Job Description

Commercial Manager - Bridgwater, UK

About the Role

Hinkley Point C (HPC), Bridgwater. Bristol or Bridgwater – at least 3 days in the office.

Are you ready to shape the future of commercial excellence on one of the UK’s most ambitious infrastructure projects? Join EDF at Hinkley Point C and play a key role in delivering a world-class commercial service that supports the success of a multi-billion-pound nuclear programme.

The Opportunity

The newly created arm of the Commercial function sits within the overarching supply chain function of HPC and has been set up to lead a commercial centre of excellence, ensuring a world class service for the HPC project.

As a Commercial Manager, you’ll play a key role in a dynamic team focused on managing and optimising post-contract commercial activities. With over 70 contracts already secured, this is your opportunity to drive performance, ensure compliance, and deliver value across the UK’s energy future.

You’ll take the lead on contract management, change control, supplier performance, and commercial risk mitigation—ensuring best practice is applied throughout the delivery phase of the commercial lifecycle.

Pay, Benefits & Culture

The salary for this role starts from £64,000 per annum. We offer flexible benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing, including: a market-leading pension scheme, a bonus plan, health cover, electric vehicle leasing, mental health support, and employee discounts.

Our benefits include enhanced parental leave, health insurance, product discounts, critical illness insurance, technology vouchers, gym memberships, and season ticket loans.

We embrace flexibility, supporting collaboration whether you're in the office, on site, or working remotely. Our priority is to ensure you feel safe, valued, and included.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, aiming for an equitable workforce that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, including minority groups and supporting social mobility.

We support you in pursuing a career that’s meaningful to you, recognizing that success varies for everyone.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll lead post-contract commercial management for contracts up to £100m, ensuring supplier performance aligns with contract terms and project objectives.

Your responsibilities include contract mobilisation, performance monitoring, variation management, and final account settlement, all aimed at driving value and maintaining strong commercial governance.

You will collaborate with legal, credit risk, and procurement teams to develop contracts and frameworks, review long-term service agreements, and ensure compliance with EDF’s policies.

You’ll foster a culture of continuous improvement, support knowledge transfer, and manage commercial assistants, contributing to the safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of the HPC project.

Who You Are

You possess strong commercial acumen and have proven experience managing post-contract activities in complex projects.

You are either a member of or working towards membership with CIPS or RICS.

You have strong analytical and decision-making skills, with a good understanding of contract performance, risk, and change management. Familiarity with NEC and FIDIC contracts, nuclear site licence conditions, and UK regulatory frameworks is desirable.

You must meet security vetting criteria, typically requiring UK residency for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Applications close on 31st August 2025, with interviews following shortly after.