Employment Type: Full Time
Employment Period:
Salary: DoE
Location:
Bristol, GB, BS32 4TP
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Career Area: Nuclear Development
Contract Manager (MEHA)
Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects. We are now recruiting the below position.
Position: Contract Manager (MEHA Alliance)
Salary: £73,800 - £90,000
Location: Bristol, Aztec West
Contract: Permanent, full-time.
Salary: Competitive dependant on experience, plus benefits
Benefits include:
Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, increasing to 30 days after 5 years of service, plus bank holidays.
Bonus: 5% annual bonus. (this depends on job level)
Pension Contributions: Defined Contribution Pension Scheme with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.
Closing Date; 1st September
Role Overview - About the Role
The MEH Alliance is seeking an experienced and commercially astute Contract Manager to support the administration and management of NEC contracts across the Sizewell C programme.
Working within a highly regulated major project environment, you will play a key role in contract governance, compensation event management, commercial performance, cost control and supplier management. You will work closely with commercial, project controls, supply chain and delivery teams to ensure contracts are effectively managed and programme objectives are achieved.
Role Responsibilities
Contract Management & Administration
Administer NEC contracts throughout the contract lifecycle, from award through to completion and close-out.
Ensure contractual processes, governance requirements and documentation are managed accurately and compliantly.
Maintain robust contract records, correspondence and commercial reporting.
Compensation Event Management
Manage compensation events in accordance with NEC contractual requirements.
Review, assess and negotiate supplier quotations.
Validate scope, assumptions, quantities and rates.
Support effective change management and contractual governance.
Cost Management & Commercial Control
Develop and maintain cost baselines to support forecasting and compensation event assessments.
Apply Quantity Surveying principles to evaluate:
Variations
Change impacts
Contractor claims
Commercial risk exposure
Benchmark supplier quotations against contract baselines and market rates where appropriate.
Supplier Performance Management
Monitor supplier performance against contractual obligations, including:
Cost
Programme
Quality
Safety
Support commitment tracking, forecasting and financial reporting.
Work collaboratively with Supply Chain Managers and project delivery teams to drive successful outcomes.
Risk & Governance
Identify, manage and escalate commercial and contractual risks.
Support dispute avoidance and resolution through proactive contract management.
Contribute to strong commercial governance across the MEH Alliance.
About you: Essential- Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience;
Experience
Significant contract management experience within major infrastructure, engineering, energy, nuclear or other highly regulated environments.
Strong knowledge and practical experience of NEC contracts, including compensation event management.
Proven Quantity Surveying and commercial management capability, including:
Cost analysis
Valuation
Change management
Commercial assessment
Experience developing cost baselines and evaluating contractor quotations.
Strong stakeholder management, analytical and negotiation skills.
Ability to work effectively within integrated project teams in a fast-paced delivery environment.
Qualifications
Degree qualified in:
Quantity Surveying
Commercial Management
Engineering
Or equivalent relevant experience
Membership of RICS or a similar professional body is desirable.
Experience within major infrastructure or regulated industries is advantageous.
Why Join us?
Be part of one of the most important low-carbon energy projects in the UK.
Work in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, integrity, and long-term sustainability.
Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development.
Flexible and hybrid working options.
Key Competencies
Behavioural Competences
Humility
Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences
Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise
Positivity
Positively challenge poor quality and performance
Identify solutions at the lowest possible level
Encourage tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward
Respect
Value the rules and environment in which we operate
Give and receive feedback with respect
Embrace and engage with new people and ideas
Solidarity
One team, working closely together and helping each other
Empowered teams always looking forward.
Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes
Clarity
Communicate clearly and consistently
Promote collaboration and team alignment
Clearer and faster decision making
Drive simplification at all levels
If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.
When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.
At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.
To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.
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