Senior Contract Manager, FIDIC and VOB

Sccsinternational; Frankfurt; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight in Frankfurt seeks a senior contract manager to run FIDIC and VOB/B contracts on large construction projects. You will own contract administration, ensure rights and procedures are observed, and draft/ review notices and variation claims.

The role includes advising project teams on contract interpretation, managing variations and claims, and supporting negotiations and dispute resolution.

Qualifications

• Degree in civil engineering, industrial engineering, construction management or construction law.
• Several years of construction contract management on large projects.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC and VOB/B; German negotiation level and strong English.

Responsibilities

• Owns contract administration for FIDIC and VOB/B contracts on large projects.
• Checks that rights, obligations and procedures are observed in the project.
• Drafts, reviews and assesses contractual correspondence, notices and variation claims.
• Advises project teams on interpretation and application of the two regimes.
• Supports negotiations, risk reviews, dispute avoidance and formal dispute resolution.

Skills

German language

English language

Contract management

Education

Civil engineering degree

Industrial engineering degree

Construction management degree

Construction law degree

Tools

FIDIC Suite

VOB/B

Job description

Linesight is recruiting a senior contract manager in Frankfurt to run construction contracts under FIDIC and under the German VOB/B. The advert is published in German and describes the post as the contractual counterpart to project management on demanding building and infrastructure work, rather than a document controller. The duties are contract administration in the proper sense.

The appointee takes independent charge of FIDIC and VOB/B contracts, checks that rights, obligations and procedures are actually operated within the project, and drafts, reviews and assesses contractual correspondence, notices, delay notifications and variation claims. Advice to project teams on the interpretation and application of the two contract regimes sits alongside the assessment and handling of variations, claims and contract amendments.

Support to the preparation and conduct of contract negotiations is included, as is contractual assessment and risk review, work on the avoidance and resolution of disputes, and support to formal dispute resolution.

What the employer asks for is a degree in civil engineering, industrial engineering, construction management or construction law, several years in construction contract management on large projects, and sound working knowledge of the FIDIC suite and of VOB/B, ideally with the German construction contract provisions of the BGB. Experience of claims and variation management is required, and negotiation level German with strong English.

EPC, EPCM or design and build experience and MRICS, MCIArb or PMP are listed as welcome additions. No salary and no closing date are published.

How to apply

Applications are made to the employer directly. The link below opens the employer's own posting, which is the only place this vacancy is published and the only place its terms are stated.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 25-09-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.