What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?

For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent – Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.

It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

AWE is looking for a Commercial Manager to provide support to the business in the delivery of its customer contracts.  Responsible for all contract aspects, you’ll manage AWE’s contracts throughout their lifecycle using established AWE processes. It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?

Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area

Salary: £TBC (dependent on experience)

AWE offers an attractive array of benefits which include:

• Market leading contributory pension scheme

   

• Generous holiday entitlement

   

• Flexible working hours

   

• 9 day fortnight (every other Friday off)

   

• Salary sacrifice scheme

   

• Consideration for either full time or part time hours. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time

   

• Relocation package available (terms and conditions apply)

   

Successful Candidates will be responsible for:

• Conducting assessments on the viability of internal and external contract opportunities

   

• Monitoring compliance with processes to measure operational efficacy, reporting the outcomes and recommend any management interventions

   

• Maintaining working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

   

• Developing contract bids, costing and pricing

   

• Identify and quantify the actual and potential contract impact of key business performance risks, compliance risks, issues and opportunities on the contract baseline throughout the contract lifecycle

   

• Adherence to processes, governance, tools and templates for commercial activities

   

• Creation of, applying configuration controls to, and performance monitoring of AWE’s contracts

   

Key Responsibilities:

• Provision of clear guidance and expertise to the business on contractual requirements

   

• Champion a contract management and compliance mind-set rigour within the AWE Finance and Business Management team and also across AWE to drive value creation and contractual compliance

   

• Ensuring bids comply with regulatory, governance and legislative matters

   

• Identify and escalate threats to the Management and Operations (M&O) and Non-M&O Contracts

   

• Application of lifecycle contract management processes

   

• Develop and maintain commercial performance tools and processes to measure delivery against contracts

   

Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Experience in a contracts, systems engineering or financial role with the ability to understand and apply relevant pricing methods to minimise risk and maximise value for money

   

• Significant experience in a Government contracting environment

   

• Experience in leading contractual performance management on commercial contracts of varying scales and complexities

   

• Highly developed communication and negotiation skills with the ability to influence at all levels

   

• Effective relationship management at all levels with key internal and external customers and stakeholders

   

• Good facilitation, presentation, leadership and interpersonal skills

   

• Excellent organisational and analytical skills and effectiveness to manage priorities in a multi task role delivering to challenging timescales

   

• Ability to make sound decisions and to challenge

   

• Well-developed skills in the use of a variety of computerised business software to support business needs

   

• Ability to identify, use and monitor the key controls to manage performance and ensure the effective monitoring and application of controls and exception reporting

   

• Experience of stakeholder management and relationship

   

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.

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Please note that you must be a British National to apply for a role at AWE.

AWE plays a crucial role in the defence of the United Kingdom, by providing and maintaining the warheads for the country’s nuclear deterrent. We are a centre of scientific, engineering and technological excellence, with some of the most advanced research, design and production facilities in the world. Our unique expertise also assists the UK Government in developing and delivering a range of innovative and integrated support services, including national nuclear security and counter-terrorism solutions.

AWE is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community which are currently under-represented at AWE, including women, BAME and people with disabilities