Contracts Manager

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🕒 August 6

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Wood

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1982

💼 Consulting

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Construction • Logistics

Wood is an industry-leading consultancy and engineering company dedicated to designing the future of energy and materials. Wood operates in diverse markets such as oil and gas, carbon capture, hydrogen, power, renewables, chemicals, life sciences, and minerals and metals. The company specializes in optimizing and decarbonizing industrial assets to address some of the world's most critical and complex challenges. Wood offers digital solutions and engineering services to increase efficiency and support sustainability, focusing on areas like methane reduction, carbon advisory, clean fuels production, and industrial asset integrity. With a commitment to making the world a better place, Wood positions itself as a leader in the energy transition and digital transformation of industries.

📋 Description

• Lead complex contract negotiations and provide strategic contractual guidance across a diverse project portfolio • Provide contractual and commercial leadership across projects and business activities • Manage contract review workloads and advise stakeholders on contractual matters • Drive best-practice contract management and support commercial objectives while minimising risk • Lead contract professionals and strengthen stakeholder relationships in collaboration with the Head of Contracts • Act as a trusted advisor on contract law and commercial governance • Partner with internal stakeholders, clients, and suppliers to support successful project delivery • Lead contract management activities and influence commercial decision-making with a high degree of autonomy • Review contract qualifications and ensure an appropriate balance of risk • Provide contract terms and conditions overviews to senior management and execution teams • Advise businesses on client contracting and negotiation strategies • Manage commercial deliverables including bonds, PCGs, and evidence of insurance • Prepare, negotiate, establish, and administer joint venture and partnering agreements • Identify strategies to avoid or mitigate risks from contract terms and policy deviations • Support commercial handovers for awarded contracts • Deliver continuous improvement and innovative ways of working • Ensure commercial policies are understood and correctly applied • Provide contract governance and assurance and recommend corrective action • Manage and develop assigned Contracts team members • Provide contracts input to TGP processes, tenders, and proposals • Develop contract flowdown requirements for purchase orders and subcontracts with supply chain • Assist with pursuing Wood’s claims and defending claims against Wood • Represent Wood in industry-wide contract initiatives, seminars, and workgroups

🎯 Requirements

• Degree required in Law, Quantity Surveying, or Business • Proven experience and track record in contract review, drafting, and negotiation in a service company environment • Industry work experience demonstrating understanding of and exposure to key contracting principles • Experience negotiating and setting up JVs, MOUs, bidding agreements, and consortium agreements • Expert knowledge of contract terms and principles • Experience drafting and rolling out contracting policies • Working knowledge of Company Finance and HR systems • Awareness of relevant corporate and project procedures • Excellent understanding of client contract structures, principles, and policies • Contract experience in engineering and construction projects in at least one of life sciences, mining, power, infrastructure, environmental, or oil and gas industries • Experience with EPC, EPCm, or standard contract model forms including NEC, FIDIC, JCT, LOGIC, or regional equivalents • Relevant client-facing contracting experience • Line management experience • Strong negotiation skills • Leadership and people management capabilities • Strategic mindset and operational improvement capability • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Strong planning, organisation, and prioritisation skills • Client-focused relationship-building skills • Mentoring and coaching skills • Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and manage competing priorities • Legal qualification is desirable, not required

🏖️ Benefits

• Meaningful and interesting projects supporting green hydrogen, fuel switching, and energy transition • Flexible working arrangements • Hybrid working arrangements offered to balance client, team, and individual needs • Commitment to diversity and inclusion with employee networks • Competitive salary with regular salary reviews • Flexible benefits package • 33 days annual leave including public holidays • Generous contributory pension scheme • Private medical cover • Life insurance at 4x base salary • Continued professional development with tailored development plans • Global connections with experts around the world