Senior Civil Engineer - Contracts Advisor

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Glasgow Salary: 49,401 - 59,152 per year Employment:
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Scottish Government Job summary

Transport Scotland’s Infrastructure Projects Directorate is responsible for the design, assessment, promotion, procurement and construction of major transport infrastructure projects. These include the A9 Dualling Programme, A83 Rest and Be Thankful project and the A96 Dualling Inverness to Aberdeen, along with new projects emerging from the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2). The Directorate also leads and advises on other procurement and contract management matters for Transport Scotland.

This is an exciting and challenging engineering position, contributing to maintaining Transport Scotland’s status as a centre of excellence for the delivery of major projects. The post will be within the Contracts Team which supports the Infrastructure Projects Directorate by providing expert advice on procurement, contract and commercial issues. The team is also responsible for the delivery of end-to-end procurements for the Directorate when required, as well keeping and updating contract and procurement document templates.

This includes supporting the delivery of high profile and complex major transport infrastructure projects, many of which are high value/high risk. The Contracts Team leads on the delivery of specialist advice to the Scottish Ministers and Senior Management within Transport Scotland on a wide range of particularly complex and sensitive procurement, contractual and commercial issues, and has an important role to play in supporting the delivery of sustainable procurement across Major Projects.

The team also represents the interests of Transport Scotland on Scottish Government initiatives, such as the development of the Scottish Government National Civil Engineering Framework Dynamic Purchasing System and wider industry initiatives such as the Scottish Construction Accord.

The post holder will report to a C1 Contracts Team Leader and will work within a multi-disciplinary programme team; you will provide technical leadership and engineering expertise to support the delivery of projects, including the A9 Dualling Programme, through the procurement and construction phases. You will work closely with consultants, contractors, stakeholders and colleagues to ensure delivery aligned with project objectives on time, to budget and in a manner that delivers a quality solution safely and efficiently.

Whilst this post is for a role within the Contracts Team, flexibility will be required to work across the Directorate as priorities and workloads dictate.

Job description
• The provision of contractual, commercial and procurement advice, support and guidance for teams across Infrastructure Projects and the wider Agency, ensuring value for money, and adherence with current legislation, policy and best practice and most appropriate route to market. This includes, but is not limited to, high value and high risk construction projects and programmes with significant input to the ongoing procurement and NEC4 contract management of the A9 Dualling:
Perth to Inverness Programme.
• Supporting/guiding teams through various procurements (e.g. the A9 Dualling procurement delivery plan) and managing the procurement of key professional services and supplies in line with Scottish Public Procurement Legislation, to support Project Delivery Teams and Design Teams within Major Projects.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of suitable procurement and contract templates for professional services and (construction) works contracts for Infrastructure Projects, based on different contract forms (e.g. NEC4 and bespoke…