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Third Party Agreements Manager

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Southwestern Ontario

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CAD 100,000 - 130,000

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Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in Ontario is seeking a Senior Third Party Agreements Manager to lead the strategy for all third-party agreements in a major infrastructure program. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with statutory undertaker engagement and legal negotiations. This role requires strong leadership in a complex delivery environment to ensure all agreements are watertight before work commences.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience managing statutory undertaker engagement on major infrastructure schemes.
  • Solid understanding of the DCO process or similar statutory consenting routes.
  • A good commercial and legal head, especially in drafting and negotiating agreements.

Responsibilities

  • Shaping and delivering the project-wide strategy for Third Party Agreements.
  • Collaborating closely with legal, engineering, stakeholder, and environmental teams.
  • Representing the project in meetings and negotiations with stakeholders.

Skills

Managing statutory undertaker engagement
Legal negotiation
Multi-stakeholder management
Understanding of DCO process

Education

Membership in a relevant professional body (RICS or RTPI)
Job description
Senior Third Party Agreements Manager

Grays, Essex

The Role

This is a senior-level post within a nationally significant infrastructure programme (NSIP), where you’ll take the lead on all things related to third-party legal agreements. Think high-stakes coordination, multidisciplinary interface management, and a healthy amount of legal and commercial negotiation. You’ll be the thread that connects technical requirements with stakeholder expectations and regulatory obligations - all while keeping the programme moving.

You’ll need to be confident working in the thick of a complex delivery environment, helping to untangle risk, bring clarity to negotiations, and ensure that every agreement is watertight before a single shovel hits the ground.

What You'll Be Doing
  • Shaping and delivering the project-wide strategy for Third Party Agreements (TPAs) - from early engagement to close-out.
  • Leading on the legal and commercial interface with statutory undertakers. You’ll be the point person for negotiating, drafting, and resolving issues in protective provisions, side agreements, and other legal instruments.
  • Collaborating closely with legal, engineering, stakeholder, and environmental teams to embed third-party requirements into both the DCO and the wider delivery programme.
  • Developing and maintaining the TPA Management Plan, and making sure it aligns with project governance - from environmental assessments to design sign-offs.
  • Keeping a firm grip on tracking tools and registers (Mitigation Tracker, Commitments Register, etc.) and ensuring everything is properly documented.
  • Representing the project in meetings and negotiations with stakeholders - including technical working groups, legal workshops, and public consultations.
  • Providing senior-level reporting on progress, spend, and risk - particularly where external parties are involved.

What You’ll Need to Bring

Must-Haves:

  • Proven experience managing statutory undertaker engagement and Third Party Agreements on major infrastructure schemes.
  • Solid understanding of the DCO process or similar statutory consenting routes.
  • A good commercial and legal head - especially when it comes to drafting and negotiating formal undertakings with utility companies, public bodies, and landowners.
  • A history of getting things done across complex, multi-stakeholder environments and within tight statutory timescales.

Nice-to-Haves:

  • Membership (or progress toward) a relevant professional body like RICS or RTPI.
  • Practical knowledge of infrastructure planning and delivery.
  • Experience drafting or reviewing legal documentation such as licences, MoUs, and protective provisions.

Your Day-to-Day Could Include

  • Writing and owning the project’s TPA strategy and governance framework.
  • Taking charge of the drafting process - including negotiation, conflict resolution, and final wording.
  • Running the TPA register, prioritising risks, and tracking programme impact through regular reporting cycles.
  • Setting the engagement approach for a wide range of third parties - utilities, Network Rail, ports, local authorities, private landowners, and more.
  • Monitoring TPA-related spend and tracking exposure against programme budget.
  • Ensuring that no work starts without executed agreements in place - and flagging any issues that could delay delivery.
  • Leading and mentoring a small team, and supporting package engineers with advice on statutory processes and consent pathways.

You’ll also be expected to deliver:

  • A robust TPA Management Plan
  • A weekly dashboard and live register of third-party agreements
  • Monthly reporting on accepted cost estimates
  • A clear stakeholder engagement plan
  • Up-to-date risk and opportunity logs
  • Close-out packs for each agreement, including liabilities, cost, and IP documentation
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