Contract Manager

Contract Manager - FPSO / Offshore Oil & Gas

Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands

Employment Type: Contract

Contract Duration: 2+ years

Working Pattern: 3 days office / 2 days remote

Sector: Oil & Gas / Offshore / FPSO

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.