Project Commercial Manager

Location: Altrincham, Glasgow, London, York, UKRecruiter contact: Laura Kennedy

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

Overview of the role

As our team continues to grow and take on new projects, we are looking for a Commercial Manager to join our Energy Networks team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high profile defence and nuclear new build projects, playing a key role in their commercial success. You’ll 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 include:

• Lead commercial risk management while identifying opportunities through strong commercial bidding and project management, ensuring compliance with company policies and directives
• Maintain a customer‑focused approach, fostering relationships and continuously developing commercial awareness
• Oversee commercial aspects of bids and project controls, ensuring financial and contractual integrity
• Provide strategic commercial input to Account Leaders on specific bids and projects while supporting the General Manager on broader commercial matters, including overhead management

Candidate Specification

Essential:

• Senior‑level commercial experience in consultancy and/or contracting
• 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
• Experience in dispute management and handling commercial claims
• A track record of ensuring robust commercial governance throughout both bid management and project delivery phases

Desirable:

• Experience in energy/utility sector.

Benefits

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x 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.

Employee Ownership

• Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.
• Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses.
• As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution.
• Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future.
• For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one.

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.

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.
• 10 days additional paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers.
• 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.
• We offer policies and dedicated support to help military families balance service life with career and wellbeing.

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.
• We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Gold Award holders in the MOD Employer Recognition Scheme, supported by our dedicated internal Armed Forces Network.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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