Costain Group
Senior Commercial Manager
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Senior Commercial Manager – Energy Business (Costain)
Costain’s aim is to shape, create, and deliver solutions which transform the infrastructure ecosystem, achieving sustainable growth in our four essential markets in the UK: Transport, Water, Energy, and Defence.
Our Energy business helps customers transition to clean energy, providing practical solutions to improve the efficiency, sustainability, and resilience of existing infrastructure. We focus on delivering engineering, construction, and digital solutions to support the UK’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
About the Role
As part of our drive for sustainable growth, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to join our team. You will play a key role in the commercial management of major infrastructure projects, ensuring:
- Optimal contract recovery
- Robust financial management
- Strict adherence to company procedures
The Senior Commercial Manager will support the Head of Commercial Director in:
- Managing resources
- Crafting succession planning
A proficient, commercially astute professional with deep and broad experience, capable of:
- Identifying and analysing commercial risks
- Developing strategies to mitigate risks
- Taking ownership and responsibility
You will be responsible for:
- Ensuring governance compliance
- Adhering to contract-specific requirements
- Providing commercial leadership across projects
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Key Responsibilities
- Support the Head of Commercial Director in succession planning
- Manage resource allocation effectively
- Provide strategic commercial insights to inform decision-making
- Develop, review, and apply best practices in commercial procedures
- Lead the interpretation of policy into actionable operational plans
- Oversee the implementation of governance frameworks
- Ensure alignment of company policies with commercial fulfilment
- Foster strong communication and customer engagement
- Collaborate with commercial teams to motivate, persuade, and lead
Requirements & Qualifications
- Strong commercial acumen with decades of relevant experience
- Track record of risk analysis and strategic execution
- Excellent communication & stakeholder management skills
- Ability to translate policy into action and develop improved processes
- Customer-facing mentality with an emphasis on persuasion and delivery
- Proficient in contract compliance and governance frameworks
Why Join Costain?
Costain helps improve people’s lives by delivering smart infrastructure solutions across energy, water, transportation, and defence. Our vision? To become the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions provider.
We achieve this by:
✅ Serving high-profile blue-chip clients ✅ Supporting national priorities (regulatory, strategic, legislative) ✅ Delivering leading-edge, digitally optimised solutions throughout the asset lifecycle
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- Future-shaping strategic consultancy
- Consultancy and advisory
- Digital technology solutions
- Asset optimisation
- Complex programme delivery
Additional Information
Costain appreciates the effort put into applications, but due to high volumes, we regret we cannot provide individual pre-interview feedback.
Individual feedback is provided post-interview.
Disability Confident Employer
Costain is an accredited Disability Confident employer, committed to:
🔹 Offering interviews to applicants who disclose a disability and meet the minimum role criteria. 🔹 Note: In high-volume recruitment periods, interview availability may be temporarily limited.
For full details, visit: 🔗 Disability Confident Campaign
Current Project Opportunity: Thames Water (AMP7 Delivery Team)
Costain is collaborating with Thames Water on water and wastewater projects, offering opportunities to join our AMP7 delivery team, primarily across Thames Valley & Thames South regions.
Projects range from:
- Capital maintenance works
- Large-scale civil new build schemes
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