Contracts Manager

Overview

In this Contract Manager role, you will lead pre- and post-contract commercial activities for complex infrastructure projects in the Glasgow region. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to manage contracts, procurement, and financial performance across a portfolio including biodiversity net gain initiatives. Your expertise will help control costs, optimise value, and ensure robust governance throughout the project lifecycle. This is a hands-on, stakeholder-facing role with a clear impact on delivering major capital programmes and environmental projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pre- and post-contract commercial support across multiple projects and programmes
• Administer NEC3/NEC4-based contracts including change control, compensation events, payments, and final accounts
• Lead procurement activities from market engagement to award and close-out, including ITT and tender evaluations
• Develop procurement strategies to achieve value for money aligned to project objectives
• Support delivery of compensatory planting and biodiversity net gain initiatives within approved budgets
• Maintain project cost forecasts, budgets and financial reports; provide commercial insights
• Negotiate and manage land agreement terms with project teams and landowners
• Collaborate with Project Managers and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery and governance
• Contribute to continuous improvement of commercial processes, systems, and ways of working
• Support KPIs around cost savings, value creation, governance, and sustainability compliance

Key requirements

• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing contracts on capital projects or programmes valued 5m–100m+
• Strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts and practical application
• Experience in cost planning and estimating, budget management and forecasting, contract administration, procurement and tender management, payment and expenditure management, final account negotiation
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure

• Excellent negotiation and communication
• Stakeholder management
• Analytical thinking
• NEC3/NEC4 contracts
• Cost planning and estimating
• Budget management and forecasting

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