Description
Job ID 3196
Job Purpose
To ensure that National Grid achieves value for money and that the contractor delivers the work that they are contracted to deliver at the price they committed to.
To support the delivery and project management teams, advising on best practice for Contract Management for contracted complex projects. To be responsible for ensuring all costs for an assigned portfolio of projects are reviewed and robustly challenged against appropriate benchmarks and cost databases.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide contract support, guidance and advice to the project delivery teams to insure compliance and contractor costs are robustly managed across the portfolio of projects.
- By working with the Project Manager and Construction Supervisor validate and review in detail claims/change orders submitted by the contractor to ensure National Grid achieves value for money.
- Identify early warnings, and assist with and monitor appropriate risk mitigation.
- Regularly review and monitor contractor progress of the assigned portfolio of projects to verify the costs and progress of job as compared to the Earned Value report.
- Support Project Manager to verify forecast accuracy based on crew efficiency, change impacts, etc.
- Ensure contract compliance through effective contract management activities
- Monitor contract and contractor performance. Conduct regularly scheduled contractor performance meetings.
Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required
Qualifications
- Construction project experience- understanding of the nature of construction projects and the effective / professional approach to delivery.
- Construction contractual knowledge - ability to interpret and apply contract clauses to ensure National Grid's commercial interests are protected.
- Claim/Change Order assessment / valuation - demonstrated ability to independently assess / verify the cost and schedule impact on the project or event
- Cost estimation - ability to provide input to forecast the cost to complete a project
- Project management understanding assessment - ability to review and understand project to assess validity, deliverability and assess impact of delays
- Contract Management experience
- Excellent oral and written Communication skills
- Computer skills. Must be proficient in MS Office applications, i.e. excel.
- Negotiating skills
- Utility experience preferred
- Bachelors Degree Required, preferably in Construction Management, Engineering
Contact
National Grid USA
40 Sylvan Rd
Waltham
Massachusetts United States
www.nationalgridus.com
From the same category : project management
4 Dec, 2025
