Senior Contracts Manager

Job Description

AECOM is recruiting a Senior Contracts Manager in Dublin. The role requires on‑site presence three days per week, with the remaining two days worked remotely.

• Ensure full alignment with the Contracting Entity’s Contract Management standards and selected contract suite (e.g., NEC).
• Provide assurance that contract administration activities fully comply with contractual terms and standards.
• Manage and develop effective commercial relationships with contractors and consultants.
• Review and advise on draft contracts to ensure they are fit for purpose.
• Lead contractual negotiations and provide commercial guidance to project managers.
• Review and approve subcontractors and subcontract documentation.
• Certify payments, including detailed assessment of Defined Costs under NEC Option C and Option E contracts.
• Audit contractors’ and consultants’ accounts to ensure accurate cost recording and claiming.
• Review cost forecasts and assess pain/gain share mechanisms for NEC Option C and Option D contracts.
• Undertake delay damages assessments and calculations where required.
• Develop and implement category‑ and programme‑level contract management strategies.
• Set KPI targets within NEC Incentive Schedules and monitor performance.
• Establish and maintain KPI libraries for assigned categories and programmes.
• Review and approve performance evaluations and oversee improvement plans.
• Build, manage, and support a team of contract administrators.
• Review Compensation Event submissions, Early Warning notifications, and quotations.
• Review applications for payment to ensure compliance.
• Provide assurance of RFI and RFT tender documentation.
• Oversee tendering and evaluation processes through appointment of contractors and consultants.

• Postgraduate qualification in Project Management, Construction, Engineering or Quantity Surveying.
• Extensive experience in contract management, including a minimum of three years working with NEC contracts.
• Strong track record delivering infrastructure and/or aviation projects.
• Proven capability in performance monitoring, claims management and commercial reporting.

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Colum Calnan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle across transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment.

You will have flexibility to work from an AECOM office, remote location or client site. We champion integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and a pioneering mindset. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of employees and their families.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition and meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please let us know using the email address Reaso if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.