Contracts Manager / Quantity Surveyors - Energy & Natural Resource

Turner & Townsend; Ayr; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Contract Manager with a Quantity Surveyor background to support major infrastructure, energy and natural resources programmes across the UK. You will lead contract management and change control, manage variations and claims, and provide cost and commercial reporting to ensure governance, value and risk management. This role requires strong stakeholder engagement and Chartered status is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience in Contract Management, Commercial Management or Quantity Surveying.
• Experience delivering major Infrastructure or Energy projects.
• Experience managing complex contracts, change control and commercial risk.
• Strong cost management, forecasting and commercial reporting skills.
• Knowledge of NEC3/4 and/or FIDIC contracts.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract management and change control across major projects.
• Manage contract variations, claims and commercial risk.
• Oversee supplier performance, governance and compliance.
• Provide cost, commercial and quantity surveying support.
• Support procurement, reporting and stakeholder management.
• Drive value, performance improvement and successful commercial outcomes.

Skills

Contract management

Commercial management

Quantity surveying

NEC3/4 contracts

FIDIC contracts

Cost forecasting

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Change control

Procurement support

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

HNC or equivalent

Engineering/Construction Management

Chartered status (MRICS MCICES MCIPS)

Job description

At Turner & Townsend our award-winning Controls & Performance team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We have a growing national team of over 600 Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career. Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.

Please find out more about us at https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/about-us/our-purpose-and-values/

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Contract Manager, with a Quantity Surveyor background to support major infrastructure, energy and natural resources programmes across the UK. This role will sit within the client team and be responsible for leading contract management and change control activities across complex, high-value contracts while providing robust commercial, cost and quantity surveying expertise.

You will work closely with senior commercial stakeholders, project teams, suppliers and contractors to ensure contract changes are effectively identified, assessed, governed and implemented, while supporting programme objectives, commercial performance, cost certainty and risk management requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity to support the establishment and delivery of major programmes in a fast-paced environment, requiring individuals who are comfortable operating with evolving priorities, ambiguity and complex stakeholder landscapes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead contract management and change control across major projects.
• Manage contract variations, claims and commercial risk.
• Oversee supplier performance, governance and compliance.
• Provide cost, commercial and quantity surveying support.
• Support procurement, reporting and stakeholder management.
• Drive value, performance improvement and successful commercial outcomes.

Essential Requirements

• Experience in Contract Management, Commercial Management or Quantity Surveying.
• Background delivering major Infrastructure or Energy projects.
• Experience managing complex contracts, change control and commercial risk.
• Strong cost management, forecasting and commercial reporting skills.
• Knowledge of NEC3/4 and/or FIDIC contracts.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills.

Qualifications

Desirable

• Experience working on major infrastructure, energy or government programmes.
• Strong understanding of commercial governance, procurement and change control processes.
• Experience managing supplier performance, KPIs and commercial assurance activities.
• Working knowledge of NEC3, NEC4 and/or FIDIC contracts.
• Experience leading commercial or quantity surveying workstreams.
• Professional Chartership (MRICS, MCICES, MCIPS or equivalent).

Qualifications

• Degree, HNC or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Business or a related discipline.
• Chartered status, or working towards Chartership, is desirable.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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