Highways Contract Manager
Client: Central Bedfordshire Council
Location: Hybrid
An opportunity has arisen to join the Commercial and Business improvement team to support the delivery of the Highways Term Service Contract for Central Bedfordshire.
As Highways Contracts Manager you will be responsible for the management of commercial aspects of the business area including supporting contract delivery and operations, managing commercial risk and opportunity, ensuring accuracy of forecasts and that all commercial reporting procedures are adhered to. Supporting the delivery of projects, monitoring compliance with contract obligations and driving value from the supply chain.
The successful candidate will have a degree in quantity surveying or other commercially related discipline and a professional member of RICS or equivalent. You have an understanding of value management and programme development and monitoring, ensuring delivery against key targets. You have NEC4 Contract Management framework experience. You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and provide support to multi-disciplinary teams within a commercial environment. You will have commercial management experience within the highways/infrastructure sector and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Central Bedfordshire has to offer.
If you would like to help make Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work, we would like to hear from you.
Maintaining and building relationships with suppliers, monitoring and reporting their performance and compliance.
Preparing recommendations for interim payments to suppliers in accordance with contract requirements and produce payment certificates for sign off.
Maintaining financial impact assessments for instructed change.
Negotiating on financial impacts of compensation events with suppliers.
Maintaining the project data sets to achieve consistency, accuracy and alignment.
Assisting cost and expenditure planning / benchmarking (including the completion of data capture analysis sheets) in accordance with client process.
Supporting cost management, trending estimating and forecasting to the project.
Analysing cost performance data and provide relevant input for monthly performance reports.
Supporting management of budget and spend profiles continually identifying ways to improve cost performance.
Carrying out cost impact analysis of proposed changes to scope/schedule.
Assisting project managers in the preparation of cost reports and analysis on a work breakdown structure /activity basis, identifying areas of learning and any recommendations for efficiency improvement.
You will work closely with Senior Officers, elected members and other Council teams to ensure that the management and improvement of the network supports Council priorities and policy documents.
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.