Contract & Claim Manager

Thyssenkrupp Nucera; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

thyssenkrupp nucera seeks a senior Contract Manager to lead international EPF and EPC contract governance for large-scale projects in the process and chemical industries. You will drive contract management during sales and project execution, monitor risk, and coordinate with legal and commercial teams across global ventures with multi-million to multi-billion EUR values.

Review terms with clients, partners, and subcontractors; set up contract management processes from ITB through warranty.

Qualifications

• Proven experience negotiating and executing international EPF and EPC contracts in mechanical/plant engineering.
• Experience with consortium contracts and complex contract scenarios.
• Strong knowledge of contract law and related regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract and claim management support during sales and project execution.
• Monitor contracts from ITB to warranty; manage claims and risk.
• Review terms with clients, partners, and suppliers; drive strategy for risk mitigation.
• Train project teams on contractual contents and requirements; ensure governance.
• Coordinate with Commercial and Legal teams across global projects; manage reporting and documentation.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

International contracts

English proficiency

Education

Law degree

Job description

thyssenkrupp nucera offers world-leading technologies for high-efficiency electrolysis plants. The company has extensive in-depth knowledge in the engineering, procurement, and construction of electrochemical plants and a strong track record of more than 600 projects with a total rating of over 10 gigawatts already successfully installed. With its water electrolysis technology to produce green hydrogen, the company offers an innovative solution on an industrial scale for green value chains and an industry fueled by clean energy - a major step towards a climate-neutrality.

Your responsibilities

You take over the lead of Contract and Claim Management support during sales period and covers operative contract management, monitors the project from contractual point of view, executes claim prevention measures, triggers and leads the claim management process during in our EPF- and EPC-business with project volumes of 50 Mio up to billions of EUR including consortium model. You shall act as interface between LEX and the Integrated Project Management Team.

Your responsibilities extend to the following:

• Supports the team during sales period with review of review terms and conditions (client, partners, subcontractor, critical suppliers), recommend strategy and setup to manage contractual risks opportunities, check consistencies of contract annexes
• Ensure set up of contract management processes during the whole project lifecycle of large EPF and EPC projects according to thyssenkrupp Nucera standards and governance - from ITB to end of warranty period.
• Ensure leading the claim management process and functionally responsible for the project contract and claim including analysis of contractual risks and opportunities with Identifying potential claims and contractual deviations and execute defined measures
• Fosters a common understanding and awareness of contractual contents and requirements within the project team including trainings
• Monitoring project (correspondence, performance, deviations, milestones etc.), participating in and organize relevant meetings and workshops and for claim prevention, aligning claim strategies with PM/ Procurement/ CPM
• Follow up claims (incoming outgoing), preparing claims, drafting claim correspondence, collecting preparing documents for evaluation of claims, involve respective disciplines, drafting wording for contractual amendments, participate in claim negotiations, collecting/preparing checking documents against claims, ensure close out of claims
• Ensure transparent and timely reporting of claims and contract changes with maintaining the data quality of reporting tools
• Review and comment subcontractor and critical supplier terms and conditions under consideration of risk mitigation and claim potential
• Preparing and delivering Contract and claim management Lessons Learned feedback and conducting workshop
• Ensure integration of and cooperation with Commercial project manager and legal team in each project

Your profile

• At least 10 years of professional experience in negotiating and executing international EPF and EPC contracts of mechanical and plant engineering projects in the process or chemical industry with volumes up to hundreds-of-million Euro as Contract Manager including consortium nature of contracts
• University degree/postgraduate in Law
• Proven records of working with an international team - respective intercultural awareness and ability to leverage cultural differences
• Experience in establishing complex contract scenarios and its resolution with expert knowledge in contract law and related laws for executing such contracts.
• Drive and able to work under high pressure while still meeting highest level of results
• Excellent English language skills (additional language is an advantage)

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills and being a team-player
• Highly motivated and energized to achieve top performance continuously
• High degree of solution orientation and entrepreneurial thinking
• High degree in customer and shareholder value orientation
• Willingness to travel internationally (e.g. Germany, Vietnam)

Your benefits

• Electrolysis - Green Hydrogen Chlor Alkali Technology Provider for a livable planet.
• Working on Global clients.
• You will be part of new establishment for upcoming generation.
• Company believes in Innovation and Employee Empowerment.
• Excellent work culture

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