Head of Contract Management Team - Bristol, United Kingdom - Framatome

Framatome

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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

General information:

Framatome is owned by the EDF Group (75.5%), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI - 19.5%) and Assystem (5%).

Reference number :

Publication date :2/28/2023

Job details:

Category:

G - PROJECT MANAGEMENT - G- Contract management

Job Opening Title:

Head of Contract Management Team

Job type:

Non fixed term

BU description:

Installed Base BU is in charge for Framatome's nuclear engineering and services for operating nuclear plants, for new build projects and for installations in decommissioning phase.

The Installed base BU has more than 60 years of international experience in all types of technologies on more than 380 reactors worldwide.

With 4,600 employees in 15 countries, the Installed Base BU has a strong identity and its vision is to:
"Deliver innovative products and services by putting our high-level skills to work to guarantee throughout the world a safe and competitive, low carbon source of energy."

Job description:

The Head of Contract Management Team will typically be responsible for a contract worth at least £700m in value and will lead a team of 10 people

The Head of Contract Management Team reports operationally to the Project Control Manager. The Head of Contract Management Team is part of the Edvance UK Extended Lead Team.
- **This role is based in Bristol (Aztec West)**:

For this role we are offering a salary of £70,000
£100,000 per annum, plus benefits:
37.5 working hours per week

In the frame of the SZC project, a complex contract with very challenging contractual mechanisms will be in place at the Final Investment Decision date (which is forecasted in Q The Head of Contract Management Team is responsible for the management of all contractual matters related to the contract of the project with the client and co-contractors (if any), and for the overall coordination and management of matters related to the contracts.

The contract is a bespoke agreement, mainly based on NEC principles.

This is done in close collaboration with Legal Department and with the support of the project team. The objective in performing this role is to protect, and where possible improve, the financial performance of the project.

Main Activities:

Key responsibilities of a Head of Contract Management Team include, but are not limited to:

To bring their support to finalise the negotiation of the post-FID contract
To develop and deliver a commercial/contract strategy and its subsequent delivery
To be the interface with the client for contractual related topics
To develop the processes to manage the different contractual events defined in the contract
To develop the training sessions to spread the "contract culture" to all the stakeholders involved in the SZC project within Edvance and in the EDF entities contributing to the Edvance scope
To build, organize and manage the team needed to manage the goals of the Contract Management team
To manage stakeholder engagement for relevant area

Required Skills:

At least 15 years of professional experience in Project Management, in particular in Contract Management on complex and multicultural industrial and infrastructure projects (energy, construction, transportation or defence industry), with clear knowledge of best practice contract methodologies

Knowledge of risk and claims management
Experience in management
Educated to degree level
Senior stakeholder management
A proven track record of building teams and developing contractual processes
Specific knowledge of UK law and its impact upon the contractual and commercial functions

Excellent communication skills

Results oriented
Intercultural experience
Analytical and capacity to synthesize ideas
Ability to negotiate and manage conflicts

Profile:

Framatome has an international reputation for offering a large and diverse variety of career opportunities.

Our focus is to attract highly talented individuals who share our values before promoting you through our internal development and career mobility opportunities.

Framatome will play a vital part in the delivery of Britain's ambition to fight climate change and reach Net Zero emissions.

It will bring together a number of supply and engineering firms Framatome.

For this opportunity nuclear experience is desirable but not essential. We encourage people from other sectors and the diversity of experience this adds

As a team member within Framatome you will be expected to achieve success through your engagement with, and demonstration of, our Framatome values and behaviours.

The behaviours we identify in all our high performers include their abilities to: