Commercial Manager, Water

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AECOM’s commercial function links the operational requirements of the business with the key corporate functions such as finance, legal and risk. The role is key to the sustainable, ambitious regional growth of the Water business, ensuring the contracts we enter into are aligned with corporate risk appetite and financial metrics and balance the commercial position of AECOM with client requirements and growth.

As Commercial Manager you will support the Commercial Director and other business leaders across our Water Business, providing advice and input into bidding decisions, ensuring our proposals and projects are commercially robust and delivered to achieve business plan performance metrics. You will lead the governance process for delivery under our key framework and drive commercial best practice.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Develop effective relationships across the Water business, including Commercial, Legal, Finance, Operations and delivery teams.
• Mentor and develop a Project Commercial Manager. Drive commercial project delivery improvements across the wider Project management community and support with the delivery of training, as necessary.
• Provide well considered solution-focussed risk and commercial advice to bids and projects across the project lifecycle to maximise performance of the Water business. Balancing risk vs. reward.
• Support the commercial and operations team’s business improvement initiatives.
• Develop and execute effective commercial strategies on bids, including key financial metrics, including reviewing AECOM bid models for compliance with commercial objectives.
• Enforce compliance with governance requirements, support project teams with submissions requiring further approvals and ensure close out of governance actions, escalating to the Commercial Director, as required.
• Co-ordinate with legal counsel on commercial matters (e.g. contracts, warranties, PCG’s etc). Provide point of reference for terms and conditions negotiations and support with these negotiations.
• Participate in project reviews, healthy starts, commercial discussions with clients and suppliers, and ensuring the execution of action items. 
• Support the Water Commercial Director with commercial and contract queries.

Come & Grow with Us.

Become part of our dynamic growing commercial team within the Water Business. Our business fosters a culture of trust and collaboration, comprising 600 professionals across UK & Ireland including Engineers, and Project Managers. We deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.  Here, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

There are multiple future career development opportunities, from Project Management through to Operations or Commercial functions, or taking commercial responsibility for a Practice or Business Unit. 

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Preferably a degree (or equivalent qualification) in law, quantity surveying or engineering discipline
• Good working knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 suite of contracts and other common forms of contract.
• Ability to consider and interpret commercial risk associated with key contractual items.
• Proven ability in project, commercial and risk management, including client facing roles. 
• Strong competency in communicating with clients, subcontractors and subconsultants to proactively resolve commercial performance concerns/risks and negotiate terms and conditions.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn – Jay Hewitt.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.