Babcock International Group
Senior Commercial Manager
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Job Title: Senior Commercial Manager
Location
Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation
Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type
Full time / Permanent
Role ID
SF74163
Lead Commercial Excellence On One Of The UK’s Most Ambitious Nuclear Projects
At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Commercial Manager at our Hinkley Point C site in Bridgwater, Somerset.
The Role
As a Senior Commercial Manager, you will take a strategic lead in managing commercial delivery across complex mechanical, electrical and HVAC works within a major nuclear new build project. You will operate at the heart of a collaborative alliance, driving performance, managing risk, and ensuring robust, compliant commercial practices.
The role is full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Hinkley Point C in Bridgwater, Somerset. Hybrid working patterns are available – three days on-site and two days working from home.
Day-to-day, you will be required to:
- Lead commercial activities across multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring alignment with alliance objectives
- Manage contract administration and change control processes in line with NEC frameworks
- Drive effective cost control, forecasting and reporting using tools such as CEMAR and Power BI
- Support audits, cost verification and payment certification to maintain compliance and transparency
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across project delivery teams and client organisations
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Essential Experience
- Demonstrable experience delivering commercial leadership on large-scale infrastructure or engineering projects
- Strong knowledge of NEC3 or NEC4 contracts and change management processes
- Experience working within joint venture or alliance environments
- Proven ability to lead, develop and influence high-performing teams
- Familiarity with commercial systems such as CEMAR, SharePoint or Power BI
Qualifications
- Professional membership or working towards accreditation such as MCIPS, IACCM / WCC or Postgraduate Certificate in Commercial Management (advantageous)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain UK - Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK
What We Offer
- 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 is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March. annually. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
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Cavendish
We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.
Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
Join us and discover how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing Date
24/07/2026
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