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Working for one of the leading organisation, client side, this is one of the largest projects in the UK. There are exciting challenges in this role and excellent opportunities to make a difference in this strategic and collaborative role.

Our client is looking to recruit a Senior Technical Contracts Manager or Senior Project Manager wo will be responsible for providing contract administration management across the Infrastructure Directorate’s contracts portfolio, monitoring and managing the technical requirements associated with delivery of these including the review of business needs, acceptance of contract schedules and budget availability.

This will be to:

Effectively and efficiently manage the Infrastructure Directorate’s portfolio of contracts (including, but not limited to EDP, RSSC), ensuring the technical business requirements are delivered through the contract;
• To be responsible for ensuring budgetary and governance requirements have been adhered to.
• To be responsible for the administration of the obligations of the Project Manager under the NEC3 Contract, including assessment of:-
• variations and compensation events • contract payments & performance incentives

• coordination of risk assessment and management of mitigating actions. 
• To support the review and analysis of supply chain monthly reports to drive supply chain performance;
•To participate and contribute to monthly contract and programme performance reviews and other ad hoc reviews, including input to HS2’s Supplier Relationship Management Framework;
• To be responsible for providing day to day ad hoc contract and commercial advice to the client team;
• Undertake the pre-contract interface with the central procurement and contracts team to ensure that there is commercial input throughout the tender process leading up to contract award
• To play a part in supporting the development of a collaborative culture within the supply chain that encourages innovation, enhances functional capability, creates consistency of performance, maximises the benefits of knowledge sharing and embeds industry best practice across the organisation; 

Experience

• Working a contract in a technical area of an infrastructure project and/or programme, with a preference for experience of high value NEC3 professional services contracts. 
• Planning, developing and implementing technical areas of work through an established contract.
• Ensuring technical requirements are correctly articulated to suppliers and the tasks can commissioned ensuring value for money. 

Knowledge:
Governance, Assurance & Compliance • Strategy Development • Project Management & Planning • Estimating & Cost Planning • Procurement • Contract Management & Administration • Negotiation • Cost Control • Risk & Value Management • Supply Chain engagement • Processes • Systems •NEC3 A,C & D

An Engineering qualification and experience within infrastructure (Rail, Roads or water) would be really useful.