Contract Manager - FPSO / Offshore Oil & Gas

Contract Manager - FPSO / Offshore Oil & Gas

The Opportunity

An experienced Contract Manager is required to join a project team in Rotterdam, supporting the delivery of a major turnkey FPSO project. This is a long-term contract role, offering the chance to work in a complex international project environment with significant exposure to client, supply chain, and subcontract management.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Management & Administration:
  • Manage and administer contractual requirements and obligations across the main client contract, supply chain, and subcontract agreements.
  • Ensure contractual compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Maintain clear, accurate, and robust records of contractual documentation, correspondence, notices, claims, and supporting evidence.
  • Monitor contractual deliverables, milestones, payment requirements, bonds, guarantees, liabilities, and other key contractual obligations.
  • Provide contractual guidance and support to the wider project team.
• Commercial & Contractual Risk:
  • Review and interpret main contracts, purchase orders, subcontracts, and associated terms and conditions.
  • Identify contractual risks, exposures, and opportunities, including potential variations, claims, and delays.
  • Ensure appropriate flow-down of key contractual requirements from the main contract into vendor and subcontract agreements.
  • Monitor contractual interfaces and identify potential gaps between client, vendor, and subcontractor contracts.
  • Promote strong commercial and contractual awareness across the project team.
• Change Management, Variations & Claims:
  • Identify potential contractual changes and assess their full commercial and contractual consequences.
  • Coordinate with engineering, procurement, project controls, construction, and other project functions to establish the impact of changes.
  • Manage the complete change process, including preparation, drafting, submission, negotiation, and approval of variations and claims.
  • Support the preparation, coordination, and defence of contractual and insurance claims.
  • Maintain appropriate claims, variations, risk, and correspondence registers.
• Contract Negotiation:
  • Support and participate in commercial and contractual negotiations with clients, vendors, and subcontractors.
  • Develop appropriate negotiation strategies in conjunction with the project and legal teams.
  • Resolve contractual issues and support the project team in managing contractual disputes and differences.
• Contract Set-Up & Reporting:
  • Establish and maintain appropriate contract management systems, registers, and reporting processes.
  • Maintain registers covering areas including variations/change orders, claims, contractual correspondence, key deliverables, payment milestones, bonds and guarantees, liquidated damages, delay and completion dates, warranty obligations, and contractual risks and opportunities.
  • Monitor contractual developments and ensure appropriate actions are identified and progressed.
• Contract Close-Out & Warranty:
  • Lead and support contractual close-out activities with clients, vendors, and subcontractors.
  • Support agreement of final accounts and outstanding commercial matters.
  • Manage the release and cancellation of bank guarantees and other securities.
  • Support the resolution of outstanding claims, delays, liquidated damages, and warranty matters.
  • Ensure remaining contractual obligations are appropriately documented and handed over.
  • Support settlement agreements and final contract completion where required.
• Pre-Contract & Subcontract Support:
  • Provide contractual input into the preparation and development of contracts and subcontracts.
  • Support contract and subcontract drafting, negotiation, collation, and finalisation.
  • Review and prepare purchase orders and contractual appendices.
  • Ensure appropriate incorporation of back-to-back contractual conditions.
  • Identify and incorporate relevant main contract flow-down requirements into supply chain and subcontract agreements.

Candidate Requirements

• Essential Experience:
  • 5-10 years' experience in Contract Management, preferably within the Oil & Gas sector.
  • Proven experience working as a Contract Manager on turnkey/EPC FPSO or offshore oil & gas projects.
  • Strong experience managing supply chain contracts, vendors, and subcontracts.
  • Experience managing variations, claims, contractual risk, and commercial negotiations.
  • Strong understanding of contract administration and contractual compliance.
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams in complex project environments.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate contractual matters clearly to both commercial and technical stakeholders.
• Contractual & Legal Knowledge:
  • Strong understanding of the principles of contract law and contractual frameworks, including:
    • Contractual liabilities and obligations
    • Time, delay, and extensions of time
    • Notices and contractual correspondence
    • Variations and change management
    • Claims and disputes
    • Suspension and termination
    • Warranties
    • Liquidated damages
    • Supply chain and subcontracting
    • Contractual flow-down requirements
    • Common law and civil law principles
  • Experience supporting arbitration or litigation proceedings would be advantageous.
• Qualifications:
  • A degree or equivalent qualification in Business Management, Law/Construction Law, Contract Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or Commercial Management is preferred.
  • An MBA or relevant professional qualification would be advantageous.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• 2+ year contract on a major offshore oil & gas / FPSO project.
• Based in Rotterdam, with a 3 days office / 2 days remote working arrangement.
• Opportunity to work across a complex international project environment.
• High level of exposure to client, supply chain, and subcontract management.
• Long-term opportunity within a major energy project.