Contracts Manager

• of a large Roads Infrastructure contract portfolio comprising approximately 100 contracts. The role
• provides strategic contract management leadership throughout the contract lifecycle, ensuring
• contractual compliance, commercial protection, risk mitigation, and effective delivery support
• across multiple infrastructure projects.
• The position serves as the primary interface between project teams, contractors, consultants,
• procurement, finance, and legal stakeholders, ensuring that contractual rights, obligations, and
• commercial objectives are effectively managed and aligned with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities

Contract Management Leadership

• Lead the management of a large and diverse portfolio of roads and infrastructure contracts.
• Develop and implement contract management strategies, procedures, and governance

frameworks.

• Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship to contract management and administration

teams.

• Establish consistent contract management practices across all projects and contracts.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance contractual and commercial

performance.

Contract Administration and Governance

• Oversee all contract administration activities to ensure compliance with contractual and

corporate governance requirements.

• Ensure contractual correspondence, notices, approvals, instructions, and records are

managed in accordance with contract provisions.

• Monitor contractual obligations, key milestones, deliverables, securities, warranties,

guarantees, and insurance requirements.

• Ensure contract records are maintained accurately and remain audit-ready at all times.
• Support governance reviews, audits, and assurance activities.

Commercial and Risk Management

• Identify, assess, and manage contractual and commercial risks across the portfolio.
• Provide strategic advice on contractual entitlements, liabilities, and obligations.
• Lead the management of contract changes, variations, claims, compensation events, and

extensions of time.

• Support dispute avoidance and dispute resolution initiatives.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies to minimize commercial exposure and protect

organisational interests.

Contractor Performance Management

• Monitor contractor compliance with contractual obligations and performance

requirements.

• Lead performance reviews and contractual compliance assessments.
• Identify performance issues and implement corrective actions where required.
• Promote proactive contract management to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Support implementation of contractual remedies where contractor performance falls below

requirements.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary contractual point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with project delivery teams, contractors,

consultants, legal, procurement, finance, and executive leadership.

• Facilitate negotiations and the resolution of contractual matters.
• Provide contractual guidance and support to project teams and decision-makers.
• Present contractual and commercial reports to senior management and governance

forums.

Change and Claims Management

• Lead the review, assessment, negotiation, and administration of variations, claims, and

contractual changes.

• Ensure contractual submissions are assessed fairly, consistently, and in accordance with

contract requirements.

• Coordinate specialist commercial, planning, technical, and legal inputs where required.
• Support the development and defence of contractual positions relating to claims and

disputes.

Reporting and Systems Management

• Ensure effective utilisation of contract management systems, including Oracle Unifier, SAP,

and document management platforms.

• Prepare and review portfolio-level reports, dashboards, and management information.
• Monitor key performance indicators relating to contract compliance, commercial

performance, claims, and risk exposure.

• Provide regular updates to senior management on contract performance and emerging

risks.

Contract Close-Out

• Lead contract close-out and final account processes.
• Ensure all contractual obligations have been fulfilled prior to closure.
• Oversee release of securities, resolution of outstanding claims, and close-out of

contractual liabilities.

• Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strong leadership and contract management capability.
• Extensive knowledge of construction and infrastructure contracts.
• In-depth understanding of FIDIC contract forms and contract administration principles.
• Strong commercial acumen and risk management skills.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple complex contracts simultaneously.
• Strong governance, audit, and compliance awareness.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, Commercial Management, Construction

Management, Engineering, Law, or a related discipline.

• Professional membership with RICS, CIArb, ICE, CICES, or equivalent professional body

preferred.

• Postgraduate qualification in Commercial Management, Construction Law, or Business

Administration desirable.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years' experience in contract management, commercial management, or

contract administration within major infrastructure or construction projects.

• Demonstrated experience managing large and complex contract portfolios.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary commercial and contract

management teams.

• Significant experience administering and managing FIDIC-based contracts.
• Experience working on roads, highways, transportation.
• Experience within large-scale client organisations, government entities, or giga-project

environments highly desirable

• Proficiency in Oracle Unifier, SAP, Microsoft Office, and contract management systems.

Benefits

• Provided accommodation and food.
• Transportation Provided.