Commercial Manager in Glasgow

As our team continues to grow, we are looking for a Commercial Manager to join our Energy Networks Divisional Commercial Management team. This role contributes to high profile Electricity Transmission and Distribution projects, playing a key role in their commercial success. You will be part of a forward‑thinking and inclusive team, helping to shape project initiatives while growing your career in an organisation that prioritises professional development and growth.

Key responsibilities and duties

• Provide strategic commercial input to Account Leaders and Bid Teams on specific bids and projects while supporting the Commercial Manager on broader commercial matters.
• Provide support and advice related to group governance, particularly as regards commercial aspects.
• Provide guidance and direction on commercial risk management while identifying opportunities through strong commercial bidding and project management, ensuring compliance with company policies and directives.
• Assist the Divisional Commercial Manager in ensuring that we are delivering commercially robust proposals through application of our business management systems, a customer focused approach and appropriate innovation in delivery.
• Review contracts with suppliers and subconsultants.
• Liaise with Company Legal advisors on legal and commercial contract matters.
• Participate in contract negotiations, supporting project teams in understanding key issues and securing sound and equitable commercial outcomes.
• Support project and bid teams with submissions for approval of special commitments related to contract and project risk.
• Ensure that appropriate agreements with third parties are in place, including sub‑consultant organisations and strategic and JV partners.
• Support project teams to manage budgets in order to deliver acceptable cash flow and project profit.
• Provide support on how claims/variations should be prepared, presented and negotiated with the customer.
• Support the commercial team to put in place appropriate guidance, training and knowledge sharing.

Candidate specification

• General experience / understanding of commercial and contractual matters in a consultancy and/or contracting environment.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships, working collaboratively across teams, including project professionals, business partners, and clients.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills with the ability to set the standard and lead by example.
• A track record of ensuring robust commercial governance throughout both bid management and project delivery phases.
• Understanding and experience in review of contracts, specifically in relation to consultancy services and understanding the relevant issues and solutions would be advantageous.
• High level knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts would be advantageous.

Additional role information

This is an intended hybrid role, working both in the “WIN” and “DO” stages of projects. Both supporting the commercial aspects of tenders and projects to provide a broad range of experience. There may be a greater focus initially on the tender stage. The above bullet points summarise the various tasks that the role comprises. It is not expected that the candidate will have experience in all aspects and guidance, support and training will be provided to support development.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing: Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues. Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments. Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues. A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family. Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• Financial wellbeing: We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%. Life assurance equal up to 4x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6x your salary. Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury. Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing. As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Lifestyle: A minimum of 33‑35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme. Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years' service. Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.
• Enhanced family and carers leave: Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave. Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay. Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Learning and development: Primary annual professional institution subscription. A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options.
• Networks, communities, and social outcomes: Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities. Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.