Contracts Manager (Law)

NES Group Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global power technology business is looking for a Contract Manager to provide professional legal and contractual advice across various projects. The position involves working closely with sales and project management to negotiate agreements, enforce contractual interests, and manage risk throughout project execution. The ideal candidate should have a Law Degree or equivalent, 5 years' experience in contract management, excellent communication skills, and a willingness to travel internationally. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Bonus

Standard UK Benefits

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in contract management from tendering to execution.
• Experience in leading and managing projects.
• The ability to communicate effectively in English, other languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional advice on legal/contractual topics.
• Cooperate with HUB Transformers for strategy implementation.
• Support sales in drafting and negotiating agreements.
• Enforce contractual interests throughout a project lifecycle.
• Ensure timely execution of commercial contract aspects.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation plans during execution.

Skills

Strong understanding of contract law

Excellent communication

Ability to work under pressure

Fluent in English

Project management

Education

Law Degree or related field Master qualification

Job description

Position :

Contract Manager

Location :

Remote / Hybrid with international travel required

Benefits :

Competitive Salary, Bonus and Standard UK Benefits

Profile :

Contract Manager required to provide professional advice on a broad range of legal / contractual topics related to the business unit in different European locations.

Roles & Responsibilities :

Work in close cooperation and coordination with HUB Transformers Contract Management to have a common approach and implementation of BU’s strategy on Contract Management and implement guidelines, instructions, common tools, processes, and templates as defined by BU Transformers function. Provides contractual domain expertise in implementation, execution and administration.

Support the sales team during risk review process : draft, negotiate and finalize agreements during the sales phases with support of local legal, if required.

Identify the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk.

Enforce and defend our company contractual interests against customers and suppliers during the whole of a project life cycle, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations, as well as defending and enforcing claims.

Ensure timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.).

Establish and enforces standard change methodologies in portfolio of contracts to identify changes and quantify the additional time and compensation due to company per the contract, defines approval requirements and communicates changes to the customer.

Support Project Management during execution phase to develop, implement risk mitigation and opportunity plan.

Ideal Background :

Law Degree or a related field Master qualification.

5 years of experience in contract management from tendering to execution and / or a related field.

Strong understanding of contract law and regulations, particularly those relevant to the region.

Excellent communication and ability to work under pressure.

Fluent in English. Any additional language is a plus.

Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and cross-functional teams.

Willingness to travel as per business needs.

The Company :

NES Fircroft are currently working on behalf of a global power technology business which have a presence in almost 100 countries. Leading innovation for over a century, they partake in offering products, solutions and services within the energy industry. Helping their customers, improve efficiency, optimize resources, and reduce emissions.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients