Contract Officer

About Us At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a Contract Officer to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life. National Grid is hiring a Contract Officer - In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to regular travel to project site if and when required

Job Purpose Support the Commercial Manager in delivering the Static Wound Equipment (SWE) Programme through contract administration, monitoring, and assisting with the tender process to ensure compliance with internal governance. Serve as the primary liaison to ensure clear communication and swift issue resolution, while supporting the Project Director and Commercial Manager to achieve programme objectives through contract oversight, change control, and commercial processes.

What You'll Do Ensure that appropriate challenge and review has been applied to project costs through benchmarking and cost assurance activities Support management to ensure commercial, contract and financial processes and procedures are adhered to, and contract compliance through effective contract management activities Develop cost reduction and improvement plans with the contracting partners, to deliver outperformance against the RIIO agreement Support the development of appropriate reporting structure to capture all elements of contractor performance and ensure consistency of reporting of these across the contract function Assure and benchmark costs of individual schemes, compensation events and risk drawdowns, ensuring timely authorisations and control of risk allowances. Facilitate the cost review process, by chairing meetings, reviewing papers, managing and evaluating cost reports Communicate contractor performance analysis internally and externally Identify and implement opportunities to further develop the suite of benchmarking tools to support the continuous improvement of contractor performance Provide contract support, advice, guidance and contract management training to Project Delivery teams as required and where appropriate the Contracting Partners

About You Good stakeholder management skills and ability to build strong relationships across multiple teams quickly Experience of working in Contract Management role and / or working with NEC3 and NEC4 terms and conditions Knowledge of Electricity Transmission would be beneficial Experience of successful multiple project delivery Good commercial acumen, including procurement and supply chain experience / knowledge Able to demonstrate initiative, sound judgment and problem solving Ability to bring creative and innovative new approaches to the business

What You'll Get A competitive salary between £48,000 – £57,000 dependent on capability As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information The closing date for this vacancy is 17th March. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process. In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network. To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

DE & I statement At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office. Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential. Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.