Job Description

We're looking for a Contracts Manager to join Green Funding Solutions based in Nottingham.

Contracts Lead

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Here's what you'll be doing

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E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions is a new and exciting team, developed from nothing to approximately 130 people and 70m - 100m revenue, in 3 years.


Our remit is to secure external funding for 'green' solutions for our most vulnerable customers and households. This ranges from insulation, solar panels and heat pump programmes, through to innovative low carbon heating propositions. We are helping 1000's of customers each year to be safer, warmer and have more affordable bills.


As a Contracts Lead, you will oversee the full contract lifecycle for individual projects, supporting the successful delivery of E.ON UK's Green Funding Solutions portfolio. You'll play a key role in securing high-value contracts, working closely with both internal teams and senior external stakeholders. To thrive in this role, you'll bring strong influencing skills, the ability to collaborate effectively, and the confidence to build trusted relationships at all levels.


Key responsibilities

Lead the contract lifecycle for individual projects to help secure contracts for Green Funding Solutions. Manage the end-to-end development, negotiation and execution of construction contracts and legal documents. (e.g., JCT, bespoke service agreements LOI, NDA and MOU) Provide technical support and guidance in relation to contractual terms and conditions ensuring they are still current and reflect the business need. Prepare and edit contracts between E.ON and potential customers in a timely manner, ensuing internal and external timescales are met. Work closely with E.ON's legal team to ensure all contracts are robust, sufficiently protect the business and have relevant approvals Lead contract negotiation with customers legal representatives, serving as the main liaison with outside contracting representatives. This includes driving sound commercial outcomes. Build strong relationships with customers legal advisors and those managing the contract negotiations on the customers behalf Maintain various contractual suites of documents, ensuring a consistent approach across all documents including appropriate flow down or passing up of risks. Ensure liability and indemnity levels are negotiated appropriately with Legal Team approvals gained where appropriate. Review data sharing agreements and ensuring they are robust and comply with GDPR requirements. Regularly review existing standard templates, forms, and processes to ensure they are still fit for purpose.

What we need from you

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Proven experience in a legal and commercial environment, with a strong focus on drafting and negotiating construction contracts, ideally using standard forms such as JCT. Effective stakeholder and project coordination skills with the ability to manage the commercial and contractual aspects of construction projects, including obtaining and collating specialist advice from other internal teams (such as the Construction, Commercial and Legal Teams) to ensure a consistent set of documentation. Strong written communication skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to draft and edit contracts clearly and concisely. Experience working with standard contract documentation and incorporating bespoke provisions to ensure risks are clearly defined and appropriately managed for both contractor and client. Confident communicator, with the ability to work to tight deadlines, able to influence discussions and outcomes when needed. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.

Here's what you need to know

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Award-Winning Workplace

- We're proud to be named a

Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025

and the

Best Place to Work for 16-34-year-olds

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Outstanding Benefits

- Enjoy 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover, bonus opportunities, and access to 20 flexible benefits with tax/NI savings.

Flexible & Family-Friendly

- Our industry-leading hybrid and family-friendly policies earned us double recognition at the

Personnel Today Awards 2024

. We're open to discussing how flexibility can work for you.

Inclusive & Diverse

- We're the only energy company in the

Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers

. We're also proud winners of

Best Employer for Women

and

Human Company of the Year

--recognising our inclusive, people-first culture.

Support at Every Stage of Life

- We're

Fertility Friendly

and

Menopause Friendly

accredited, with inclusive support for everyone.

Accessible & Supportive

- As a

Disability Confident Employer

, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria and will make any adjustments needed during the process.

Invested in Your Growth

- From inclusive talent networks to top-tier development programmes, we'll support your growth every step of the way.

At a glance

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Reference no.: 241129Closing date: 21/01/2026 Salary: 60,601-73,963

Get in touch

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If you have any questions please contact the recruiter melissa.newell@eonenergy.com. Please note, CV's emailed directly will not be considered.

About us

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E.ON is a privately owned international energy company. Our 75,000 colleagues in 15 countries work daily towards the improvement of technical innovations and user-friendly customer solutions for the new energy world. We are the first large energy company to focus more heavily upon the energy of the future through our three business areas of energy networks, renewable energies and customer solutions.

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It is important to us that people with disabilities have access to a fair application process, providing them with an opportunity to shine. Therefore, our representative body for severely disabled people will be included in the process from an early stage. Please let us know via the application form if you require technical or organisational adjustments during the application process. We will strive to make the required aids available.



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