OFTO Contract Manager

Morson Talent; Greater London, Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Talent is seeking an OFTO Contract Manager for a London or Glasgow hybrid role within the offshore wind sector. You will support the pre-FID phase of the EA1N project, report to the Project Contracts & Commercial Manager, and work with a team of contract managers across OFTO packages.

You will negotiate contracts, manage payments and variations, and coordinate interfaces to ensure delivery in line with the project strategy. Travel across Europe is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in offshore EPC projects.
• Experience in contract management for OFTO or offshore projects.
• Willingness to travel around Europe.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate OFTO-related contracts in collaboration with Procurement and other functions.
• Manage contract execution and variations on signed OFTO contracts until EA1N FID.
• Maintain contract and commercial tracker and ensure interface coordination between OFTO packages.
• Provide contractual assistance for smaller OFTO-related contracts.
• Identify and mitigate contractual and commercial risks and coordinate legal/procurement activities.

Skills

Contract management

MS Office

Negotiation

Project management

Education

Degree in engineering / law

Tools

FIDIC

Job description

Position Title: OFTO Contract Manager

Location: London or Glasgow/hybrid style working

Hours: Full time, Mon - Fri

Rate: Inside IR35, PAYE and Umbrella options available

Main Purpose of Job

Work in the context of the pre-FID phase of East Anglia ONE North offshore windfarm project, within Scottish Power Renewables (SPR), part of Iberdrola Group.

Belong to a team of 7 Contract Managers reporting to the Project Contracts & Commercial Manager.

The OFTO Contract Support will provide commercial and contract management support to the work packages to be finally divested to the offshore transmission owner (“OFTO”), including offshore substation, main electrical equipment, onshore substation and export cables.

Work together with the contract managers leading the OFTO packages ensuring negotiation and delivery of contracts in line with the business strategy.

Key Tasks

• Negotiate OFTO-related contracts towards UK CfD Allocation Round 8, in collaboration with Procurement department and other business and corporate functions (technical department, legal, tax & finance dept., etc)
• Perform contract management activities of already signed OFTO contracts being executed under Limited Notice to proceed until EA1N project obtains FID, such as management of payments and invoices, responding to early warning notices, managing variations and claims, drafting contractual correspondence, liaising with the “Engineer” appointed under FIDIC contracts, etc.
• Keeping contract and commercial tracker updated.
• Manage interfaces between OFTO packages in accordance with the contract.
• Provide contractual assistance in relation to smaller OFTO-related contracts, besides the main OFTO packages.
• Anticipate contractual and commercial risks, opportunities and threats to the project and implement control measures or actions during the contract negotiation and execution.
• Coordinate all legal and procurement activities for the project area. .
• Report to Project Contracts & Commercial Manager.

Key Criteria

• Degree and professional qualification in relevant engineering discipline, law or commercially orientated qualification.
• Substantial experience in the offshore industry, particularly in the execution of large EPC projects.
• IT literate with the ability to operate MS Office systems and other IT based project management software.
• Flexible to travel around Europe.
• Proven track record delivering complex multi-discipline projects.