Contracts Manager

Chronos Energy; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Chronos Energy is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager for a hybrid role with three days in the Oxford office. The successful candidate will collaborate with legal, commercial, delivery, finance and operations to manage supplier contracts through their lifecycle, including procurement and negotiation.

Ideal candidates have 3-5 years in contract management, experience with NEC 4 contracts, and proven cross-functional collaboration across internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in a contract management environment.
• Experience in procurement-focused supplier selection roles.
• Strong negotiation skills for contracts.

Responsibilities

• Support customer contracting process and procure, negotiate and manage supplier contracts through the entire lifecycle.
• Work with legal, commercial, delivery, finance and operations to support contracting activities.
• Read, understand and manage contracts without legal qualification.

Skills

Contract management

Procurement

Contract negotiation

NEC 4 experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Contracts Manager

2026-09-23T00:00:00

Location: South East England

Country: GB

Postcode: KT19 8GY

Contract Type: Any

Application Deadline: 2026-10-22T10:06:12.143

Chronos Energy are looking to recruit an experienced Contracts Manager for their client, one of the leading developers of low carbon heat city wide networks in the UK. The successful candidate will work closely with legal, commercial, delivery, finance and operations to support the customer contracting process and to procure, negotiate and manage supplier contracts through the entire contractual lifecycle. The role will be a hybrid role with 3 days a week office time in Oxford.

You will need:

• 3-5 years in a contract management environment
• Practical experience in a procurement focused supplier selection focused roles
• Strong and experience negotiator of contracts
• Experience managing supplier contracts during delivery or operation (NEC 4)
• Ability to work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and departments along the contract lifecycleConfidence reading, understanding and working on contracts without the need to be legally qualified

Desirable experience:

• Experience in energy, heat networks, construction, utilities infrastructure, M&E, building services or similar based projects
• Experience with construction contracts (NEC/JCT)
• Experience in SME or scale-up environments