Contracts Manager in London

ABOUT ZENOBE

Our mission is to make clean power accessible. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work. We’re designing, financing, building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs. Since we began in 2017, we’ve raised over £2.7 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1.2GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.3,400 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the US and Canada, with a global headquarters in London. We’re the leading owner and operator of battery storage in the UK, supporting the National Grid with the uptake of renewable power. We also work with c.90% of the UK's major bus companies, powering 25% of the UK e-bus market. We’re also the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand, and are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a proactive and commercially minded Contract Manager to support the management of operations and maintenance agreements across a growing Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) portfolio. The role will focus on administering, negotiating, and monitoring contracts with O&M service providers, and other key stakeholders to ensure contractual compliance, commercial performance, and operational efficiency. This position is suited to a mid-level professional with experience in contract management within the energy, infrastructure, renewables, or utilities sector, ideally with exposure to energy storage or asset operations.

A TASTE OF THE DAY TO DAY

• Contract Management
• Manage the lifecycle of O&M contracts, including drafting, review, execution, administration, amendments, renewals, and close-out.
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations, KPIs, SLAs, and reporting requirements.
• Support the negotiation of commercial terms with service providers and partners.
• Maintain contract records, correspondence, and documentation.
• Commercial & Operational Support
• Work closely with Asset Management & Operations, Finance, Legal, and Procurement teams to ensure contractual alignment with operational objectives.
• Identify contractual risks, inconsistencies, and potential claims, and support mitigation strategies.
• Work closely with the Performance and Operations teams to translate technical underperformance into actionable commercial claims, leading the quantification and recovery of Liquidated Damages (LDs) and performance penalties.
• Assist in evaluating contractor and service provider performance against agreed deliverables.
• Support dispute resolution processes and coordinate contractual communications where required.
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Act as a key point of contact for contractual matters relating to BESS asset operations.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders including O&M contractors and service providers.
• Support lender query responses related to O&M contracts.
• Support onboarding of new contracts into operational management.
• Act as a key stakeholder in Zenobe’s stage-gate process, ensuring that all contractual handovers from Delivery to Operations are commercially sound and fully documented in internal systems.
• Reporting & Governance
• Prepare regular contract status reports, risk summaries, and performance updates for management.
• Ensure contracts comply with internal governance standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
• Support budget planning and cost control of the spend under O&M contracts.
• Responsible for the annual validation of indexation calculations and the creation of payment plans for all BESS and BOP contracts to ensure billing accuracy.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of contract management processes and templates.
• Health and Safety
• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability, integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Engineering, Energy Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related field.
• At least 5 years’ experience in contract management, commercial management in asset operations environment.
• Experience within renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, or energy storage sectors preferred.
• Familiarity with framework agreements, O&M contracts, managed service agreements is advantageous.
• Understanding of BESS operations, ancillary services markets, or renewable asset management is desirable.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong commercial awareness and contract administration capability.
• Ability to interpret contractual language and identify commercial risk.
• Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and contract/document management systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative and solutions-oriented approach.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Proactive, adaptable, and capable of working independently.

WORKING AT ZENOBE

We’re passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome.
• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do.
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Cash back health plan.
• Plus more.

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexitime and hybrid working. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let’s see how we can make it work.

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.