Lead Cost Manager

About us

National Grid is hiring a Lead Construction Contract Manager for our New England Electric Contracts and Commercial department in Waltham, MA. This is a hybrid position with travel to New England sites required.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.

The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

Job Purpose

The New England Electric Construction Contract Manager manages, supports and monitors lump sum bid, sole source and unit rate-based contracts and contractual relationships for outsourced complex and non-complex electric construction work for National Grid.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage EPC, lump sum bid, sole source and unit rate-based construction contracts across the NE Electric project portfolio including inspection, study, review, cost validation, investigation, assessment, change order reconciliation, negotiation and dispute resolution.
• Work within the internal stakeholders to advise on contract and delivery strategy during project development.
• Work with the project to identify and communicate contract risk during project development, procurement and throughout project life cycle post award. Identify and implement contract risk mitigation strategies.
• Take lead on initiatives within the Contracts and Commercial business unit.
• Lead the project level escalation and dispute resolution process to include research, compiling and communicating project documentation, working with internal stakeholders and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure the annual electric capital construction workplan assigned to contracted resources is effectively delivered including cost control and technical contract compliance.
• Foster relationships with external contractors along with internal stakeholders including but not limited to Construction, Project/Program Management, Procurement, Engineering, Safety and Emergency Planning.
• Ensure alignment of construction contracts with customer needs and business, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Leverage contracts to support the completion of projects within scope, on time and within budget.
• Respond to and comply with audit and second line assurance requests.
• Identify contractual and cost risk through project development, RFP, award, execution and closeout for bid electric construction projects.
• Administer, manage systems and databases as it pertains to the role to support data creation and contract KPIs.
• Support the New England Emergency Planning during weather events

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in contract management, construction management, project management or engineering within the electric utility or other technical industry required.
• Post award construction contract management experience required.
• A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• 3-5 years of quantitative and qualitative pricing analysis and validation in construction is preferred.
• 2-3 years of contract dispute resolution and/or contract negotiation.
• 2-3 years of estimating background is preferred.
• EPC experience is highly desirable.
• Advanced Procore experience is highly desirable.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Power BI, MS Teams, SharePoint, Power Point, Excel and Word required.
• Valid driver’s license with a safe driving history that meets National Grid’s Safe Driver policy required.
  
  
  

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