I am currently recruiting for a Technical Contracts Manager to join a rail organisation in the West Midlands on a permanent basis.

This is a hybrid working position.

The role is responsible for supporting in the delivery of the contract management activities associated with key contracts in the Infrastructure Directorate.

The Technical Contracts Manager is responsible for providing contract administration management support across the Infrastructure Directorate contracts portfolio, monitoring and managing the technical requirements associated with the delivery of these, including the review of business needs, acceptance of contract schedules and budget availability.

Main duties will include: 

• Effectively managing and assigning contracts within Infrastructure, ensuring technical business requirements are delivered through the contract
• Supporting in ensuring budgetary and governance requirements are adhered to
• Supporting with administering obligations within the contract including assessment of;         
• Variations and compensation events
• Management of purchase order requirements
• Contract payments
• Performance incentive
• Coordination of risk assessment
• Supporting the review and analysis of supply chain monthly reports
• Participating and contributing to monthly contract and programme performance reviews
• Providing day to day ad hoc contract and commercial advice to the team
• Ensuring accurate task definitions and compensation events are produced and that supply chains responses will meet the technical requirements in a cost-effective way

Main skills required:

• Key stakeholder engagement
• Ability to manage business requirements associated with managing contracts that support the delivery of projects and programmes
• Ability to develop financial and technical requirements and plans against defined budgets
• Ability to support negotiations with internal and external parties

Knowledge required:

• Processes
• Systems (CEMAR would be advantageous, but isnt essential)
• Governance, assurance and compliance
• Strategy development
• Project management and planning
• Contract management and administration
• Cost control

Types of experience:

• Essential experience required of high value NEC3 professional services contracts

• Experience of working a contract in a project and/or programme
• Experience of planning, developing and commissioning technical areas of work
• Experience of ensuring technical requirements are correctly articulated to suppliers and that tasks can be commissioned ensuring value for money.
• A background in technical engineering would be beneficial, but not essential

If you are interested in this role and have the relevant skills and experience, please apply for immediate consideration.