Contract Manager
// Role Summary
Join Cavendish Nuclear as a Contract Manager in Bristol, playing a vital role in a major clean energy project by providing expert commercial and governance support for NEC contracts.
// Key Responsibilities
- Administer NEC contracts from award through close-out, ensuring compliance.
- Manage compensation events, including assessment and negotiation.
- Drive proactive commercial risk management and supplier performance.
- Develop cost baselines and support supplier evaluation.
- Work on one of the UK's largest and most complex clean energy projects.
- Hybrid working arrangement available.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As a Contract Manager at Cavendish Nuclear, you will provide expert commercial and governance support for the delivery of NEC contracts within a significant nuclear infrastructure programme. This role is crucial during the delivery phase, ensuring robust contract administration, controlled commercial risk, and aligned supplier performance with programme objectives.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of the UK's largest and most complex clean energy projects. Your expertise will directly support safe delivery, cost certainty, and long-term value, while enhancing your commercial leadership capabilities for progression within major infrastructure and nuclear programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Administering NEC3 contracts from award through delivery to close-out, ensuring full contractual compliance.
- Managing compensation events, including assessment, negotiation, and agreement of quotations.
- Developing and maintaining cost baselines and supporting the evaluation of supplier submissions.
- Undertaking detailed cost analysis, reviewing assumptions, quantities, rates, and scope alignment.
- Supporting proactive commercial risk management, dispute avoidance, and supplier performance assurance.
Work Environment
The role is full-time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, based at Aztec West Business Park, Almondsbury. Hybrid working patterns are available, offering a balance between flexibility and collaboration.
Essential Experience
- Strong contract and commercial management experience within major infrastructure, engineering, or nuclear environments.
- Demonstrated experience administering NEC contracts, including compensation events.
- Proven quantity surveying capability, including valuation, cost control, and change management.
- Experience developing cost forecasts, baselines, and managing commitments.
- Confident stakeholder engagement and commercial negotiation skills.
Qualifications
- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Membership of RICS or an equivalent professional body (desirable).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.