Contracts Manager

About the role

Reporting to our Corporate Counsel, the Contracts Manager will be responsible for managing, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on commercial contracts with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors. This role is critical to ensuring contractual compliance, mitigating risk, and supporting the business in achieving its commercial objectives. You will be responsible for:

Key Responsibilities 

• Support our businesses through the management of a wide portfolio of contracts and opportunities, including reviewing, drafting and negotiation of consultancy appointments, collateral warranties, sub-consultancy agreements and similar documents
• Ensure compliance with ORS’s internal governance and control framework and escalation of potential non-compliance with ORS’s contracting protocol
• Record and monitor key risks and advise on strategies to mitigate those risks
• Assist and advise our business about existing contractual obligations
• Negotiate disputes and settlements under contracts as required
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and vendors, and act as the main point of contact for any contract-related queries
• Manage and liaise with external counsel
• Support various strategic projects across the wider management and legal team
• Provide training and guidance to internal teams on contract-related matters

Essential Requirements 

• Law degree is preferred but not essential· Significant commercial and contract management experience, with 2+ years’ experience in a similar role
• Broad knowledge of Irish and international contract law and the types and structure of the contracts in construction and engineering industries (e.g., PWC, NEC, FIDIC)
• Experience in civil engineering consultancy or construction industries is beneficial

What We Can Offer You 

Being part of ORS means more than just a job, it means joining a company that invests in you and your ambitions with transparency, structure and support. 

We are delighted to offer a suite of benefits when you join ORS, which include:

• Competitive salary 

• Performance-related bonus 

• Pension scheme with matching contributions 

• Remote-first hybrid model – use your home as a base and any of our office locations as you see fit 

• Work from abroad 

• Flexible working hours 

• Access to over 60 health disciplines through our Kara Connect Platform 

• Continuous Professional development (CPD) programme & funding 

• Paid maternity, paternity and fertility leave 

• Company and birthday annual leave days 

• Death in Service benefit 

• Tax saver - travel and bike to work 

• Culture, social, wellness and CPD committees 

• Talent Development Programmes 

• Access to leading career coach Gerry Duffy 

About ORS 

ORS is a world-class multidisciplinary building consultancy with more than 30 years of delivering technical excellence across the built environment. Our mission is simple but powerful: We endeavour to make the lives of our team, clients, partners and communities happier and better in the ways that really matter every single day. 

Don’t just take our word for it! ORS has won numerous awards, recognising our Great Place to Work culture. 

• Winner of the Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025 

• Winner of the Graduate Programme of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025 

• Winner of the Best Company to Work For at the Irish Design & Build Awards 2024 & 2025 

• Winner of the Best People Development of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2024 

• Winner of the Recruitment & Retention Strategy at the Workplace Excellence Awards 2024 

• Great Place to Work certified consecutively since 2017 

• Top 3 Company Best Workplaces in the medium-sized category at the Great Place to Work awards 2025 

• Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing 2025 Great Place to Work 

• Engineers Ireland CPD Accreditation since 20217 

• Awarded for Hybrid Way of Working at the 2022 Great Place to Work Awards 

• Silver Accreditation through Investors in Diversity 2025 

ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences. 

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