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Contracts Manager

  • Location: Oxford, OX25 3PD
  • Salary: £80000 - £85000 per annum
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 23 days ago

  • Sector: Pharmaceuticals
  • Contact: Kate Backshall
  • Contact Email: Kate.Backshall@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01483 302 133
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Start Date: 06 October 2025
  • Expiry Date: 06 November 2025
  • Job Ref: V-306082

Contracts Manager

Pre-construction

  • Prepare the programme, method statements and submission 

  • Produce the contract programme (having typically worked with the Estimating Department during the bid stage) 

  • Instruct the QS to agree all major preliminary items expenditure, including plant, accommodation 

  • Chair start-up & production meetings (including working with the Regional Director to allocate suitably skilled team members) 

  • Manage the sub-contracts buying schedule with the QS  


Construction & Design 

  • Lead all aspects of Project Team functions (PEP, Risk & Commercial Success, Financials, Processes, HSEQS, Stakeholder Management, Project Administration, Design Management & Project Close Out) 

  • Ensure that the project team and supply chain have the required H&S skills and competencies in their org to meet HSEQS expectations document 

  • Manages, through others, consultant and subcontract design as required by the contract including delivery of the BIM strategy 

  • Compile and implement the Project Execution Plan, with specific reference to the HSE & Quality plan. 


Post Construction 

  • Obtain the defects list, remedy any items and obtain the Certificate of Making Good Defects 

  • Instruct QS in the preparation of Loss and Expense Applications and in the provision of  information for Final Account 

  • Manage and control operating budgets 

  • Has authority to approve expenditure, appoint sub-contractors, change sub-contractors and signoff on monthly commercial reports 


Experience

  • Articulate and numerate 

  • Good working Knowledge of Design and Build JCT &, NEC3 contracts, as well as with BREEAM/LEED 

  • More than 5 years’ experience working in the relevant sector or a minimum of 2-3 projects delivered across different industry sectors 

  • Demonstrable holistic ‘end to end’ Programme Management experience 

  • Analytical and Methodical 

  • Commercial Awareness 

  • People & Performance  Management skills 

  • Team Building and Leadership  


Qualifications

  • Professional qualification in construction related subject. Ideally chartered 

  • Planning 

  • IOSH or equivalent H&S management training 

  • Temporary Works & Excavation Safety 

  • Permitting requirements for live energy works 

  • Working at Heights & Scaffolding Lifting & Cranage operations 

  • Other HSEQS training as per site HSE plan 

  • Contracts Management  


What you will get

  • Competitive Salary    

  • Company Car or Car Allowance  

  • 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)     

  • Employer pension      

  • Competitive mileage rate      

  • Travel expenses      

  • Flexible and remote working      

  • Enhanced parental leave      

  • Professional and Educational development      


About NRL
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