Lead NEC4 Project Manager

A leading UK water and infrastructure organisation is seeking an experienced Lead NEC4 Project Manager to play a key role in delivering two nationally significant infrastructure programmes.

You'll be at the heart of major, multi-billion-pound programmes, leading how NEC4 Professional Service Contracts are managed, challenged, and optimised to deliver real impact for communities and the environment.

Responsibilities of Lead NEC4 Project Manager:

* Lead NEC4 contract management for major programme delivery contracts

* Drive best-in-class contract administration and assurance, ensuring all obligations are delivered effectively

* Overseeing change control, early warnings, and risk reduction processes

* Provide trusted commercial leadership to delivery teams and senior stakeholders

* Lead on dispute avoidance and contract resolution, safeguarding relationships and outcomes

* Shape and implement a contract management strategy and assurance framework

* Drive performance through governance, reporting, and data-led insights

* Champion collaboration across Programme Delivery Partners and the wider supply chain

* Support programme boards and governance forums with contract expertise

* Challenge ways of working to unlock efficiencies and innovation

Essential Requirements:

* Significant experience managing NEC4 contracts, ideally at programme level

* Experience across complex, matrixed environments and major infrastructure delivery

* Strong commercial awareness with the ability to influence senior stakeholders

* Proven ability to manage change control, risk, and performance frameworks

* Experience working with Programme Delivery Partners or similar delivery models

* Degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience

Desirable:

* MRICS qualified or working towards

* NEC accreditation or equivalent professional development
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed