NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)

Commercial Contracts Manager

Company
Location
Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Posted At
4/24/2025
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
Description
About The Role

Commercial Contracts Manager

Working hours Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

Salary up to £74,500 per year (depending on experience)

Location hybrid working with office location at Pity Me, Durham

About The Role

We have a great opportunity to join our Assets Commercial team as a Commercial Contracts Manager, where youll be reporting into the Lead Commercial Manager.

As the subject matter expert, you will provide contracting support to our project managers and procurement teams for the review, drafting and negotiation of a broad range of commercial and contractual matters across frameworks and contracts, providing clarity and guidance on contractual issues, supporting the escalation and dispute process and ensuring all parties are aligned with the terms and commitments laid out within the contracts.

As Commercial Contracts Manager, you will ensure contracts are in compliance with legal, regulatory and organisation policies, and deploy control measures to monitor the contracting process to assure compliance with the organisation's contractual guidelines, commercial and contracting standards and mitigates client risk where appropriate.

You will act as a contract liaison, including participation in precontract discussions, contract negotiations and recommending and implementing contract changes through templates and change management.

About You

If you have experience in contract management, procurement or legal within the construction environment, we want to hear from you.

You will have a strong commercial and contracting background in an NEC4 environment and previous experience negotiating complex framework contracts, managing multiple contracts simultaneously with a detail-oriented approach.

You will have good communication and presentation skills and be confident delivering to stakeholders both internally and externally. You can interpret and advise others on contractual documentation and risk profile.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.

Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.

We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.

About Us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer were committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

Were aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG At a Glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come. We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business. Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our Benefits

Were a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our Tap Into benefits include:

  • Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Theres also the option to buy or sell holidays.
  • Company pension scheme, where well double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
  • Free access to local attractions.
  • A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
  • Award winning Living Well wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
  • Support with sustainable travel through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
  • Financial wellbeing support access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
  • Support with your development we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and well even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.

About Us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.

Our values

Our values describe our main principles, qualities and attributes. They are the guiding principles which define who we are, what we do and how we do it. They make us different from our competitors and guide our decisions and actions to drive us towards our vision.

Our Values Are:

Results Driven

We take responsibility for achieving excellent business results.

Ethical

We are open and honest and meet our commitments with a responsible approach to the environment and our communities.

Customer Focused

We aim to exceed the expectations of our internal and external customers.

Innovative

We continuously strive for innovative and better ways to deliver our business.

One Team

We work together consistently, promoting co-operation, to achieve our corporate objectives.

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Colleague Benefits

Were the great company we are because of you our people. As our way of saying thanks, we offer you a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of.

To find out more about our benefits, see our benefits booklet attached to this advert.

Eyecare

Discounted Medicals

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Buying & selling annual leave

Long service awards

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Computer

Loans

Award winning wellbeing site

NWG savings scheme

Company pension scheme

Pre-retirement workshops

Life assurance

Christmas savings club

Discounts & cashback offers

Qualification loan
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