Senior Contract Manager - Major Projects; Hybrid

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority‑owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest.

Due to increased workload and securing of new clients across the Defence, Infrastructure, Energy & Natural Resources and Real Estate sectors, Turner & Townsend has a new opportunity for a Contract Manager to join our growing Programme Advisory – Contract Services division in our UK offices.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Drive change in the largest organisations in the country.
• Engage on and influence large‑scale flagship projects.
• Impact across multiple industries and categories.
• Challenge themselves in a market‑leading global business.
• Create new and innovative service offerings to the market.
• Manage the full lifecycle of contracts across major programmes, ensuring obligations, deliverables, risks, and dependencies are controlled.

• Lead and manage contract management on major projects and/or programmes supported by Turner & Townsend.
• Lead contract governance reviews including variations, extensions, change control, and dispute management.
• Provide strategic project and commercial advice to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Produce clear commercial analysis to support decision‑making.
• Managing client relationships and related commission outputs and deliverables.
• Support business development and marketing of the team’s service proposition.
• Oversee contract performance management including KPIs, SLAs, service credits, escalation protocols, and risk mitigation.
• Run contract management activities including but not limited to performance reviews and contract review boards.
• Support procurement, transformation, supplier relationship management and claims and dispute teams providing contract management advice and expertise.

Turner & Townsend will offer the right candidate a distinct opportunity to progress their career within an entrepreneurial, defined and growing division. This will be achieved through a mixture of leading the delivery of large‑scale projects, creating innovative solutions and service offerings, elevating the Contract Services team, working with blue‑chip organisations and becoming a trusted and visible expert within Turner & Townsend and the market.

Further opportunities are available to travel both nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for our blue‑chip client portfolio.

Turner & Townsend encourages a hybrid method of working to provide a practical work/life balance that recognises the challenges that life brings.

We are keen to ensure that our team is delivering best practice in our procurement practices and therefore will encourage and support individuals to achieve recognised contract management accreditations ensuring regular professional development to further the team’s high standards.

• Strong background in contract management within major projects and programmes (Infrastructure, Real Estate, Energy & Natural Resources, Defence).
• Understanding of commercial strategy and contract law principles.
• Proven experience across negotiation, commercial and contract drafting, and contract administration and risk management.
• Experience in multi‑vendor contract environments and performance management frameworks.
• High level of contract and commercial acumen with strong financial and analytical skills.
• Experience of developing and using various forms of contracts with particular focus on NEC and JCT.
• Experience of…