We're looking for a Senior Contracts Manager to join our Transportation team based in Brackley, Northamptonshire, supporting the General Manager by providing strong leadership and expertise to deliver the requirements of the utilities framework on HS2 across the full EKFB section.



Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea, or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey — come and join us at Kier Transportation and help make a difference by supporting the movement of people, goods, and equipment.



Location: Brackley, Northamptonshire - travel to the office required with some remote working availableHours: Permanent, Full-time, 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours is available, so feel free to discuss this with us.



What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Contracts Manager, you'll be joining a highly skilled team working on a major project to divert all utilities across an 80km section of HS2. This is delivered under a framework agreement with multiple live schemes running simultaneously, requiring a strategic and organised approach.

Your day to day will include:

-Leading and managing the section's Contract Managers to ensure successful delivery of all schemes

-Coordinating resources and staff across the entire project to maximise efficiency

-Maintaining full commercial awareness of each work area, working closely with the Commercial Manager to secure favourable outcomes

-Attending and leading client and internal meetings, presenting performance updates and progress reports

-Reviewing project programmes and developing strategies to drive completion and progress



What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Contracts Manager is ideal if you have:

-Extensive knowledge and understanding of utilities

-A valid CSCS card

-A full UK driving licence



Rewards and benefitsWe're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.



Diversity and inclusionMaking Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.



We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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