Contracts Manager

Our client is looking for a Contracts Manager to manage, administer, and execute commercial contracts throughout the project lifecycle for a major renewable energy project. This role ensures that contractual obligations, commercial risks, and compliance requirements are effectively managed while protecting the company's commercial interests.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, negotiate, and administer customer, supplier, subcontractor, and framework agreements.
• Ensure contracts are executed in accordance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Manage contractual obligations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain contract documentation, amendments, correspondence, and change records.
• Support project teams in interpreting contractual requirements.
• Participate in tender reviews and commercial risk assessments.
• Review invitations to tender (ITT), requests for proposal (RFP), and contract terms.
• Identify contractual risks, liabilities, and deviations from standard terms.
• Provide commercial recommendations during bid preparation.
• Support contract negotiations prior to project award.
• Identify contractual, commercial, and financial risks.
• Develop mitigation strategies for contractual exposures.
• Ensure appropriate allocation of risk between customer, contractor, and subcontractors.
• Escalate significant contractual issues to senior management.
• Lead or support negotiations of supply agreements, EPC contracts, manufacturing contracts, service agreements, framework agreements, NDAs, purchase agreements, and subcontract agreements.
• Negotiate payment terms, warranties, liabilities, liquidated damages, indemnities, insurance, and limitation of liability.
• Manage contract variations and change orders.
• Prepare and evaluate extension of time (EOT) requests.
• Support preparation and defence of contractual claims.
• Maintain detailed records supporting claims and variations.
• Coordinate dispute resolution activities when required.
• Work closely with Project Managers to ensure contractual compliance.
• Monitor key contractual milestones and deliverables.
• Ensure contractual notices are issued within required timeframes.
• Support project close-out and final account settlement.
• Liaise with customers, suppliers, legal counsel, commercial teams, procurement, engineering, finance, and project management.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, local regulations, international trade requirements, export controls (where applicable), and corporate governance standards.
• Maintain contract registers and commercial records.
• Prepare management reports on contract status and risks.
• Track key commercial obligations and deadlines.
• Ensure document control for all contractual documentation.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Business, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management, Commerce, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification in contract management (e.g., CCM, CPCM) is advantageous.
• FIDIC experience is a plus.

If you are interested in this role, please apply.

Please note: you must already have the right to work in the country where this role is based to be considered for it.