Contract Manager

Do you enjoy working with cutting-edge technology?

Would you like to help shape the future of our global energy?
 

Join our Team

Our Gas Technology Equipment business provides industry-leading products and services that optimize the extraction, production and processing of energy. We create value with impactful decisions by effectively connecting ideas and people. We champion an entrepreneurial culture to unlock full our potential by bringing energy to the world.
 

Partner with the best

As a GTE Project Contract Manager, you'll create positive impacts to the business, setting a strategic vision, execute to plan and streamline operations. You'll be able to achieve outstanding results in demanding and rapidly changing business environments.

Key Responsibilities

As a Project Contract Manager, you will be responsible for:
 

• Managing projects contracts, identify, tracking and reporting all the concerned contractual aspects from contract award up to the commercial operation date.  

• Performing contract summary, transferring contractual documents and awareness about any residual known commercial risks within the contract to the Project Team. This includes also the identification of contractual provisions, which the Project should transfer to vendors, subcontractors and/or partners.

• Ensuring the Project Team properly archive the contractual documentation and key project correspondence.

• Supporting the project team to formalize contract variations, whenever risks/opportunities having impact on project costs occur.

• Assist the PM/PD and the other members of the Project Team in handling the contractually relevant matters and drafting the key correspondence concerning contractual matters.

• Support the project teams in addressing and resolving contractual disputes and/or claims avoiding legal escalation and unlocking payments and unbilled milestones, including finalization and execution of settlement agreements.

• Keep project claims tracker fully update, allowing periodic release of contract management metrics/KPIs

• Monitor the overall financial projects exposure, relevant to projects under your management, in terms of outstanding payment, unbilled and bank guarantees.

• Assist PD in preparation of claim negotiation up to the final settlement, assuring coordination with legal to define the most favorable and protective final settlement agreements.

• Inform promptly the contract mgmt. ldr and legal dept when disputes with Clients and partners are likely to result in litigation proceedings.

• Support the contract mgmt. ldr and legal dept in the management of litigation proceeding.

• Identifying, tracking and addressing to the commercial department any contractual lesson learned identified during the project execution.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Master's degree in Engineering or Law with Technical background of Oil&Gas or Energy products

• Show analytical skills on contractual clauses and knowledge of contracting methods, contract forms, drafting terms and conditions.

• Display Early Dispute Resolution and claims negotiation experience, with solid interpersonal, influencing and leadership skills.

• Be a good team player and display good communication skills with fluency in English (spoken and written)

• Demonstrate excellent organizational and project management skills from a global-matrix environment

• Demonstrate ability to work with remote teams and to deliver while handling large numbers of diverse tasks

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
 

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.  Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities

• Comprehensive private medical care options

• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs

• Tailored financial programs

• Additional elected or voluntary benefits