Sustainable Abstraction Contract Manager

Salary: Circa 55000 (dependent on skills and experience)
Permanent Full time 37 hours per week

Location is flexible with but travel to Milton House Cambridge once a week is required.

Join us at Anglian Water and dive into a career dedicated to protecting one of our most precious this role youll contribute directly to our strategies to conserve water and protect ecosystems affected by climate change. Your technical skills will play a critical role in our mission to manage water resources and mitigate drought risks. This is not just a job; its an opportunity to safeguard the future of water for our communities and the natural environment.

Were looking for a Sustainable Abstraction Contract Manager to join our Water Resources Environment Team. This is a key role in delivering robust contract management administration and assurance services across a portfolio of projects ranging from 200K to 2 million.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day contract and commercial management of Option A contracts supporting delivery teams through ECC Project Management actions.
• Embed best practice in contract and commercial management driving continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Implement and manage contract assurance strategies and frameworks ensuring compliance with NEC3/4 contracts.
• Provide support in procurement strategy development including NEC price options and secondary options.
• Ensure effective change control early warnings and risk reduction meetings are held regularly.
• Guide delivery teams in dispute avoidance and resolution safeguarding the business and supply chain relationships.
• Conduct routine assurance activities such as Final Account reviews Tier 2 Contract Reviews and Defect Management.
• Produce performance insights and reports identifying risks and recommending improvements.
• Promote health and safety culture ensuring compliance with company standards and procedures.

What does it take to be a Sustainable Abstraction Contract Manager

Youll bring:

• NEC3 or NEC4 Project Manager Accreditation.
• HND or Degree in construction engineering or science.
• Demonstrable experience in contract and commercial management preferably within a design and construction environment.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contract management tools and assurance activities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Confidence in challenging and improving day-to-day practices.
• Proficiency in Office 365 and maintaining financial records for audits and cost assurance.

As a valued employee youll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• 26 days leave rising with service Bank Holidays with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• Life Cover at 8x your salary
• Personal Accident cover up to 5x your salary
• Car allowance
• Flexible working
• Competitive pension scheme Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Why Anglian Water

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world and were proud of the difference we make. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly love what we do!

If youre passionate about what you do and would like to make a difference then wed love to hear from you.

Closing Date: 25th November