Contract Manager

SBM Offshore N.V.; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SBM Offshore N.V. is seeking a Contract Manager to provide contract management support for complex projects. You will manage main contracts, expedite deliverables, monitor compliance, and maintain auditability across the project team.

The role requires 5–10 years in contract management, experience with EPCI or subcontracting, and strong negotiation skills. Degree or MBA in Business Management, Law, Construction Law, Engineering or Quantity Surveying is required.

Qualifications

• Five to ten years of contract management experience including EPCI and subcontract management.
• Broad experience with sales and lease contracts and contract negotiation.
• Experience interfacing with project execution teams.

Responsibilities

• You will manage Main Contracts and related deliverables.
• You will monitor performance and ensure compliance with contractual requirements.
• You will maintain auditability and regular commercial reporting.
• You will provide contract feedback during the project life cycle.
• You will manage guarantees and related periods.

Skills

Contract management

Contract negotiation

Auditability

Compliance

Stakeholder management

Project interface

Education

Degree or MBA in Business Management, Law, Construction Law, Engineering or Quantity Surveying

Job description

Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

About Us

SBM Offshore is a global leader in deepwater ocean infrastructure, delivering floating production solutions across the full asset lifecycle—from design and construction to installation and operation. Supported by a global team of more than 8,000 professionals, the Company operates a long-term, asset-backed business model that delivers high-availability assets and predictable cash flows. SBM Offshore combines engineering expertise, operational reliability, and selective innovation to support safe, efficient, and lower‑carbon energy production, while extending its capabilities into new opportunities across the blue economy.

Purpose

• The Contract Manager provides Contract Management support and execution for less complex projects or support Project or Senior CMs for Major projects or for the Group Contract Management department.

Responsibilities

• You manage Main Contracts.
• You manage and expedite contract deliverables and requirements.
• You monitor performance and compliance with contractual requirements, expedite disciplines where necessary, and highlight potential areas of concern.
• You ensure commercial and contractual awareness across the Project Team throughout the life of the project.
• You achieve and maintain total auditability of all commercial and contractual dealings, including clear record-keeping and regular commercial reporting.
• You provide Contract Feedback during the life of the project.
• You ensure Guarantee period management.

Education

• Degree or MBA in one of the following disciplines (Business Management, Law, Construction Law, Engineering or Quantity Surveying).

Experience

• 5 to 10 years of experience in contract management including EPCI, subcontract management.
• Broad experience in sales and lease contracts, in executing contract negotiation.
• Experience of project execution interface.

Functional Competencies

• Contract Administration and Contractual Compliance
• Contractual change identification and management
• Contractual close out
• SBM Product Knowledge
• Contract law and model contract knowledge
• Pre-contract management
• Contract Management
• Contract set-up and Contract awareness
• Contractual warranty, claims and dispute support
• Contractual and commercial negotiation

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff… SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.