Contracts Manager - Commercial

ICE Recruit; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme with employer-contrib

Flexible working patterns

Holiday allowance 27.5 days + 6

Parental leave 26 weeks

Professional subscription funding

Employee assistance programme

Employee discounts

Annual health check

On-site parking

Free beverages

Job summary

Mining Remediation Authority is seeking a Commercial Manager to shape and manage contracts for complex environmental and infrastructure projects from drafting through live management. You will own contract setup, influence procurement routes and support suppliers while protecting public value.

You will draft and review NEC4 PSC/ECC contracts, advise on commercial issues, manage risk and contribute to improved commercial standards. Hybrid role with Mansfield office-based days.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience of drafting, reviewing or managing NEC contracts.
• Sound commercial judgement and ability to identify contractual risks and ambiguities.
• Experience supporting procurement, tendering, evaluation and contract award.
• Ability to explain complex issues clearly and build trusted relationships with technical colleagues and suppliers.
• Collaborative approach that protects public value while supporting fair supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and assure NEC4 PSC and ECC contracts, including Scope, Contract Data and bespoke clauses.
• Shape procurement strategies, routes to market and evaluation approaches.
• Support market engagement, tendering, negotiation, award and mobilisation.
• Advise project managers, engineers, scientists and technical specialists on commercial and contractual issues.
• Manage contractual risk, early warnings, change and compensation events.
• Build constructive supplier relationships while protecting public value.
• Improve templates, guidance and commercial standards.

Skills

NEC contracts

NEC4 PSC

ECC

Commercial advice

Job description

About You

Do you enjoy turning complex requirements into clear, workable contracts?

Are you confident working with NEC contracts and providing practical commercial advice to project and technical teams?

If so, this could be a great opportunity to use your expertise on important environmental and infrastructure work.

You will bring:

• Hands-on experience of drafting, reviewing or managing NEC contracts, particularly NEC4 PSC or ECC.
• Sound commercial judgement and the ability to identify contractual risks and ambiguities.
• Experience supporting procurement, tendering, evaluation and contract award.
• The ability to explain complex issues clearly and build trusted relationships with technical colleagues and suppliers.
• A collaborative approach that protects client interests while supporting fair and constructive supplier relationships.

You do not need a particular job title, sector background, quantity surveying qualification or formal NEC accreditation. What matters is your practical NEC experience and your ability to make complex contract requirements clear and usable.

About The Role

As Commercial Manager, you will help shape and manage the contracts supporting complex environmental and infrastructure projects.

This is a hands-on role combining contract creation, procurement support and live contract management. You will have meaningful ownership of your work, influence how contracts are set up from the start and help strengthen commercial practice across the organisation.

You will:

• Draft, review and assure NEC4 PSC and ECC contracts, including Scope, Contract Data and bespoke clauses.
• Shape procurement strategies, routes to market and evaluation approaches.
• Support market engagement, tendering, negotiation, award and mobilisation.
• Advise project managers, engineers, scientists and technical specialists on commercial and contractual issues.
• Manage contractual risk, early warnings, change and compensation events.
• Build constructive supplier relationships while protecting public value.
• Improve templates, guidance and commercial standards.

You will join a supportive specialist team, with opportunities to develop your expertise and work towards formal NEC accreditation.

If you have practical NEC PSC or ECC experience and want to use it on work that helps protect communities and the environment, we would love to hear from you.

Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)

Schedule:

Application closing date: 1st November 2026

Sifting date: 2nd November 2026

Interviews: w/c 9th November 2026

(If you are unavailable on the proposed interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)

Security:

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

About Mining Remediation Authority

Our benefits:

• A cutting-edge Pension Rateswith an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.

• Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.

• Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.

• Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.

• Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.

• Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).

• Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.

• Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.

• Unlock exclusive employee discounts

• Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.

• Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

Working with us:

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

Who we are:

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we actively promote equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria and identify as disabled or from a minority ethnic background, this aligns with our values.

We recruit based on your skills, experience and potential not your ethnicity, background, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. To help ensure fairness, we anonymise applications by asking you to remove personally identifiable information before they are reviewed by hiring managers. This helps us reduce unconscious bias and focus solely on what matters, your ability to succeed in the role.

If you’re successful in joining us, it’s because we believe in your ability to make a meaningful contribution. By continuing to improve the diversity of our organisation, we strengthen our collective knowledge, creativity, innovation and living our values of beingtrusted,inclusive, andprogressiveevery day.

If you require reasonable adjustments or an alternative format to apply, please contact us [e-mail] call us on01623 637000. We are happy to support you through the process.