alignment with Balfour Beatty’s values — Lean, Expert, Trusted, Safe — and the ability to bring these to life daily in how you lead, deliver, and inspire others.
  
  

Why work for us

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.

• Full-time or part-time flexibility
• Hybrid & Smart Working - manage your diary your way
• Work on landmark projects with a national impact
• Personal development, chartership support & career progression
• A collaborative, inclusive, and supportive culture

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com