Overview In this role you lead commercial and contractual management for NEC3/NEC4 contracts on a high-value AMP8 portfolio, guiding governance, performance, and collaboration across integrated delivery teams and Tier 1 suppliers. You report to the Head of Contract Management and drive best practice to support delivery of a multi-hundred-million capital programme. The role combines leadership, contract administration, and assurance across a large portfolio with accountability for risk, change, and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on leadership position with a strong emphasis on safety culture and stakeholder engagement.
Pay / Benefits - Salary circa 85-95k per annum
- Car/Car allowance
- Hybrid working 2–3 days in Peterborough or Norwich
- 25 days leave plus bank holidays
- Holiday buy/sell
- Private Medical
Responsibilities - Lead independent administration and execution of NEC contracts across Tier 1 Alliances
- Discharge ECC Project Manager duties across the supply chain
- Oversee risk, change control, and performance across a large investment portfolio
- Ensure effective contract management and assurance activities are delivered by the team
- Act as escalation point to resolve issues and remove delivery barriers
- Provide performance updates to senior leadership
- Maintain governance protocols and ensure project deliverables meet approval requirements
- Promote collaboration across stakeholders and delivery teams
- Oversee assurance activities including cost verification and defect management
- Lead strategies to address contractual non-compliance
- Support and lead portfolio performance reviews and action plans
- Manage governance processes at portfolio level
- Participate in governance boards and escalations
- Provide updates to senior boards and drive continuous improvement
- Lead and develop a team of ECC Project Managers
- Champion continuous improvement and efficiency initiatives
- Represent the Head of Contract Management in key forums
- Support development of business strategies aligned with organisational goals
- Provide training and tools to embed best practice
- Champion Health, Safety, Wellbeing, and Environmental culture
- Participate in site visits and challenge unsafe behaviours
Key requirements - Degree in Construction, Engineering, or related discipline
- NEC3/NEC4 Project Manager Accreditation
- Extensive experience in commercial and contract management
- Strong knowledge of NEC contracts and their application
- Experience managing large-scale construction or utility contracts
- Proven governance, assurance, and portfolio management experience
- Experience in dispute resolution and mediation
- Strong leadership and team management experience
- Experience in business-critical decision-making roles
- leadership and people management
- stakeholder engagement
- problem-solving under pressure
- NEC3/NEC4 contract management
- governance and assurance
- risk and change control
