Contract Manager

Contract Manager Location: Reading, with free onsite parking. Package: Starting from £47,760 to £65k (depending on your suitability and level of experience). Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day.

This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.

Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part? Let us introduce the role. We are looking for an experienced Contract Manager to join AWE and support the delivery of some of the UK's most significant and complex infrastructure programmes.

Working within our Future Infrastructure Programme (FIP) & Liabilities or Future Materials Campus (FMC) commercial teams, you will manage a portfolio of high-value contracts and supplier relationships. With combined capital investment in the region of £17-19bn over the next 10 years, this is an exciting opportunity to work at significant scale and contribute to programmes critical to AWE's future.

You will support post-contract management, negotiations, supplier performance and commercial risk, helping to drive value for money and ensure our supply chain delivers against its contractual commitments. We are looking for a commercially minded contract professional with practical knowledge of contract management, contract law and commercial best practice, who can build strong relationships with key stakeholders and strategic suppliers.

Experience we are looking for We are interested in your experience, judgement, and approach, not only formal qualifications. You will have practical experience in some of the following: Proven experience in commercial or contract management , ideally within infrastructure, construction or another complex environment.

Practical experience across the contract lifecycle , including post-contract management, mobilisation and contract delivery. Experience of NEC contracts , or a good understanding of NEC principles and their application. Experience developing and implementing contracting or commercial strategies .

Good understanding of commercial governance, policies, controls and contract law . Strong commercial awareness with experience of contract negotiations, change managem...

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