Contracts Manager

Location - Birmingham, working on the HS2 project

Salary - £61,000 per annum on a 12 month rolling contract

My client is currently looking for a Contracts Manager to join their team on the HS2 project. On top of the salary, you will receive 4 weeks annual leave, paid bank holidays, sick pay and a pension scheme.

Purpose of the Job:

Manage the contractual and commercial relationship with the Phase Two Professional Services Consultants responsible for managing the hybrid Bill phase of the project to achieve Royal Assent and the subsequent handover to the delivery phase. Responsible for ensuring an integrated approach between PSCs and the Integrated Development Team

Accountabilities:

• Ensure all contracts are contractually and commercially managed as required, including responsibility for ensuring all contractual timescales are adhered to.
• Manage and monitor the contract deliverables received from the consultant and ensure they are communicated to the appropriate responsible and accountable owners to ensure HS2 meets the contractual timescales.
• Manage and monitor the contract deliverables to be provided by HS2 to the consultant and ensure all such deliverables and associated communications to the consultant are completed in a timely manner to ensure HS2 Ltd meets its contractual obligations.
• Lead and manage the day to day commercial relationship with the PSCs including ensuring a collaborative and integrative approach is being taken with all PSCs and across all disciplines.
• Promote an environment of collaboration
• Deputies for the Senior Contracts Manager, as required
• Support the Senior Contracts Manager in the administration of the Phase Two DP contracts and in ensuring contract management activities are aligned and delivered to the contract requirements.
• Support the Phase Two project delivery team and other HS2 directorates in the administration of Employer's Representative duties.
• Support the Senior Contracts Manager by providing appropriate commercial information to promote informed decision-making.
• Support the Senior Contracts Manager in providing information for Commercial Reports.
• Understand, review and implement HS2 contractual, commercial & financial system requirements.
• Understand and review the project funding and delivery budget.
• Take the lead for effective cost control, maintaining close liaison with functional managers for Project Controls, Change Management, Planning, Risk Management, Finance and Procurement.
• Liaise with the project controls team with respect to the consultants progress, spend and performance reporting.
• Undertake regular commercial reviews of all consultant costs, including their sub consultant costs, and implement appropriate mitigation measures as required and generally proactively manage contract expenditure against project budget.
• Ensure that periodic reporting and cost data are accurately managed for the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) and the Estimate to Complete (ETC) and any variances against budget are explained in commercial reports.
• Lead and proactively manage the Early Warning process.
• Proactively support mitigation measure initiatives captured on the contract risk registers.
• Lead and proactively manage change instructions, including managing the progress of change requests through the HS2 governance structure and in association with other HS2 functions.

Key Skills And Knowledge Required:

• Experience of assisting the Employer's Representative under the NEC3 form of contract and application of core processes relating to risk management;
• Experience of contract management of technical services contracts using the NEC3 form of contract and other forms;
• Strong analytical, commercial and negotiating skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Skilled at implementing collaborative working in a multi-contract environment;
• Experience of applying incentive arrangements to enhance supplier performance; and
• Relevant professional qualification and membership

If this is of interest then please apply now with your most up to date copy of your CV or calling Dan at VGC on <phone number removed> .

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