Contract Manager

Role Overview:
The Contracts Manager is responsible for overseeing the entire contract lifecycle across all phases of construction projects.

         Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with clients, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers.

• Administer construction contracts using standard forms such as FIDIC, JCT, NEC, etc.

• Provide contractual advice and support to project and site teams.

• Monitor budgets, manage claims, variations, extensions of time, and change orders.

• Lead or support dispute resolution, claims handling, or litigation with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, legal requirements, and company policies.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation and correspondence related to contracts.

• Assist with procurement and tendering processes from a contractual perspective.

• Collaborate closely with commercial, legal, project management, and procurement teams.

  
  Qualifications & Skills Required:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Law, or a related field.

• 7–10 years of experience in contract administration or commercial management within the construction industry.

• Strong knowledge and familiarity with standard contract forms (e.g., FIDIC, JCT, NEC).

• Excellent negotiation, communication, and analytical skills.

• Ability to assess project risk and prepare claims.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and contract management software.

• Exceptional attention to detail and capacity to work independently under pressure.

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be fundamental in creating a successful work force.   

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.