Job Description
Contract Management (Cables) required for a major offshore wind developer based in Poland
Responsibilities
- Manage the execution phase of one or more cable packages (including both cable supply and T&I elements) in cooperation with Package Manager and Engineering teams
- Engage with Package Managers and Engineering team members to ensure that tender and contract terms match scope and deliverable requirements
- Assessment and evaluation of tender offers
- Detailed and robust negotiation of pricing with bidders
- Lead the negotiation and interactions with the bidders
- Work in partnership with Legal Counsel on tendering and contract issues
- Carry out a commercial evaluation of offers and coordinate and collate the overall evaluation
- Work with Package Managers and Engineering to produce contract award recommendations and present to senior management for approval
- Proactively obtain cost savings from contracts by ensuring value engineering opportunities are fully investigated and developed
- Create and maintain contractual obligation registers and monitor to ensure that contractual obligations are being met by both Client and the Contractors
- Manage Contractor applications for payment, liaising with Package Managers to ensure payment obligations are being met
- Engage with document control to ensure correct processes are being adhered to by package management and Contractors
- Engage with finance and legal stakeholders to ensure alignment with Client policies
- Contribute to commercial risk assessment and actively contribute to risk mitigation
- Manage contractor compliance with Tier 2 / 3 open book tendering processes to deliver best possible value to the project
- Deliver against commercial objectives including cost savings for assigned packages
- Prepare and update CAPEX and OPEX Costing Forms for responsible packages
- Support Project Controls team with monitoring and reporting budgets and forecasting
- Prepare commercial inputs to weekly and monthly package progress reports
Requirements
- 3rd level qualification in engineering, business or finance
- A track record in delivering cable contracts and managing large scale contracts
- Experience of working from own initiative, taking ownership of work / projects and motivating team members to deliver team objectives or projects
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong commercial focus through having a clear understanding of the business case for offshore wind project
- Ability to clearly plan, communicate and execute the requirements to progress through the stages of contract award and contract execution
