Review Manager

Position: Contract Review Manager

Infinity Employment are seeking a Contract Review Engineer to work on behalf of our Industry leading client, specialising in providing engineering solutions to various sectors. The Contract Review Specialist is responsible for reviewing, assessing, and approving customer contracts, purchase orders, and enquiries to ensure that engineering, quality, commercial and delivery requirements are clearly defined, understood, and achievable before acceptance. The role acts as a critical control point between sales, engineering, operations and quality, ensuring that commitments made to customers are technically feasible, compliant and aligned with business capability, capacity and risk appetite.

This position requires experience similar to other engineering-focused contract review roles within manufacturing, aerospace, inspection or technical service environments.

Contract:

Based in Redditch on a 3‑6 month contract.

Pay: £25.00p/h – £30.00p/h LTD

Key Responsibilities Contract & Order Review

• Review customer enquiries, purchase orders, contracts, and specifications prior to acceptance.
• Confirm that technical, quality, commercial and delivery requirements are clearly defined and understood.
• Ensure all requirements are achievable with current capability, capacity, competence and resources.
• Identify and clarify ambiguities, conflicts or missing information within customer documentation.

Engineering & Technical Assessment

• Review engineering drawings, specifications, standards and customer requirements.
• Confirm measurement, inspection, manufacturing or service requirements are technically feasible.
• Liaise with engineering, quality and technical teams to confirm capability and risk.
• Ensure appropriate standards, tolerances, materials and acceptance criteria are defined.

Quality & Compliance Review

• Ensure contracts comply with applicable quality management system requirements (e.g. ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 17025 where applicable).
• Confirm inspection, test, traceability, documentation and record retention requirements.
• Identify special requirements, key characteristics or customer‑specific clauses.
• Ensure flow‑down of customer and regulatory requirements to operations.

Commercial & Risk Evaluation

• Review commercial terms including scope, delivery dates, pricing assumptions and liabilities.
• Identify risks related to scope creep, unclear responsibilities, unrealistic delivery or contractual exposure.
• Support management in defining mitigation actions where risks are identified.
• Escalate high‑risk or non‑standard contract conditions for approval.

Communication & Coordination

• Act as the primary point of coordination between sales, engineering, quality and operations during contract review.
• Raise clarification requests with customers where required.
• Support sales teams by providing clear feedback on feasibility and constraints.
• Ensure agreed changes are communicated and documented prior to contract acceptance.

Contract Acceptance & Control

• Approve contracts and orders in line with delegated authority.
• Ensure contract review records are completed, approved and retained.
• Support controlled acceptance of changes to contracts or orders after acceptance.
• Maintain contract review logs and status tracking.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify recurring contract issues and improvement opportunities.
• Support improvements to contract review processes, templates and checklists.
• Feed lessons learned back into sales, quoting and operational planning.
• Support internal and external audits related to contract review and order acceptance.

Authority & Accountability

• Authority to approve or reject contracts within defined limits.
• Authority to raise clarification requests and require resolution before acceptance.
• Accountable for ensuring contracts are technically, commercially and operationally sound.
• Responsible for accurate and auditable contract review records.

Skills & Competencies

• Essential
  • Proven experience in a Contract Review, Technical Review or Commercial Engineering role.
  • Strong understanding of engineering documentation (drawings, specifications, standards).
  • Experience working in an engineering, manufacturing, aerospace or technical services environment.
  • Strong attention to detail and risk awareness.
  • Ability to interpret customer requirements and translate them into operational needs.
  • Confident communicator with internal teams and customers.
• Desirable
  • Experience working within ISO‑based management systems (e.g. ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 17025).
  • Knowledge of inspection, manufacturing or engineering service delivery.
  • Experience supporting audits or compliance activities.
  • Familiarity with ERP, MRP or order management systems.
• Key Behaviours
  • Structured and methodical approach.
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
  • Willingness to challenge unclear or risky requirements.
  • Collaborative and solutions focused.
  • Calm under pressure with competing priorities.

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