Contracts Manager - Power Plant

TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING S.A DUBAI BRANCH; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 720,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING S.A DUBAI BRANCH is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to oversee power plant project contracts across development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations. You will manage PPA, EPC, GSA, and O&M agreements, ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, and alignment of obligations through the project lifecycle.

The role requires a strong background in EPC contract management, FIDIC-based conditions, and proven stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Business, or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience, preferably in power plant EPC projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex EPC contracts from award through construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC or equivalent EPC contract conditions, claims management, and change control.
• Excellent negotiation, commercial analysis, drafting, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer PPA, EPC, GSA, O&M contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders and other project agreements.
• Review contractual provisions, scope of work, technical specs, payment mechanisms, milestones and liabilities.
• Identify and manage interfaces across project agreements to align obligations and risk.
• Monitor PPA obligations including milestones, capacity, availability, testing, metering and invoicing.
• Manage contractual matters under the EPC Contract including milestones, testing, guarantees, defects liability and handover.
• Monitor obligations under the Gas Supply Agreement including quantity, quality, delivery pressure and payments.
• Monitor O&M Contract compliance including performance, availability, maintenance and incentives/penalties.
• Prepare, evaluate, and negotiate variation/change orders and settlements.
• Maintain risk registers and develop mitigation measures for commercial risks.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, finance, insurance, and legal teams to resolve issues.

Skills

Negotiation

Commercial analysis

Drafting

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, QS, Construction Management, Business or related discipline

Job description

Manage the contractual and commercial aspects of power plant projects across development, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations, covering the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), EPC Contract, Gas Supply Agreement (GSA), Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Contract, and other related agreements. Ensure contractual compliance, alignment of obligations across agreements, effective change and claims management, risk mitigation, and protection of the Employer’s commercial interests throughout the project lifecycle.

Keyresponsibilities

• Administer the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract, Gas Supply Agreement (GSA), Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Contract, subcontracts, purchase orders, and other project agreements in accordance with their respective terms and conditions.

• Review contractual provisions, scope of work, technical specifications, payment mechanisms, milestones, performance obligations, warranties, guarantees, liabilities, and liquidated damages.

• Identify and manage interfaces across project agreements, ensuring alignment of obligations, schedules, performance requirements, and risk allocation.

• Monitor compliance with PPA obligations, including commercial operation milestones, capacity and availability requirements, performance testing, metering, invoicing, and applicable payment adjustments.

• Manage contractual matters under the EPC Contract, including progress milestones, completion requirements, acceptance testing, performance guarantees, defects liability, and handover obligations.

• Monitor obligations under the Gas Supply Agreement, including supply commencement, gas quantity and quality, delivery pressure, nomination procedures, metering, payment terms, and supply interruptions.

• Monitor compliance with the O&M Contract, including operating performance, availability guarantees, maintenance obligations, reporting requirements, spare parts provisions, and applicable incentives or penalties.

• Manage contractual correspondence, notices, claims, variations, extensions of time (EOT), and requests for additional compensation, ensuring compliance with contractual procedures and notification deadlines.

• Track contractual deliverables, milestones, obligations, and deviations, and recommend timely corrective actions.

• Assess claims relating to delays, disruption, acceleration, additional work, changes in scope, and non-performance.

• Coordinate with project controls teams on programme reviews, critical-path analysis, delay assessments, and associated cost impacts.

• Prepare, evaluate, and negotiate variation orders, change orders, contract amendments, and settlement agreements.

• Maintain contractual risk and obligation registers and develop mitigation measures for commercial and contractual risks.

• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, finance, insurance, and legal teams to resolve contractual issues.

• Liaise with the power purchaser, EPC contractor, gas supplier, O&M contractor, subcontractors, and other counterparties on contractual compliance and performance.

• Support dispute avoidance and resolution in coordination with legal advisers and relevant stakeholders.

• Prepare contractual reports, commercial forecasts, claims assessments, and recommendations for management.

• Support final account settlement, project closeout, transition to operations, and resolution of outstanding claims and obligations.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor'sdegreeinEngineering,QuantitySurveying,ConstructionManagement,Business,orarelateddiscipline.

• Minimum15yearsofrelevantexperience,preferablyinpowerplantEPCprojects

• DemonstratedexperiencemanagingcomplexEPCcontractsfromawardthroughconstruction,commissioning,andhandover.

• StrongknowledgeofFIDICorequivalentEPCcontractconditions,claimsmanagement,andchangecontrol.

• Excellentnegotiation,commercialanalysis,drafting,andstakeholdermanagementskills.