Contract Manager – Inside IR35 | Remote (UK Travel Required) Contract | Leading Global Power & Energy Projects
We’re seeking an experienced Contract Manager to join a major engineering organisation driving some of the UK’s most complex infrastructure and energy projects.
This is a remote role with UK site visits, operating inside IR35
As a Contract Manager, you will oversee a portfolio of contracts and project assignments, ensuring full adherence to established contract and claims management frameworks. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to project teams, providing clarity, leadership and commercial precision across all contractual matters.
Key Responsibilities:
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
We’re seeking an experienced Contract Manager to join a major engineering organisation driving some of the UK’s most complex infrastructure and energy projects.
This is a remote role with UK site visits, operating inside IR35
As a Contract Manager, you will oversee a portfolio of contracts and project assignments, ensuring full adherence to established contract and claims management frameworks. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to project teams, providing clarity, leadership and commercial precision across all contractual matters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage an assigned portfolio of contracts or project-specific agreements, ensuring compliance with contract and claims management methodologies.
- Provide leadership and expert guidance to cross‑functional teams on all contract-related matters.
- Build effective contract strategies aligned with company policies, customer requirements and project execution plans.
- Identify contract baselines, analyse risks/opportunities, and validate all incorporated documents.
- Oversee the commercial execution of contracts and subcontracts, including payments, claims, variation orders, guarantees and warranties.
- Ensure all parties fulfil their contractual obligations and verify full close-out requirements.
- Collaborate closely with Legal teams to develop negotiation strategies and support dispute resolution, litigation or arbitration activities
- Draft, negotiate and finalise agreements across both Sales and Project Execution phases.
- BSc in Quantity Surveying (RICS certified or working towards certification preferred).
- Extensive experience within EPC power generation, substations, converter stations, transmission, grid integration, or similar industrial project environments.
- Strong background in Contract Management and Subcontract Management, ideally with civil/electrical installation exposure.
- Proven capability in administering standard form contracts and drafting contractual documents.
- Solid experience in change management, claim management and contract-related legal issues.
- Hands-on experience working under common law jurisdictions.
- Confident interfacing with customers and subcontractors across all contractual and project matters.
- Remote, with UK site visits
- Inside IR35
- Opportunity to work on flagship national infrastructure projects
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.