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Job No. BBUK21355
Regional Scotland
Quantity Surveying & Commercial
Job Title: Commercial Manager
Location: Highlands / Scotland Wide with Regular Travel to Fortwilliam
Company: Balfour Beatty
Project: Healthcare Construction
Build more than a project. Help deliver a new hospital for the Highlands.
Balfour Beatty is looking for an experienced Commercial Manager to take a leading commercial role on the New Lochaber Hospital in Fort William.
This is an opportunity to join a major healthcare project that will make a lasting difference to communities across Lochaber and the wider Highlands.
We are particularly keen to hear from commercially strong construction professionals who have delivered major building projects within healthcare, education or similarly complex environments and want to play a key role in taking a significant project through its next stages and into construction.
The role is based around Fort William, although we are open to applications from candidates based anywhere in Scotland, provided you are comfortable with regular travel to Fort William, particularly as the project moves into the construction phase, currently planned to commence in January 2028.
As Commercial Manager, you'll be an integral member of the project leadership team, responsible for driving the commercial and financial success of the project.
You'll have broad responsibility across risk, procurement, contract management, financial reporting and supply-chain management, while leading and developing the commercial team supporting the project. This reflects the Balfour Beatty Commercial Manager role profile, where the position owns project commercial performance and manages all costs and income within its area of responsibility.
Your responsibilities will include:
We're looking for an established Commercial Manager, Managing Quantity Surveyor or Senior Commercial professional ready to take commercial ownership of a significant project.
Ideally, you'll bring:
Why this role?
This isn't simply another Commercial Manager vacancy.
You'll have the opportunity to become part of a project with a genuine long-term social legacy, helping deliver important new healthcare infrastructure for Fort William and the surrounding communities.
You'll join the project ahead of the main construction phase, giving you the opportunity to influence the commercial strategy, procurement, risk, supply chain and delivery approach before construction begins.
And while the project is in Fort William, you don't necessarily need to relocate. We are keen to speak with talented commercial professionals from across Scotland who can commit to regular travel to the project, with the site presence increasing as construction progresses from January 2028.
Interested?
If you've delivered major projects within healthcare, education or complex construction and are looking for an opportunity where you can have a genuine influence from pre-construction through to delivery, we'd like to hear from you.
Professional and personal development
The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.
We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.
We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.
70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.
For further information about Balfour Beatty Scotland, please visit the Balfour Beatty careers website.
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Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.
We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.
Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.
We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com
