Rider Levett Bucknall RLB is an independent global consultancy serving the construction and property sectors. Its 4,500-person workforce operates across 35 countries, providing cost management, quantity surveying, project management, and advisory services. The firm combines long-standing industry experience with a focus on practical solutions, community impact, environmental responsibility, and collaborative values including truth, trust, and togetherness.
Senior FIDIC Contract Manager
Lead FIDIC contract administration across RLB data centre construction and infrastructure programmes, covering tenders, claims, variations, risk and final accounts.
Description
- Lead commercial and contractual oversight for data centre and infrastructure programmes.
- Manage contracts from pre-award strategy and tender preparation through post-award administration, claims and final account settlement.
- Administer FIDIC contracts in line with their conditions and project requirements.
- Prepare and issue notices, instructions, claims, contractual correspondence, scope clarifications, payment certificates and approvals on time and accurately.
- Contribute to contracting strategy, pricing models and risk allocation frameworks.
- Prepare and manage RFPs, ITTs and contract documents.
- Oversee bid assessments and lead contract award negotiations.
- Run variation and change control processes, assessing effects on scope, schedule and cost.
- Assess, negotiate and resolve contractor claims, EOT requests, delay damages, loss and expense claims and final accounts.
- Keep contract records, correspondence logs, RFI tracking, instruction records and claims files up to date.
- Work with legal, finance, engineering and project management teams to identify and reduce contractual risks.
- Advise clients and project teams on contractual obligations, processes and procedures.
- Set and maintain KPIs and commercial reports covering contract performance, cost variances, programme compliance and risk exposure.
- Report to Jake Bush.
Requirements
- Degree in supply chain management, engineering, law, construction management or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Professional qualification or active progress towards one, such as CIPS (MCIPS), FIDIC-accredited training or an equivalent; alternatively, a clear intention to pursue professional accreditation.
- Hands-on experience administering FIDIC contracts, including the Red, Yellow and/or Silver Books, throughout the project lifecycle.
- Experience with hyperscale or colocation data centre programmes using EPC, EPCM or Design & Build contracting approaches.
- Familiarity with NEC, JCT or VOB frameworks and how they interact with FIDIC in multi-jurisdictional settings.
- Experience managing change control, claims assessment and Extension of Time (EOT) processes on large capital programmes with complex stakeholder groups.
- Senior-level contracts management experience in data centres, construction or critical infrastructure, with a proven delivery record.
Benefits
- Hybrid work patterns designed to support work-life balance.
- Competitive salary and generous annual leave, with the option to purchase up to five additional days.
- Ongoing learning and development, including established APC and in-house mentoring programmes.
- A range of additional benefits, including professional membership subscriptions.
- Exposure to varied projects across sectors and regions.
- Team and social events, plus charity fundraising and volunteering opportunities.
- Tailored training programme.
- Mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes.
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
- Family-friendly policies.
- Employee wellbeing support.