Contract Conformance Manager

• Act as the primary point of contact for all contract conformance matters across the Projects Directorate, ensuring alignment with programme-wide governance and commercial strategies.
• Lead the development and oversight of contract processes, ensuring clarity, consistency, and compliance from initiation through execution, renewal, or closure.
• Drive the creation and validation of contract documentation, ensuring it is unambiguous, specific, and aligned with projects operational objectives, legal standards, and EU Procurement Directives.
• Strategically collaborate with subject matter experts to incorporate technical, legal, and commercial requirements into contract documents, reducing ambiguity and mitigating the risk of disputes.
• Conduct high-level reviews and provide strategic challenge to ensure contract terms support value for money (VfM), eliminate inconsistencies, and align with the projects commercial and compliance objectives.
• Support and maintain plans, management controls, information processes and systems to support the timely delivery of all contracting activity.
• Oversee contract performance monitoring and reporting, tracking key metrics, forecasting risks, and escalating issues to senior leadership to support continuous improvement and informed decision-making.
• Lead post-award contract governance, including change control, audits, and updates to ensure ongoing alignment with programme scope, legal obligations, and best practices.
• Ensure timely and transparent communication of contract milestones and deliverables, coordinating with internal teams and external contractors to meet contractual time constraints.
• Support the development of training and guidance materials for procurement and contract management personnel, in collaboration with Learning & Development, to build internal capability.
• Participate in progress and performance meetings, providing updates on contract conformance, identifying emerging risks, and supporting resolution strategies.
• Support the Commercial Director in the preparation of reports and briefings related to contract governance, compliance, and performance.
• Champion a culture of safety and accountability, ensuring all contract-related activities adhere to the projects health and safety procedures and broader organisational values.
• Act as a role model for the projects vision and values, behaving in ways that align with the projects Ways of Working, and encouraging and supporting others to do the same.
• Take necessary action to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of corporate information, preventing unauthorised disclosure, modification, or destruction, and never knowingly putting the projects information or information systems at risk.
• Perform additional tasks, activities or other duties as may be required or assigned as part of the role.

• 10+ years' experience in a similar Contract Conformance Manager role on another large-scale infrastructure project.
• Experience of developing commercial contracts for major infrastructure programmes.
• Experience of major infrastructure programme contract strategy and selection and the development of contract requirements, processes and procedures, systems and tools.
• Experience with procurement of European procurement directives, EU public/utilities civil, contract law and construction procurement as a client or for client bodies.
• Experience of public sector e-procurement and constraints. Have a good understanding of business and procurement management systems.
• Experience within procurement and contract management functions in a range of construction. engineering and service-oriented areas and in a demanding safety critical environment.

• Experience and understanding of contract documents and the ability to review them for accuracy and alignment with project requirements.
• Familiarity with commercial agreements and a developing understanding of contract risks, with some exposure to drafting or reviewing standard contract terms.
• Assist in preparing tender and contract documents, ensuring they are clear and meet project needs under supervision.
• Good communication skills to support collaboration with internal teams and suppliers, helping to clarify requirements and expectations.
• Problem-solving mindset, with the ability to identify issues and suggest practical solutions with guidance.
• Understanding of change control processes and how they apply to contract delivery.
• Understanding of document management systems and the ability to follow established procedures for storing and updating documents.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel, with the ability to format and manage documents effectively.
• Clear and concise writing skills, with the ability to follow templates and guidelines when preparing documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in all tasks and documentation.
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to support project planning and meet deadlines under supervision.
• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders, supporting communication and helping to maintain positive working relationships.

• A minimum level 8 degree in business or a related subject matter or equivalent experience is desirable.
• Advanced Diploma in Public Procurement Law (King's Inns) or equivalent is desirable.

• A professional qualification such as Engineers Ireland (IE), Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or relevant equivalent. · Membership of Institute of Management Consulting or Association of Project Management or Project Manager Institute (PMI) is desirable.

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