Contract Manager

The Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme

28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays

Pension Scheme

Employee Share Ownership Programme

Health & Wellbeing Support Options

Gym Flex

Open Talent Market (internal mobility)

Shopping & Dining Discounts

Learning Portal

Job summary

Schneider Electric UK&I Services is seeking a Contract Manager / Quantity Surveyor to oversee commercial governance across service and project contracts. You will partner with Operations, Finance and Legal to protect margin, manage change, and ensure contractual compliance throughout delivery.

Required experience includes drafting, negotiating and advising on contracts, strong numerical skills and a drive to progress professionally, with English fluency essential for written and verbal

Qualifications

• Experience drafting, negotiating and advising on contractual agreements.
• Strong numerical skills and commercial focus.
• Ability to manage change in an evolving environment.
• Pursue professional certification.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial and contractual governance across service and project contracts.
• Interpret contract terms and frameworks; highlight risks and obligations.
• Lead pricing and assessment of variation orders to protect margin.
• Track variations end-to-end and support revenue forecasting.
• Ensure contract administration, governance, and version control.
• Support billing, payment terms, and resolve overdue invoices.

Skills

Contract drafting

Contract negotiation

Commercial acumen

English fluency

Education

Degree in Law/Quantity Surveying/Supply Chain Mgmt

Job description

Contract Manager / Quantity Surveyor

Your Mission: We are looking for a Contracts Manager to support our UK&I Services organisation, providing commercial and contractual governance across service and project contracts. This role partners closely with Operations, Finance, and Legal to protect margin, manage change, and ensure contractual compliance throughout delivery.

Your key responsibilities:

• Provide commercial and contractual support to PMs and CSMs across live contracts
• Interpret contract terms, frameworks, and call offs, highlighting risks and obligations
• Lead pricing and commercial assessment of variation orders, protecting margin
• Track variations end to end and support accurate revenue forecasting
• Ensure strong contract administration, governance, and version control
• Support billing, payment terms, and resolution of overdue invoices

About You:

• Experience in drafting, negotiating and advising on Contractual agreements
• Passionate about all things commercial with numerical skills, and a drive to apply these in a business environment
• Able to inspire and manage change in an ever-evolving environment
• Proactively drive career and personal development including professional certification
• Fluency in English is a must (written and verbal)

Your Education

Qualified to degree level in relevant discipline (Law, Quantity Surveying or Supply Chain Management) Membership to WCC or additional professional membership would be advantageous

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary & Bonus Scheme
• 28 Days Annual Leave + Public Holidays
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Share Ownership Programme
• Various Health & Wellbeing Support Options
• Gym Flex
• Open Talent Market (internal mobility opportunities + access to mentors & projects globally)
• Shopping & Dining Discounts
• Learning Portal and much more.

At Schneider Electric, Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of our organisation, it's an integral part of our history, culture, and identity. We recognise that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve. As a result, our teams are stronger to drive the company's future.

We are proudly participating in the Disability Confident Program offering support to people in the workplace who consider themselves living with a disability.

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€40 billion global revenue+9% organic growth150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter hereSchneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.