Job Description
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? Then our project department of the Business Area Heat has an exciting opportunity for you!
Within the Business Area Heat, Heat Projects focuses mainly on larger District Heating Projects.
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 and translate “the legal” to “the reality” and back, whilst staying on top of a multitude of contracts and the obligations contained within them.
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. This work will be fundamental to our ability to develop and grow the Vattenfall Heat UK footprint in the UK.
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).
You will provide expert advice on commercial and contract risks. You are responsible for creating and amending contracts for our projects and then tracking those contracts through their lifecycles. You will be responsible for understanding, administering, interfacing and organizing all downstream contracts within our supply chain. You will be resolving contractual and commercial issues during project delivery, ensuring early identification and communication to Project Manager & Team. In the completion phase you will formulate Lessons Learned based on contract execution experience.
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
Qualifications
Your profile: You're highly motivated to contribute to Vattenfall’s ambitions, you are a self-starter and goal-oriented indivdual with a sustainable vision for the future. Your ability to understand the details and keep the big picture in mind will help you to drive projects and strike the right balance between “doing” and “steering”.
As our Contract Manager you will bring:
* An understanding of contract law, preferably including construction law.
* Membership of an appropriate Professional Association
* The ability to interface seamlessly between technical, commercial, operations, construction and legal specialists
* The ability to build bridges between stakeholders in challenging projects
Next to this you bring:
* Experience within development of energy or infrastructure 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 in UK construction environment such as energy, utilities, transport or infrastructure
* Experience of client, subcontractor and supply chain management, preferably with working knowledge of standard forms of contract: NEC, JCT, FIDIC
The successful candidate will need to have the right to work in the UK
Additional Information
Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.
More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than, 25/05/24. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Adam Hammond via adam.hammond@vattenfall.com
At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.
The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.
We look forward to receiving your application!