Job Description Summary

The Contract Manager will provide broad-based and thorough commercial contract management lead to the Wind Offshore Project Team on the execution of large scale offshore wind farm construction projects

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manages the Contractual and commercial relationship with GE's clients and serve as the singular point of contact for matters concerning clients contracts.
• Is responsible to facilitate contract awareness means to the project team ( contract familiarisation sessions, contracts' summaries, contracts extracts, live sessions, ad-hoc contract interpretation etc.,).
• Proposes and implement the contract management strategy on Claims, Variations, Amendments, and any critical contract-related matters that may arise within contracts with clients.
• Provides expert advise on solutions to contract-related problems with other parties ( such as subcontractors, suppliers, etc.,).
• Provides full claim management (from/to Client, Insurances)
• Provides full Amendments management
• Provides support on drafting, negotiation, and execution of key subcontracts and agreements.
• Actively support the Subcontracts Contract's Manager on main subcontracts to co-manage with Project Sourcing. Provide support during negotiations of claims, managing contractual changes and resolving disputes.
• Actively supports the Variations Contracts Manager
• Manages external experts and consultants while keeping accountability for the Project Contact and Commercial management.
• Contributes to monthly project reports, summaries, and presentations, as required by the PD/Project.
• Leads any due diligence involving liaising with legal, Planning, Finance, insurance, work package managers, etc.., and external consultants and experts on resolution of any contractual/legal/insurance issue.
• Provides any other contractual/commercial support agreed with the PD necessary for the project execution.
• Actively support Risk and Opps Management within the project.

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, commercial, or legal fields
• Experienced in managing large scale construction contracts

• Comprehensive Contracts and commercial experience in contracts/projects with critical interfaces, complex infrastructure (civil engineering, offshore, oil and gas, construction and/or renewable energy sector)
• Strong contractual and commercial acumen
• Ability to work effectively in a complex matrix organization. Effective transversally
• The right candidate can lead complex matters to completion
• Proactivity
• Dispute resolution experience. Preferred Arbitration experience
• Proven track record on negotiation and resolution of complex contractual issues
• Project Contract administration including change/variations orders, claim management, ability to develop and implement project claim strategy.
• Experience in developing, negotiating and managing constructions subcontracts.
• Manages formal communication with client, key partners and key subcontractors
• Risk Management experience on projects execution.