Contract Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee contractual management for major hydroelectric projects from bidding and negotiation through execution, close-out, and warranty.

• Formulate and execute project-specific contractual strategies that align with objectives, risks, obligations, and opportunities.

• Draft, review, and customize commercial and contractual clauses.

• Engage in the negotiation and finalization of contracts, amendments, change orders, and other commercial arrangements.

• Prepare contractual notices, amendments, change submissions, claims, and formal communications.

• Ensure that project teams comprehend and apply contractual rights, responsibilities, and obligations.

• Collaborate with Project Directors and cross-functional teams on mitigation strategies and opportunity plans.

• Analyze contracts to pinpoint risks, opportunities, deviations, assumptions, and areas that require ongoing attention.

• Develop and uphold contract management plans.

• Drive strategies for changes, claims, dispute avoidance, and dispute resolution.

• Oversee contractual notices, changes, claims, disputes, and insurance-related matters.

• Coordinate major claims and disputes with Project Leadership, Legal, Finance, and other departments.

• Provide counsel to project teams regarding contractual issues and commercial decision-making.

• Monitor contractual commitments and disseminate contractual information across project organizations.

• Engage in project risk and opportunity assessments.

• Supervise contractual compliance and document deviations.

• Maintain tools and records for obligations, milestones, notices, changes, claims, correspondence, and decisions.

• Deliver regular contractual risk assessments and updates to project and functional leadership.

• Act as a senior contractual advisor and offer guidance to less-experienced contract management professionals.

• Support hydroelectric projects primarily in British Columbia and potentially in other areas of Western Canada.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction, Quantity Surveying, Business, Finance, Law, or a related technical or commercial field.

• A minimum of eight years of proven contract management experience in complex project environments such as EPC, construction, infrastructure, energy, power generation, or other major industrial sectors.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the Canadian energy or infrastructure sector.

• Experience collaborating with public utilities, public-sector organizations, or other sophisticated infrastructure clients.

• Proficient in compiling, structuring, drafting, and managing complex, high-value amendments, changes, claims, and contractual submissions.

• Strong grasp of project financial considerations, including costs, margins, risks, opportunities, and cash impact.

• Capacity to analyze, structure, and resolve complex contractual and commercial challenges.

• Exceptional communication, collaboration, negotiation, and stakeholder-management abilities.

• Proactive working style, strong sense of ownership, and readiness to suggest and implement enhancements.

• Strong written and spoken English proficiency.

• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 15–25%.

• Significant experience managing turnkey EPC projects or other intricate project delivery frameworks.

• Background in hydropower, power generation, major infrastructure, construction, or complex industrial project settings.

• Experience in administering major equipment supply, installation, consortium, or subcontracting agreements.

• Sound judgment regarding contractual and commercial risk.

• Experience managing considerable changes, claims, insurance matters, or disputes.

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a dynamic project environment.

• Experience working within a complex global or matrixed organization.

• Ability to clearly communicate contractual risk, commercial exposure, and recommended strategies to senior project and business leaders.

• Capacity to influence teams and stakeholders without direct reporting authority.

• Experience mentoring or providing guidance to less-experienced contract management professionals.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Collaborative, high-performing team environment.

• Significant project visibility.

• Relocation assistance not provided.