Contracts Manager

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Who are you?

You are an experienced Contracts Manager with 8+ years experience, seeking your next step or are currently working in a similar role within a comparable environment. You’re motivated to join a growing and dynamic posting reflects an existing vacancy that we are actively hiring for.

Location Requirement: Ability to be on-site in the London, ON area at least 3-to-4 times per month.

Job Description

As a Contracts Manager, you will:

• Act as a trusted partner to delivery teams, providing guidance on commercial and contractual matters throughout the full lifecycle of data centre projects.
• Address and resolve contract interpretation challenges and disputes with creativity, ensuring solutions balance both parties’ objectives while considering long-term impacts.
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement initiatives designed to enhance quality, accelerate timelines, and optimize cost efficiency in project delivery.
• Lead negotiations and draft key commercial terms across new contracts, variations, and contractual correspondence.
• Oversee the full contract lifecycle, from project kick-off through contractor performance monitoring, delivery management, and final close-out.
• Evaluate and manage contract claims, including variations, time-related claims, payment requests, and invoicing.
• Drive cost management and forecasting to support accurate reporting and cashflow projections across active projects.
• Design and implement reporting tools to track and measure critical contract performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in managing the commercial aspects of complex, large-scale, and multi-disciplinary projects in Real Estate.
• More than 10 years of experience in a similar role.
• A passion for delivering exceptional client service.
• A high level of attention to detail.
• Strong communication & facilitation skills, with a natural ability to build relationships.
• Professional accreditations such as PQS/CEC, MRICS or equivalent
• Cost management experience on Real Estate projects exceeding $100M
• A recognized degree in a technical field: Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or Commercial Management, Project Management etc. If the degree is obtained outside Canada, an equivalency verification will be required

Other qualities that would be advantageous to your application:

• Excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Proficiency in commercial software (, CostX, Aconex/Unifier).

Additional Information

What's in it for you...

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)

• Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program

• RRSP option with company matching

• Annual learning and development budget

• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth

• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role

• We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days

• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives

• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging

The base salary range for this full-time role is $95,000 - $145,000 per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

We may use automated or AI-based tools to support the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants.

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.

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