Construction Contracts Manager

Errigal; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,100,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Errigal is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead multinational data centre projects across Europe from award to handover. You will oversee commercial, contractual, operational, safety, and quality aspects, delivering on time, within budget, and to client specifications.

You will manage cross-functional teams, maintain client relationships, and drive excellence across multiple sites while ensuring health, safety, and environmental standards are met. Extensive European travel is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Quantity Surveying or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in the construction industry.
• Proven experience managing large-scale mission-critical or data centre projects.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, commercial management, and project controls.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing project budgets and forecasts.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to travel extensively throughout Europe.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and management of data centre projects from pre-construction through commissioning and final handover.
• Manage Project Managers, Site Managers, Construction Managers, and associated project teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on programme, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Develop and implement project execution strategies aligned with client and business objectives.
• Monitor project progress against agreed milestones and take corrective actions where required.
• Lead regular project review meetings and provide accurate reporting to senior management.
• Drive programme certainty through detailed planning and risk mitigation strategies.
• Act as the principal point of contact for clients, design teams, technical department and key project stakeholders.
• Maintain strong client relationships through regular communication and reporting.
• Attend client meetings and provide regular updates on programme, cost, risk and quality.
• Manage client expectations and ensure contractual obligations are met throughout the project life cycle.
• Maintain a high level of client satisfaction which to ensure possibility of opportunities for repeat business.
• Administer and manage construction contracts in accordance with project requirements.
• Ensure full compliance with contractual terms, conditions, and obligations.
• Lead contract negotiations, change management, and claims management processes.
• Review and manage project variations, extensions of time, and compensation events.
• Monitor project financial performance including cost reporting, margin protection, forecasting, and cash flow management.
• Work closely with commercial teams to ensure accurate project valuations and final accounts.
• Resolve commercial disputes and contractual issues in a timely manner.
• Manage mission-critical construction projects including commissioning packages.
• Oversee the integration of specialist systems.
• Coordinate complex commissioning and integrated systems testing activities.
• Ensure projects achieve client uptime, resiliency, and performance requirements.
• Manage project interfaces between multiple contractors, consultants, and specialist vendors.
• Support operational readiness activities and transition to client facilities teams.
• Ensure compliance with Tier certification requirements where applicable.
• Lead procurement planning and support the selection of subcontractors and suppliers.
• Provide visible leadership in health, safety, and wellbeing across all projects.
• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with project specifications, client requirements, and industry standards.
• Drive quality assurance and quality control processes throughout project delivery.
• Monitor cost performance and identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies.
• Review and approve project expenditures and commitments.
• Manage resource planning across multiple projects and locations.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure contractual, commercial, and operational risks are effectively managed.
• Escalate critical risks appropriately and provide strategic recommendations.
• Lead, mentor, and develop project teams across multiple European locations.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support succession planning and talent development initiatives.
• Foster a positive culture aligned with company values.
• Drive operational excellence and lessons learned initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Contract management

Risk management

Budgeting

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or related

Tools

MS Excel

Project management software

Job description

In Errigal we are more than a market leading construction company; with specialist expertise in partition systems, external façade, interior fitout, ceilings and bespoke solutions, we are a team built on relationships, respect, integrity, inclusivity and transparency. We are a Company committed to fostering a workplace that focuses on these values, which we believe have been the platform of our successes to date. We are committed to fostering a workplace that promotes personal development and empowerment of every employee. If you want to work in a company where you feel valued, trusted and inspired then we invite you explore this exciting job opportunity.

About the Role

The Contracts Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of mission-critical data centre projects across Europe from contract award through to final completion and handover. The role involves overseeing all commercial, contractual, operational, programme, safety, and quality aspects of projects, ensuring they are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in accordance with client specifications and contractual obligations.

The Contracts Manager will lead multidisciplinary project teams, maintain key client relationships, manage supply chain partners, and drive operational excellence across multiple projects while ensuring the highest standards of health, safety, quality, and environmental compliance

Project Delivery

• Provide overall leadership and management of data centre projects from pre-construction through commissioning and final handover.
• Manage Project Managers, Site Managers, Construction Managers, and associated project teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on programme, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Develop and implement project execution strategies aligned with client and business objectives.
• Monitor project progress against agreed milestones and take corrective actions where required.
• Lead regular project review meetings and provide accurate reporting to senior management.
• Drive programme certainty through detailed planning and risk mitigation strategies.

Client Management

• Act as the principal point of contact for clients, design teams, technical department and key project stakeholders.
• Maintain strong client relationships through regular communication and reporting.
• Attend client meetings and provide regular updates on programme, cost, risk and quality.
• Manage client expectations and ensure contractual obligations are met throughout the project life cycle.
• Maintain a high level of client satisfaction which to ensure possibility of opportunities for repeat business

Commercial, Procurement & Contractual Management

• Administer and manage construction contracts in accordance with project requirements.
• Ensure full compliance with contractual terms, conditions, and obligations.
• Lead contract negotiations, change management, and claims management processes.
• Review and manage project variations, extensions of time, and compensation events.
• Monitor project financial performance including cost reporting, margin protection, forecasting, and cash flow management.
• Work closely with commercial teams to ensure accurate project valuations and final accounts.
• Resolve commercial disputes and contractual issues in a timely manner.
• Manage mission-critical construction projects including commissioning packages.
• Oversee the integration of specialist systems.
• Coordinate complex commissioning and integrated systems testing activities.
• Ensure projects achieve client uptime, resiliency, and performance requirements.
• Manage project interfaces between multiple contractors, consultants, and specialist vendors.
• Support operational readiness activities and transition to client facilities teams.
• Ensure compliance with Tier certification requirements where applicable.
• Lead procurement planning and support the selection of subcontractors and suppliers.
• Provide visible leadership in health, safety, and wellbeing across all projects.

Quality Assurance

• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with project specifications, client requirements, and industry standards.
• Drive quality assurance and quality control processes throughout project delivery.

Financial & Risk Management

• Monitor cost performance and identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies.
• Review and approve project expenditures and commitments.
• Manage resource planning across multiple projects and locations.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure contractual, commercial, and operational risks are effectively managed.
• Escalate critical risks appropriately and provide strategic recommendations.

Leadership & Business Improvement

• Lead, mentor, and develop project teams across multiple European locations.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support succession planning and talent development initiatives.
• Foster a positive culture aligned with company values.
• Drive operational excellence and lessons learned initiatives.

Eligibility Criteria

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, or related discipline.
• Extensive experience in the construction industry.
• Proven experience managing large-scale mission-critical or data centre projects.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, commercial management, and project controls.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing project budgets and forecasts.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to travel extensively throughout Europe.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applications from individuals of all backgrounds.