Contracts Manager - Legal

BRUSH Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Hybrid working

Life insurance 4x salary

Enhanced Pension

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

GP24 service

BRUSHRewards

Family friendly policies

Bike2work

Long service awards

Professional development

Job summary

BRUSH Group is seeking a legal contracts specialist to lead reviews and negotiations for projects in the construction, energy, renewables and utilities sectors. You will work with sales, commercial operations and the BRUSH Group Legal Department to ensure compliant and favorable contract terms across NEC, JCT and related forms.

The role involves drafting templates, interpreting contracts, supporting bids and tenders, and addressing disputes, debt recovery, IP and insurance matters.

Qualifications

• UK qualified solicitor with at least 3 years PQE in construction/energy/renewables/utilities.
• Experience negotiating NEC/JCT and standard terms for sector projects is essential.
• In-house or hybrid experience within construction/energy sectors is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract reviews and negotiations with customers, suppliers and third parties in construction/energy sectors.
• Provide legal input on bids, tenders, disputes, debt recovery and IP/insurance matters.

Skills

Contract negotiation

NEC/JCT knowledge

Construction law

In-house experience

Education

UK qualified solicitor

Job description

Why choose us?

BRUSH Group provides the energy solutions that help power our built world. From power transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence. We are committed to supporting the global effort for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitious objectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

What's the role?

We require, first and foremost, a legal contracts specialist who has had experience within the UK construction, energy, renewables or utilities sectors and is comfortable working with NEC, JCT and other model terms and conditions for projects in those sectors.

The successful candidate will lead on sales and purchasing contract reviews and negotiations working with the sales and commercial operations teams in our businesses together with other legal advice and support as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract review. The review, analysis and negotiation of business contracts with customers, suppliers and other third parties. Our customers and suppliers are constituents of the construction, energy, renewables and utility sectors and we manufacture and supply both power products and undertake design and construction services to this group.
• The role extends to supporting the business with generic legal matters from drafting contract templates to contract interpretation, input to bids and tenders, settlement of project disputes, debt recovery through to soft intellectual property e.g. copyright protection and insurance matters.
• In addition to working in a collaborative and collegiate fashion across the business, with key stakeholders such as compliance, finance, health and safety, sales, tendering and project management the role will form part of the BRUSH Group Legal Department and report into the Group Legal Director. They will be involved in department projects and discussions of a legal nature.

What are we looking for:

Qualifications

• Either (i) A UK qualified solicitor having at least 3 years PQE who has worked with construction, energy, renewables and/or utilities clients – preferable in an in-house role; or
• (ii) A commercial contracts specialist from industry who has rounded legal skills and experience set within the context of construction, energy, renewables or utilities sectors.

Skills

• The breadth of this new role demands a proactive person with a ‘can do’ attitude who is resilient and uses their initiative and common sense. They will need to be good at influencing and relationship building and a ‘detail’ person.

Knowledge

• In order to be successful in this position you will require a good technical knowledge of contract law, drafting, negotiation as well as be commercially astute.
• NEC, JCT standard forms and typical modifications for the construction, energy, renewables and utilities industries.
• Any additional legal or compliance experience would be beneficial in this role.

Experience

• Relevant experience of working in a commercial/construction/energy/renewables/utilities department in private practice or in-house. The perfect applicant might have a ‘blended’ experience of both private practice and in-house contracts experience within these sectors.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
• Flexible and Hybrid working options (role dependant)
• Life insurance – 4 x annual salary
• Enhanced Company Pension scheme
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• GP24 Service – Access to remote, private GP services 24/7, 365 days a year plus Second Medical Opinions.
• BRUSHRewards – Discover plenty of ways to get more active and make great savings on everyday essentials as well as gifts for loved ones, holidays and special treats for yourself.
• Family friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Bike2work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering ongoing professional development and training.

About The Organisation

BRUSH Group provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects. A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.