Commercial Contracts Manager
Location
Durham, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
4/17/2025
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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 you’ll 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 we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re 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
We’re 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:
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.
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 you’ll 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 we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re 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
We’re 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 Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
- Company pension scheme, where we’ll 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 we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
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.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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