Business Manager
// Role Summary
Lead a major eight-year contract for environmental laboratory services, driving operational and financial performance. This role offers hybrid working in Whitehaven, Cumbria, and is key to critical nuclear operations.
// Key Responsibilities
- Full profit and loss accountability for a significant contract.
- Manage service contracts lifecycle, ensuring delivery and financial targets.
- Collaborate with teams to maximize resource utilization and support objectives.
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships and reporting.
- Requires experience in complex contract delivery and financial management.
- Must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As a Business Manager at Cavendish Nuclear, based in Whitehaven, Cumbria, you will play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of a newly awarded eight-year contract supporting environmental laboratory services for Sellafield. You will lead a major contract and shape the future of critical nuclear operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading the operational and financial performance of the business area, including full profit and loss accountability.
- Managing service contracts throughout their lifecycle, ensuring contractual obligations, customer expectations, and financial targets are achieved.
- Collaborating with resource management teams to maximise resource utilisation and support programme delivery objectives.
- Supporting capital expenditure projects that enhance operational capability and contract performance.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers while reporting on key performance indicators, contract performance, risks, and opportunities.
Location and Working Arrangement
This role is based in Whitehaven, Cumbria. You will work 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Flexible working arrangements are available, with regular site attendance expected to support operational delivery.
Essential Experience
- Experience successfully delivering multiple complex contracts across large and small-scale operations.
- Strong financial management expertise, including previous profit and loss responsibility.
- Proven ability to lead operational teams and drive commercial performance.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Sound commercial awareness combined with a strong customer-focused approach.
Qualifications
Qualification in a relevant technical, operational, or project management discipline.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
What We Offer
- Attractive Salary + Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading
- ‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.