Contract Manager

Infrastructure Contract Manager

• Infrastructure Programme
• Location: North West England / Hybrid
• Salary: Negotiable, competitive benefits package

Role overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Contract Manager to join a leading infrastructure organisation.

The role will suit a Contract Manager with strong commercial and contract management experience within complex infrastructure or construction-led environments. Operating within a client-side managed services setting, the role focuses on commercial governance, contract assurance, and effective management of delivery partner obligations throughout design, construction, and transition into long-term operations.

What this role offers

• Involvement in a nationally significant infrastructure programme
• Long-term programme exposure with strong pipeline visibility
• Client-side perspective within a professional managed services environment
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced project, technical, commercial, and financial teams

Key responsibilities

Contract and commercial management

• Support the administration and management of key delivery contracts across the programme lifecycle
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations, performance mechanisms, and reporting requirements
• Support formal change management processes, including variations and contractual correspondence

Change control and risk management

• Support early warning processes and assessment of contractual and commercial risk
• Maintain contract management risk and opportunity registers
• Assist with dispute avoidance and issue resolution in collaboration with project and legal teams

Financial and commercial oversight

• Support cost monitoring, forecasting, and payment mechanisms
• Assist with the assessment and validation of contractor applications and commercial submissions
• Liaise with finance teams to ensure accurate commercial reporting

Stakeholder coordination

• Act as a commercial interface between delivery partners, advisers, and internal stakeholders
• Support commercial governance forums and contract management reviews
• Prepare commercial briefings, dashboards, and reports for senior stakeholders

Compliance, assurance, and reporting

• Support audit, regulatory, and assurance requirements
• Contribute to ESG, sustainability, and social value reporting where contractually required
• Support continuous improvement of contract and commercial management processes

Skills and experience

Essential

• Demonstrable contract management experience within complex infrastructure or construction-led environments
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual governance within multi-party delivery models
• Experience working client-side, consultancy-side, or in an oversight or assurance capacity
• Ability to manage change control, commercial risk, and contract reporting across multiple stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience working with regulated infrastructure or long-term concession models
• Exposure to water, utilities, transport, or linear infrastructure projects
• Familiarity with standard forms of contract used in major infrastructure delivery
• Understanding of whole-life cost and operational considerations

Personal attributes

• Commercially focused and detail driven
• Comfortable operating without direct line authority
• Structured, organised, and process orientated
• Confident in challenging delivery partners constructively
• Calm and credible with senior stakeholders