Closing Date 2025-02-24 Job Title: Commercial Manager Location: We offer a hybrid approach to working, approximately 2 days on-site and 3 from home. We can be flexible with the base location of this role across East Sussex, West Sussex and West Hampshire Contract Type: Permanent Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday Salary: Competitive salary commensurate to experience. Job Overview Our Business Plan 2025 to 2030 is our largest and most ambitious plan ever. The plan is the company’s largest ever, to enhance the health and wellbeing of our communities, protect and improve the environment and help to sustain the local economy. Due to expansion, we are looking for multiple Commercial Managers to join our Procurement team. The Commercial Manager must act as a commercial business partner and be considered an expert and trusted advisor. The Commercial Manager will provide cost management services, commercial support pre-contract award, contractual compliance, and dispute resolution, enabling Southern Water to extract maximum value from its construction contracts. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to Support delivery of cost management services within a specified business directorate, providing commercial support and advice to the business including appraisal of options, feasibility studies, cost planning, procurement support, cost management, change management, and cost appraisals throughout the contract/project lifecycle. Operate within a defined framework of commercial/cost management, control, and audit in line with procurement best practices and techniques. Work closely with commercial Project Managers to provide pre-contract capabilities. Ensure all commercial and cost activity is recorded using agreed processes, and that it is incorporated into the costs and budgets Work with Project Managers and contractors to support setting of target costs/fixed prices as appropriate for the contract form About You We are keen to hear from experienced (and preferable fully qualified) Quantity Surveyors who are looking to take their next step into an exciting yet challenging Commercial Management career. Experience within the Utilities industry, and Chartership would be advantageous but are not essential. Package This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working. We can be flexible with the base location of this role within Sussex and West Hampshire. We are offering a competitive salary depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including: • Company and performance-related bonus • Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution • Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary • Health benefits through a Cash Plan • Two paid community volunteering days a year • 25 days annual holiday • Occupational health service • Perkbox benefits offering discounts and savings on several products and experiences • Study support may be available for job-related qualifications • We offer competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options Join Southern Water and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment. Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role? Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position. Privacy Statement: Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application. All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.