Contracts Manager
Your new company
As Contracts Manager, you will provide expert support leading up to the construction phase, including developing contracting strategies, tendering, and negotiating contracts. During the construction phase, you will support the on-site delivery team, ensuring that major works contracts are correctly administered and managed. You will also handle payment matters and any commercial issues that may arise.
Your new role
- Provide construction phase contract management input to the development of contracting and procurement strategies and associated documentation.
- Support project teams during the pre-construction phase and prepare for contract management during construction.
- Work closely with project and legal teams to ensure contracts support effective and efficient project delivery, maximising value and mitigating risks.
- Negotiate contracts, prioritising value while maintaining long-term beneficial relationships with the supply chain.
- Act as the first point of contact on-site for managing contractual and commercial matters, focusing on dispute avoidance and mitigation.
- Lead any claims and contractual negotiation disputes on-site.
- Develop summary and performance reports and metrics for various levels within the organisation, up to Board level.
- Provide expert cost estimation and delay analysis to assess any claims.
What you’ll need to succeed
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Expertise in the application of NEC and FIDIC contract forms with a strong working knowledge of contract law.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to maintain efficiency under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong professional relationships across the business and with contractual counterparties.
- Good understanding and observance of professional ethics, including confidentiality and conflicts of interest.
- Degree qualified in quantity surveying, construction management, or a related discipline with a commercial background. Ideally, an MCIPS or RICS qualification.
- Proven track record in similar roles, ideally in the renewable energy sector.
- Experience in both pre-construction and construction phases of major projects.
- Passion for renewables and a desire to join a market disruptor driving towards net zero.
What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.