Contracts Manager - Power Plant

TRACTEBEL; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

TRACTEBEL in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead the contractual and commercial management of power plant projects from development through operations. You will oversee PPA, EPC, GSA, and O&M contracts, ensure compliance, and drive risk mitigation and value protection across the project lifecycle.

The role requires extensive experience with complex EPC contracts, strong negotiation skills, and collaboration across engineering, procurement, and legal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in power plant EPC projects.
• Experience managing complex EPC contracts from award through handover.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC or equivalent contract conditions.
• Excellent negotiation, commercial analysis, drafting, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer PPA, EPC, GSA, O&M contracts and subcontracts.
• Review provisions, scope, technical specs, payment milestones, warranties, liabilities, and liquidated damages.
• Identify interfaces and align obligations across agreements.
• Monitor PPA obligations, milestones, and invoicing.
• Manage EPC matters including progress milestones and handover obligations.
• Monitor Gas Supply Agreement obligations (gas quantity, quality, delivery, terms).
• Monitor O&M obligations, maintenance, incentives/penalties.
• Prepare variation orders, contract amendments, and settlements.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, finance, insurance, and legal teams on issues.

Skills

Negotiation

Commercial analysis

Drafting

Stakeholder management

Change control

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Construction Management / Business

Job description

Job Title: Contracts Manager - Power Plant - Abu Dhabi

Email Id - [e-mail]

Minimum experience : 15 Years

Position: Contracts Manager

Department: Project Management / Commercial

Industry: Power Generation / EPC / Industrial Projects

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.

Key responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Business, or a 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.