Commercial Manager
// Role Summary
Join Babcock as a Commercial Manager in Plymouth, driving multi-billion pound defence infrastructure programmes and ensuring robust commercial governance and risk management in a dynamic, regulated environment.
// Key Responsibilities
- Lead commercial governance for major defence infrastructure programmes.
- Manage complex construction contracts and bids within regulated environments.
- Expertise in NEC4 terms and subcontract tendering.
- Influence billion-pound portfolios and manage commercial risk.
- Hybrid working arrangements with 3 days onsite.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As a Commercial Manager at Babcock's Devonport Royal Dockyard, you will have a significant opportunity to advance your commercial leadership within a highly regulated defence, aerospace, and engineering sector. This role places you at the heart of critical national infrastructure programmes, working with senior stakeholders on large-scale, complex construction projects.
You will join our Naval Nuclear Commercial Team, playing a pivotal role in delivering some of the UK's most significant defence infrastructure programmes. Your influence will extend across billion-pound portfolios, ensuring precision and confidence in commercial governance, risk management, and contract compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide commercial expertise and governance for tenders, contract reviews, change control, and risk management across complex infrastructure programmes.
- Prepare and validate cost estimates, budgets, forecasts, cash flows, and value-of-work-done (VOWD) for multiple project work packages.
- Lead subcontract tendering, including bid evaluation, negotiation, and contract award.
- Negotiate NEC4 terms confidently to secure strong commercial outcomes and manage contract scope.
- Act as an escalation point for high-risk commercial issues, supporting governance and ensuring project delivery remains compliant and controlled.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Significant experience managing large, complex construction contracts and bids within regulated environments.
- Proven experience managing Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) packages across full project lifecycles.
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to build effective stakeholder relationships.
- In-depth knowledge of NEC4 ECC, PSC, and ECSC (Options A–E).
- Robust commercial and contractual risk management capability.
Qualifications
- Degree-level qualification in Quantity Surveying, Business, Law, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent experience.
- World Commerce and Contracting (WCC) or MCIPS qualifications are desirable.
Working Arrangements
This is a full-time, permanent role (35 hours per week) based in Plymouth, Devon, offering hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.