Overview
NEC Commercial Manager – Vantage House, Vantage Park, Washingley Road, Huntingdon, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced NEC Commercial Manager to take strategic ownership of commercial outcomes across complex, high‑value highways and transport infrastructure programmes.
We are seeking an experienced NEC Commercial Manager to lead commercial, contractual, and financial assurance activities across a portfolio of Highways & Transport projects.
You’ll bring expertise in effective NEC contract management under both NEC3 and NEC forms of contract, business analysis and commercial assurance, helping to drive improved value, robust contract performance and smarter delivery models across our Highways programmes.
This is a pivotal role supporting the delivery of technically complex programmes within our Highways & Transportation service, ensuring strong commercial governance and high‑quality cost assurance. This role also carries significant influence, working collaboratively with senior leaders, partners and stakeholders to ensure consistency, transparency and strong commercial outcomes across the directorate.
You will act as a senior commercial advisor to project teams, internal stakeholders, and supply chain partners, supporting the successful delivery of high‑value, multifaceted infrastructure works.
About you
You will be a commercially minded professional with strong experience in NEC3/NEC4 contract management and a deep understanding of commercial practices within highways or infrastructure based environments.
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Proven experience managing NEC contracts within a local authority or similar public sector environment.
- Strong analytical capability with experience assuring technically complex project finances.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions at senior levels.
- Strong leadership skills with acollaborative mindset and enthusiasm for coaching, developing, and uplifting commercial capability across multidisciplinary teams.
- A proactive, structured, and solutions‑focused approach to delivering commercial excellence.
For an informal chat about the role please contact lisa.swannell@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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