SITE CONTRACT MANAGER
Location: Boden, SE – 50% of time spent in Bilboa, Spain (Travel & accommodation paid for in Bilboa)
Contract duration: initial 12-month contract - renewable
Start Date: ASAP
Project: Boden - 6 billion EUR green steel project site

We are on a mission to disrupt the global steel industry by producing green steel, with the end goal of bringing down CO2 emissions to zero. Our green steel production in Boden will be powered by one of the world’s largest green hydrogen plants, running on renewable electricity. Instead of emitting large amounts of CO2, as in traditional steelmaking processes, our primary emission will be water.

The Contract Manager is an active and engaged team member within the Contract Management team in support of both Project Leads, Construction Managers and other stakeholders. The role will be a direct report to the Lead Contract Manager / Head of Contracts and with a functionally to the Site Construction Manager / Area Manager.

Responsibilities
•    Manages Site Contractors in terms of contract management and administration
•    Work as part of an integrated cross-functional Site team
•    Address contractual and commercial risks and identifying and implementing mitigation measures
•    Ensure a flexibility approach whilst adhering to requirements and standards
•    Support the Project Site and Contract Management teams in defining contracting strategies
•    Support of processing and enforcement of Change Requests, Change Orders and claims
•    Participation in the reviewing and examination of contracts in support of contract negotiations
•    Coordination and alignment with other contract managers
•    Ensuring the uniform interpretation of contractual clauses and treatment of Change Requests, Change Orders, claims and implementation of lessons learned
•    Support of Project Site and Contract Management teams regarding contractual issues and correspondence (externally as well as internally)
•    Interface with other departments such as Legal, Engineering, Finance, Technical, etc.
•    Provide support on contractual issues, risk and opportunities and assistance in the identification, capture, analysis, mitigation and tracking of project risks
•    Ensuring working in compliance with policies, procedures and systems (ACC, GEP and others).

Qualifications
•    Minimum 10 years experiences as Contract Manager for major construction projects
•    Legal and/or Commercial and/or Technical background / university degree or equivalent
•    Open, articulate and transparent (“to-the-point”) in both verbal and written communications
•    Experience from working in the construction industry or contexts relevant to large construction projects.
•    Experience in working in manufacturing, the steel industry or other industrial environments.
•    Experience in delivering large international CAPEX projects.

The next step
We have an exceptional team in place, and we are pleased to be able to appoint a further person to our growing business. We are aware that you may not ‘tick all the boxes’, but if you believe you can genuinely offer some valuable skills and experience to our business, please in the first instance contact our recruitment partner Airswift.