Senior Cost Manager

National Grid is hiring a Senior Cost Manager for our New England Electric Commercial Contracts department in Waltham, MA. This is a hybrid role with travel to New England sites required. We deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses, connecting people to the energy they need for their lives.

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 and internal stakeholders including 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.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in contract management, construction management, project management, or engineering within the electric utility or other technical industry 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 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, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word required.
• Valid driver’s license with a safe driving history that meets National Grid’s Safe Driver policy required.

National Grid will not provide visa sponsorship for this position. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

Pay

$114,000 - $134,000 a year