Commercial Contract Manager

1 day ago


Seascale, Cumbria, United Kingdom Jacobs Full time

At Jacobs, we inspire and empower our employees to deliver their best work, ensuring they can evolve, grow, and succeed. With over 55,000 people in more than 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers a wide range of opportunities for career development within a supportive and diverse team that always strives to do the right thing for our people, clients, and communities.

We offer a competitive package to retain and attract top talent, recognizing that our employees are our greatest asset. UK employees enjoy free single medical cover and digital GP services, as well as family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, employee assistance programs, and reimbursement for relevant professional development and memberships.

We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program, which includes matched-funding, paid volunteering time, and charitable donations. Work-life balance and flexibility are key focus areas for Jacobs, and we're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time, or flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit individual needs and business requirements.

About the Opportunity

We're recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our integrated joint venture team Framework at Sellafield. The ideal candidate will develop close relationships with project teams, internal stakeholders, and client representatives, demonstrating excellent technical qualities for the role. This position offers opportunities to engage on multiple projects from tender preparation and negotiation to delivery and completion.

Responsibilities include:

  • Collaborating with other senior QS to ensure consistency and best practice ways of working across the business unit to achieve continuous improvement.
  • Caching operational personnel in relation to contract administration, risk management, procurement, forecasting, and profitability.
  • Working with the project controls manager to produce monthly project cost reports.
  • Ensuring subcontract arrangements are in place when required using NEC3 (and NEC4) contracts.
  • Managing administrative processes for subcontractors, focusing on change controls, early warnings, compensation events, scope changes, and payments.
  • Supporting the project manager in resolving commercial issues with clients and implementing strategies to avoid litigation and claims.
  • Overseeing subcontracts from initial placement to final account, collaborating closely with procurement, planning, and delivery teams to meet project requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • Degree qualifications in commerce, finance, engineering, quantity surveying, or law (preferred).
  • Previous experience in a similar role for main contractors.
  • Sound knowledge of construction and contract law, including NEC conditions of contract.
  • Experience with cost forecasting, reporting, control, risk management, contract documentation, and administration.

Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience



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