Contract Manager

300 North Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure organisation in the UK is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Contract Manager. The role involves managing key delivery contracts throughout their lifecycle, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, and providing financial oversight while supporting stakeholder coordination. The ideal candidate has strong contract management experience within complex environments and an understanding of commercial governance. This position offers a hybrid working model with long-term programme exposure.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable contract management experience within complex infrastructure or construction-led environments.
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual governance within multi-party delivery models.
• Ability to manage change control, commercial risk, and contract reporting across multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the administration and management of key delivery contracts across the programme lifecycle.
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations and performance mechanisms.
• Act as a commercial interface between delivery partners and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Contract management experience

Understanding of commercial governance

Ability to manage change control

Experience working client-side

Job description

Infrastructure Contract Manager

• Infrastructure Programme
• Location: North West England / Hybrid
• Salary: Negotiable, competitive benefits package

Role overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Contract Manager to join a leading infrastructure organisation.

The role will suit a Contract Manager with strong commercial and contract management experience within complex infrastructure or construction-led environments. Operating within a client-side managed services setting, the role focuses on commercial governance, contract assurance, and effective management of delivery partner obligations throughout design, construction, and transition into long-term operations.

What this role offers

• Involvement in a nationally significant infrastructure programme
• Long-term programme exposure with strong pipeline visibility
• Client-side perspective within a professional managed services environment
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced project, technical, commercial, and financial teams

Key responsibilities

Contract and commercial management

• Support the administration and management of key delivery contracts across the programme lifecycle
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations, performance mechanisms, and reporting requirements
• Support formal change management processes, including variations and contractual correspondence

Change control and risk management

• Support early warning processes and assessment of contractual and commercial risk
• Maintain contract management risk and opportunity registers
• Assist with dispute avoidance and issue resolution in collaboration with project and legal teams

Financial and commercial oversight

• Support cost monitoring, forecasting, and payment mechanisms
• Assist with the assessment and validation of contractor applications and commercial submissions
• Liaise with finance teams to ensure accurate commercial reporting

Stakeholder coordination

• Act as a commercial interface between delivery partners, advisers, and internal stakeholders
• Support commercial governance forums and contract management reviews
• Prepare commercial briefings, dashboards, and reports for senior stakeholders

Compliance, assurance, and reporting

• Support audit, regulatory, and assurance requirements
• Contribute to ESG, sustainability, and social value reporting where contractually required
• Support continuous improvement of contract and commercial management processes

Skills and experience

Essential

• Demonstrable contract management experience within complex infrastructure or construction-led environments
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual governance within multi-party delivery models
• Experience working client-side, consultancy-side, or in an oversight or assurance capacity
• Ability to manage change control, commercial risk, and contract reporting across multiple stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience working with regulated infrastructure or long-term concession models
• Exposure to water, utilities, transport, or linear infrastructure projects
• Familiarity with standard forms of contract used in major infrastructure delivery
• Understanding of whole-life cost and operational considerations

Personal attributes

• Commercially focused and detail driven
• Comfortable operating without direct line authority
• Structured, organised, and process orientated
• Confident in challenging delivery partners constructively
• Calm and credible with senior stakeholders