Are you the accomplished Contract Manager that takes a leading role in paving the way for Vattenfall and its customers and partners towards a fossil-free future?
Within the Business Area Customer Solutions, Vattenfall Heat UK focuses mainly on winning, building, and operating larger District Heating Projects across the UK. We are looking for a commercially-minded professional who will translate technical and contractual inputs into commercial results and identify/manage risks in changing and challenging environments.
You will build strong relationships with peers, project teams, and work with Clients, advisors, and other key stakeholders to ensure we deliver a sustainable and profitable portfolio of heat and energy projects.
Your role: As a Contract Manager, you will be playing a key role in formulating the contract strategy and placement and you coordinate in compiling the complete set of documentation for the Invitation to Tender (ITT) / Request for Quotation (RFQ) and for contract award and execution.
You will provide expert advice on commercial and contract risks working alongside Procurement, Legal, and the Engineering team. You are responsible for creating and amending contracts for our projects and then tracking those contracts through their lifecycles.
Your Tasks And Responsibilities
* Correspondence with Contractors in relation to key contract and/or contractor deliverables
* Responsible for strategy of dispute management
* Production & presentation of project contractual and commercial reports in conjunction with the Project Manager
* Identify and mitigate potential contract risk in cooperation with the Project team
* Evaluation and assessment of Contractor variation submissions or Contractor’s Loss & Expense claims
* Advise on contract terms to manage
* Early identification of potential disputes & liaison with Legal department
* Ensure risks are “back to backed” in downstream from upstream contracts
* Review of Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation written by the Projects’ specialists
* Drafting of contract particulars & negotiation of terms in conjunction with legal & Procurement departments
Location: London/Edinburgh/Bristol
Qualifications
Your profile: You're highly motivated to contribute to Vattenfall’s ambitions, you are a self-starter and goal-oriented individual with a sustainable vision for the future.
As our Contract Manager, you will bring: An understanding of contract law, preferably including construction law (including commonly used UK Construction Contract form). Membership of an appropriate Professional Association.
You will have the ability to interface seamlessly between technical, commercial, operations, construction, and legal specialists. The ability to build bridges between stakeholders in challenging projects.
* University degree or equivalent professional qualifications
* Relevant experience within development of energy, infrastructure, or wider construction projects, preferably within district heating.
* Proven experience in contract and commercial management in complex projects, with a good understanding of risk management, preferably in the construction or energy sector
* Experience of client, subcontractor, and supply chain management, preferably with working knowledge of standard forms of contract: JCT, FIDIC, NEC.
We welcome your application in English. At Vattenfall, we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company, and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity.
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