Salary: Competitive
Location: M&E Services (North - Sheffield), Sheffield, S9 1JQ
Employment type: Permanent
Brand: Bellrock

Job Description

Commercial Director

Bellrock is the trusted challenger in UK property services. Driven by insights, powered by technology, and delivered by talented people, we are redefining how real estate is managed. Since 2003, our people-first and technology-led approach has helped organisations across the UK transform their estates into high-performance, sustainable environments. Through our integrated service model - spanning Technologies, Consulting, Critical Engineering & Jordon, and Intelligent Asset Care—we deliver compliance, quality, and operational excellence while reducing cost and carbon impact. Our award-winning Concerto IWMS platform, together with mobile solutions from Mobiess and energy analytics from InMetriks, enables smart, data-led estate management at scale

The Commercial Director will lead the commercial strategy, governance, and performance of Bellrock Group’s Critical Engineering Division. You will ensure the profitable and compliant delivery of hard FM, building fabric, and critical engineering services across our portfolio of public and private sector clients. This is a senior leadership role, shaping long-term commercial success while driving value for customers through innovation, data insights, and sustainability.

How will you be the change?

We believe every role is essential to providing that peace of mind for our customers - whatever part of the business you’re in. Because every role plays a part in driving us further. And everyone can be the change. That’s how deliver value for our customers, and building systems that lead the way

And as a Commercial Director with Bellrock, you’ll do it by…

  • Develop and own the commercial strategy for the Critical Engineering Division, ensuring alignment with Bellrock’s group objectives and growth targets.
  • Lead the commercial governance and risk management of contracts, ensuring delivery against agreed KPIs, SLAs, and statutory compliance requirements.
  • Oversee all commercial elements of major engineering, maintenance, and lifecycle projects, including pricing, bid governance, contract negotiation, and variations.
  • Ensure effective cost control and margin management across a diverse portfolio of contracts, balancing profitability with exceptional service delivery.
  • Collaborate with operational and technical leads to optimise building maintenance solutions, including predictive, planned, and reactive maintenance programmes.
  • Drive commercial input into condition surveys, asset lifecycle planning, and building fabric projects, ensuring customers receive data-driven recommendations.
  • Support the mobilisation of new contracts and the transformation of existing ones, embedding commercial best practice and innovation.
  • Foster collaborative partnerships with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure commercial objectives are met and sustained.
  • Contribute to ESG strategies by aligning commercial plans with sustainability, energy efficiency, and Net Zero goals.
  • Provide commercial leadership to the division’s management team, including mentoring and developing commercial managers and quantity surveyors.

What does it take?

If you’re ready to be the energy that helps us build our business, share our success, and really own it as a Commercial Director, you’ll need…

  • Senior commercial leadership experience in critical engineering, hard FM, or technical services, ideally in a large, complex organisation.
  • Proven track record in managing multi-million-pound contracts and frameworks, with deep understanding of contract law, T&Cs, and risk.
  • Strong financial acumen with experience in pricing, cost control, P&L responsibility, and margin improvement.
  • Experience negotiating with public sector clients, private enterprises, and supply chain partners.
  • Ability to interpret and apply building maintenance standards (e.g. SFG20, statutory inspections) in commercial frameworks.
  • Strategic thinker with ability to balance commercial rigour with client-centric solutions.
  • Excellent communication, influencing and relationship management skills.

Working arrangements

We embrace smarter working practices which offer our employees the opportunity to work their hours flexibly and remotely where their roles and business needs allow. In this role, the successful candidate would be required to work from the Sovereign Court, Sheffield office and working two days a week with the team and the rest of the week can be worked from home.


What can we offer you?

Upon joining Bellrock, you can expect a comprehensive benefits package including:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + 1 additional day as a thank you (enjoy it, it’s on us)

Salary exchange pension scheme

Life cover

Paid sick leave

Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to work

Private medical insurance

Holiday purchase scheme of additional 5 days per year

Offers and discount scheme designed to save money on everyday shopping and essentials

Healthcare Cashplan

MotorSave Scheme

Refer a friend

Liftshare

Virtual GP

Free on-site parking.

Helping you to shine

We’ve always encouraged new and different perspectives - and that also means making ours a workplace that encourages diverse and unique voices. Where everyone feels welcome, included, and supported to be themselves and achieve more.

So, if you join us, you’ll find an inclusive workplace that recognises your hard work, offers lots of learning and development, flexible and hybrid working, and support for your wellbeing. As well as benefits that can make a difference to your life.

Ready to start shining?

Our people are our passion, so we’re all about helping them to shine. That means putting everything in place for you to have a rewarding career with us. So you can go far in your career, with us behind you. And our business will grow, too. So, if you’re ready to start your career journey with Bellrock, we’re ready to welcome you. It’s a great place to be - the light, the energy, the solution. You.

Apply today.

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