Contracts Manager

At Soben, we're redefining construction consultancy through innovation, expertise, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. As we continue our ambitious growth journey, we are seeking an experienced Contract Manager to join our expanding Glasgow team.

Working with one of our key infrastructure and construction clients, you will play a critical role in delivering commercial and procurement strategies across a diverse portfolio of projects. This position offers an exciting opportunity to lead commercial activities on compensatory planting and biodiversity net gain projects while supporting the successful delivery of major capital programmes.

You will provide both pre- and post-contract commercial management services, ensuring robust cost control, effective contract administration, and successful stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial & Contract Management

• Deliver comprehensive pre- and post-contract commercial support across a range of projects and programmes.
• Administer contracts in accordance with relevant conditions of contract, primarily NEC3/NEC4.
• Manage contract performance, change control, compensation events, payments, and final account negotiations.
• Ensure contractual and commercial risks are appropriately identified, managed, and mitigated.

Procurement Management

• Lead procurement activities from market engagement through to contract award and close-out.
• Prepare and manage Invitations to Tender (ITT), tender evaluations, supplier negotiations, and contract execution.
• Develop procurement strategies that deliver value for money while meeting project objectives.
• Support supplier and contractor performance management throughout contract delivery.

Biodiversity Net Gain & Compensatory Planting Projects

• Support the delivery of compensatory planting and biodiversity net gain initiatives across the client's portfolio.
• Work closely with Project Managers and key stakeholders to develop commercially viable project solutions.
• Ensure contracts are delivered within approved budgets whilst maximising cost recovery opportunities where applicable.

Financial Management & Reporting

• Maintain accurate project cost forecasts, budgets, and financial reports.
• Monitor project expenditure and provide timely commercial insights and recommendations.
• Prepare detailed financial reports and present findings to project and senior management teams.
• Drive cost optimisation initiatives and identify opportunities for commercial improvement.

Land Agreement Negotiations

• Support the negotiation and management of commercial and financial terms associated with land agreements.
• Collaborate with project teams and landowners to achieve commercially favourable outcomes.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with Project Managers, Procurement & Commercial Managers, Contracts Managers, and external stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
• Build strong working relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
• Influence and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels to achieve project and business objectives.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to departmental KPIs and strategic objectives, including:
  • Cost savings and value creation
  • Value engineering initiatives
  • Commercial governance and compliance
  • Health, Safety, and Sustainability performance
• Support the continuous improvement of commercial processes, systems, and ways of working.

About You

We're looking for a commercially astute professional with strong contract management experience and a proven track record of delivering successful outcomes on complex projects.

Essential Requirements

• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience managing contracts on capital projects or programmes valued between £5m–£100m+.
• Strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts and their 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 perform effectively under pressure.

Desirable Qualifications

• MRICS or working towards chartered status.
• Experience within utilities, infrastructure, environmental, biodiversity, or capital delivery programmes.
• Knowledge of biodiversity net gain and environmental project delivery.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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