Contract Manager

Overview

Manage contracts, finance and risk for multidisciplinary engineering projects

Key Responsibilities

• contract management
• commercial ops
• risk management
• project delivery
• stakeholder collaboration
• net-zero

Tasks

The Contract Manager at Waterman Group plays a pivotal role in driving the financial and strategic success of multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy projects. This role is responsible for overseeing commercial operations, ensuring profitability, and managing risk across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure, urban regeneration, and sustainability-focused developments. Working collaboratively with project teams, clients, and stakeholders, the Contract Manager ensures that contracts are effectively managed, and commercial opportunities are maximised. -Working for/with contractors as well as clients/employers, and other members of the supply chain. -Develop your leadership profile while mentoring others and influencing strategy. -Deliver projects that shape communities and contribute to the net-zero agenda.

Requirements

• nec4
• primavera
• chartered
• degree
• communication
• leadership

What You Bring

-NEC4 ECC Project Accreditation, Prince2, or APM Project Management Qualification would be desirable. -Ability to understand the payment and variation mechanisms of bespoke client appointments (usually drafted by client lawyers) to ensure we are paid timeously and in the event of default of payment we have a clear contractual route to recovery. -Proven experience of leading, inspiring, motivating, influencing and managing performance of a team. -Experience of working project management and scheduling tools including Primavera P6 or MS Project for programme and contingency planning. Together with familiarity with common data environments such as A-Site, CEEMAR, Fastdraft, or Asset Management Software. -Excellent communication skills – verbal, written, active listening – and the ability to adapt style as needed -Basic legal knowledge relevant to appointments. -Ability to develop others and enable exposure of challenging packages of work throughout the wider team, sharing skills and experience. -Experience of developing strong, effective and beneficial relationships both internal and external to the organisation. -Demonstrable working understanding, knowledge and experience of NEC Contracts, Methods of measurement, Change control under NEC and General finance / payment processes in particular issuing and tracking all Early Warning Notices and Compensation Events. -Background working with multi-disciplinary teams across clients, contractors and sub-consultants. -Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, and / or Civil Engineering or a relevant discipline, or relevant equivalent experience. -Clarity of thought, ability to think and translate ideas into realised benefits across the organisation -Chartered membership of an appropriate professional institution. -An understanding of the payment’s provisions of the Construction Act. -Strong ownership and self-belief to confidently overcome barriers and explain principles and decisions to a broad range of stakeholders -Ability to engage successfully across a range of stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes. -Understanding and application of risk protocols commensurate to the activity. Able to bring in relevant risk appetite to achieve outcomes -Knowledge of approaches to achieve broad skills development and cultural change. -Fully understands the NEC, JCT, and ACE forms of contract including pricing options, with is a particular emphasis on the PSC document in the NEC suite both short and long form and the differences in NEC 3 and 4 and the commercial differences between each. -Demonstrable experience of sound judgement, awareness of external environment and astuteness. Able to constructively challenge and substantiate decisions. Able to negotiate positively. -Evidence of having developed commercial opportunities, models and activities. -Strong understanding of commercial practices, tools, techniques and approach and how these can be embedded into processes and organisational culture. In depth and full understanding of the NEC, JCT and ACE (not as regularly used) and the emphasis on the professional services documents in the various suites. -Able to run regular workshops with the wider Waterman Group teams upskilling colleagues regarding payment and the NEC in general.

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Benefits

-We value work-life balance and support flexible arrangements.

About Waterman Group

-Now part of Japan’s CTI Engineering, it blends local insight with international reach. -The business thrives on tackling complex infrastructure, property, environment, and energy challenges. -Typical assignments range from urban rail and highways design to large-scale energy and environmental consultancy. -Renowned projects include waste hubs, science parks, premium offices, and sustainable hotel developments. -Its multidisciplinary teams navigate full project life-cycles—from initial surveys and planning to design, delivery, and maintenance. -A hallmark is integrating design excellence with practical delivery across building, transport, environmental, and energy sectors.

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