Commercial Manager – Highways (Local Authority Term Service Contract)

Are you an experienced commercial professional ready to lead on a vital Highways Term Service Contract? Join Kier Transportation in Glastonbury, where your expertise will help shape the future of local infrastructure and drive real value in the delivery of essential road maintenance and improvement works. This role involves managing costs, ensuring value for money, and maintaining financial control over highways maintenance and improvement projects.

We're working brilliantly together with local authorities to maintain and improve the UK's roads. At Kier, you'll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and integrity.  You will also have the support to grow your career while making a real difference in the communities we serve.

Location: Glastonbury – remote working available, with travel to the office required

Hours: Permanent Fulltime 40 hours per week some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £80,000 - £95,000 per year + bonus + annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits  

What will you be responsible for?

As a Commercial Manager, you'll will work closely with operational teams, local authority stakeholders, and supply chain partners to optimise commercial performance and ensure compliance with contract terms.

Your day to day will include:

• Oversee contract performance ensuring compliance with commercial and contractual obligations on a local authority highways framework
• Manage budgets and control costs mitigating financial risks across multiple projects
• Support procurement and subcontractor management, driving value for money and strong supply chain relationships
• Lead on valuation and payment processes, including variations, applications for payment, and final accounts

What are we looking for?

This role of Commercial Manager is great for you if have:

• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field  
• Extensive commercial experience in highways or infrastructure, ideally on local authority term contracts
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts, including administration and negotiation experience

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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