Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
The Contract Conformance Manager is responsible for ensuring that all commercial contracts within projects are executed in accordance with agreed terms, legal standards, and regulatory requirements. The role holder plays a critical role in ensuring consistency, coordination, and compliance of contract documentation across the projects programme, from procurement inception through to contract award. The Contract Conformance Manager ensures strategic alignment of contract scope, specifications, and information requirements across nominated contracts.
The role holder maintains oversight of the suite of contract documents, ensuring alignment with EU Procurement Directives and Irish national regulations, while enhancing engagement with subject matter experts to ensure accuracy and completeness. The Contract Conformance Manager tracks key contract metrics, reports on compliance status to senior management, and supports continuous improvement in contract management practices to safeguard the organisation’s commercial interests.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Qualifications
- 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.
Skills
- 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.
Formal Education Qualifications
- 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.
Professional Memberships
- 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.
Additional Information
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
