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Head of Commercial

Cavendish Nuclear

The Role

Overview

Leads commercial strategy and team for nuclear projects, managing contracts and growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • strategic planning
  • risk management
  • compliance
  • team leadership
  • stakeholder collaboration
  • commercial reporting

Tasks

-Driving long-term strategy and identifying growth opportunities within regulated environments. -Reporting directly to the Commercial Director and partnering with the Head of Business Stream. -Managing teams and influencing senior stakeholders. -Navigating commercial risk and compliance frameworks. -Supporting business unit leadership with commercial, supply chain and contract management expertise. -Leading and mentoring a team of Commercial Managers to deliver strategic commercial outcomes. -Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure commercial compliance and performance.

Requirements

  • nec contracts
  • senior commercial
  • strategic leadership

What You Bring

-Working confidently with NEC contracts. -Bringing senior-level commercial experience within a regulated industry. -Demonstrating strategic leadership in complex commercial environments.

Benefits

-Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance -Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave -Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually. -Employee share scheme -Employee shopping savings portal -‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity -Generous holiday allowance -Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing. -Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+ -Payment of Professional Fees

The Company

About Cavendish Nuclear

-Evolved through amalgamations into a global nuclear specialist. -Delivers projects across the full nuclear lifecycle, including reactor build support and radioactive waste clean-up. -Operates in civil new builds, military Continuous at Sea Deterrent, and complex decommissioning. -Known for high-tech services such as plutonium facility characterisation and advanced modular reactor collaborations. -Expanding UK nuclear expertise globally with offices in Japan and the US. -Leads cutting-edge partnerships, including high-temperature gas-cooled reactor research.

Sector Specialisms

Clean Energy

Defence

Civil Decommissioning

Nuclear New Build

Radiological Protection

Environmental Monitoring

Engineering Consultancy

Safety Consultancy

Waste Management

Decommissioning Planning

Environmental Restoration

Advanced Manufacturing

Project Management

Mechanical, Electrical, Heating and Ventilation (MEH)

Digital Engineering

Installation and Welding

Commissioning

Regulatory and Licence Compliance Advice

Human Factors

Radiation Protection

Shielding

Stress Analysis

Feasibility Studies

Environmental and Liabilities Consultancy

Training and Engineering Support

Security Clearance

-must obtain and maintain security check (sc) clearance