Contract Manager

newcleo; Manchester; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a proactive Contract Manager to lead in a dynamic environment focused on developing cutting-edge nuclear technology. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a collaborative team, fostering relationships with supply chain partners while managing contracts and procurement processes. The position is based in Manchester, with the flexibility of remote work, and involves travel to various locations. Join a forward-thinking company and contribute to the future of clean energy through your expertise in contract management and supply chain development.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Group Life Insurance

Chartered Membership Funding

Performance Related Share Options

Qualifications

• Experience in managing contracts and procurement processes.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage applications for payment and invoicing processes.
• Support contract commercial reviews and supplier audits.

Skills

Contract Management

Procurement

Quantity Surveying

Cost Management

Relationship Management

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Professional Qualification (RICS)

Tools

Contract Management Systems

Job description

newcleo Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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newcleo is driving forwards an exciting and challenging international programme to develop and deploy our innovative Lead-cooled Fast Reactor technology. Our Supply Chain team is responsible for Procurement, Contract Management and Supply Chain Management & Development and we are looking for a highly motivated and pro-active Contract Manager to join our UK team!

The role will report directly to the Senior Contract Manager UK Operations as part of the UK Supply Chain Team, the role will also interface with the Procurement Manager UK Operations and with the rest of the UK Operations team, particularly the UK Project Management Office (PMO), quality and finance teams.

As newcleo is a startup company the role will require a hands-on proactive approach, the individual must be comfortable with early-stage programmes and have the ability to work with ambiguity and change and be able to build strong relationships with colleagues from acrossnewcleo’s functions and group of companies. The role provides the opportunity for an individual to grow their capability and experience through supporting active Supply Chain management, working with the Head of Supply Chain and Contracts UK with the opportunity to progress within the organisation.

The role will be a mix of office working based in Manchester or Gloucester for a minimum of 3 days per week and home working. In addition, there will be the opportunity for travel to our other UK office locations (London, Manchester and Gloucester), France and Italy to support coordination with the othernewcleo Supply Chain functions. There will also be the need for travel to visit suppliers, this will be on a Local, Regional and Global basis.

What You’ll be Doing:

• Fostering collaborative working relationships with supply chain partners
• Active management of the application for payment and invoicing process to ensure adherence from the business
• Issuing and reviewing early warning notices, management of the early warning process and early warning registers
• Issuing and reviewing compensation events and managing change, including contributing to continual improvement of existing processes
• Supporting development of and undertaking monthly contract reporting
• Working with the wider newcleo team to ensure that contract requirements are met e.g. approvals of programmes
• Working with the Procurement Management team to ensure effective handover from procurement to contract management
• Developing and undertaking proportionate assurance audits on supplier costs and internal audits to ensure that newcleo are compliant with internal process and procedures
• Supporting contract commercial reviews to ensure contractual deliverables are met and managing relationships between both internal and external stakeholders.
• Input to the development of the contract management system and maintenance of the system when deployed
• Support any identified supplier development programmes if appropriate

Your Skills and Experience:

Please note, if you meet some but not all of the points below, we are still keen to hear from you!

• A degree in Quantity Surveying or Commercial/Cost Management or similar.
• Professional Qualification or working towards Chartership of the RICS or other relevant Chartered Institute (ongoing support will be provided in respect of attaining Chartership).
• Experience of working with standard forms of contract particularly the NEC. Experience of other standard or bespoke forms of contract would be advantageous.
• Experience of working within the nuclear/regulated sectors would be advantageous.
• Ideally experience of both pre and post contract activities covering procurement, contract management and supply chain management.
• Ideally experienced across a broad range of contracts covering goods and services (not essential but desirable).
• (For a UK based role) Right to work full time in the UK & can achieve a national security clearance equivalent to a BPSS standard, or higher, within a reasonable period.

What We Offer:

A competitive salary and benefits package including performance related share option scheme, private medical insurance, group life insurance, chartered membership funding & more!

The opportunity to be part of a revolutionary clean energy company working with a dynamic, international work environment with a team of experts.

The chance to make a significant impact on the future of nuclear energy and the environment.

Aboutnewcleo

Since launching in 2021 newcleo has quickly established itself as innovator in the field of nuclear energy. newcleo is working to design, build, and operate Gen-IV Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs) that are cooled by liquid lead and fueled by reprocessed nuclear waste.

Through an innovative combination of existing and proven technologies, and by reviving a nuclear industry model based on the manufacture and multi-recycling of Mixed Oxide fuel, newcleo aims to close the nuclear fuel cycle while safely producing clean, affordable, and practically inexhaustible energy required for low carbon economies.

With a EUR 50m group turnover in 2024, more than EUR 400m of private funding and over 70 partnerships and collaborations across the nuclear industry, the growth of the newcleo group is supported through the targeted acquisition of key companies with strong capabilities in nuclear engineering, manufacturing, and waste management.

Through its workforce of over 800 highly qualified employees across France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and Slovakia, newcleo is not only developing and delivering the skills and services required for the group’s own ambitious project timelines, but also supporting the development of Small Modular Reactor supply chains in Europe and beyond.

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