Contract Manager

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; İzmit; Hybrid; TRY 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to a comprehensive wellbeing‑or

Program

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a Contract Manager to lead contract management services for its Dilovası factory, ensuring adherence to internal guidelines under HUB supervision.

The role requires strong negotiation, risk management, and cross‑functional collaboration in a multinational environment. The candidate should have a Law degree with at least 10 years’ experience in contract management within EP/EPC energy sectors, excellent English and Turkish language skills, and a proactive leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Law.
• Minimum 10 years in contract management/legal in EP/EPC energy company or similar industrial plants.
• Experience in working with internationally staffed teams and with international partners.
• Experience in negotiation, claim management, and contract-related issues.
• Fluent English and Turkish written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Govern contract portfolio per guidelines and standard procedures.
• Prepare tender terms and negotiate with customers; assist sales where needed.
• Support risk review processes and present contractual terms in meetings.
• Identify contract baseline and help develop risk mitigation plans.
• Assist contract closure and capture lessons learned for future work.
• Support PM to prepare claims and defend contractual interests.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Leadership

English/Turkish bilingual

Education

Law degree

Job description

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals, and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.

We are looking for a "Contract Manager" who will be leading the provision of contract management services to the local factories, ensuring all contract management activities are executed in accordance with the Company and BU Contract Management Guidelines, under the leadership of HUB Contract Manager with below qualifications;

***Role will be based in Dilovası- Power Transformers factory.***

How you will make an impact:

• Contract portfolio governance: Ensures the portfolio of contracts in the local business follows contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with BU and HUB internal standard procedures
• Tender preparation and negotiations: Reviews and comments on commercial and technical tender terms and conditions with external customer. Cooperate with the sales team to define the contact strategy. Participating in customer negotiations when and where required to support the sales team.
• Risk Review: Support the sales team during risk review process for the contractual section preparation, participate the risk review meetings to present the contractual terms and conditions.
• Contract Execution (from project kick-off to project closure): Identifies the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk. Support Project Management during execution phase to develop, implement risk mitigation and opportunity plan
• Contract Closure: Support Project Management to verify that both parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding. Assesses success of the contract and determines if there are any lessons learned for future contracting. Documents and communicates to all appropriate parties any deficiencies found as part of the closeout process.
• Claims: Support PM to prepare claims and defends HE's contractual interests against customer and suppliers during the whole of a project life cycle.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external & internal regulations, procedures & guidelines.

Your Background:

• Bachelor's degree in Law.
• Experience of minimum 10 years in contract management/legal in EP/EPC energy company or similar industrial plants.
• Experience in working within internationally staffed teams and with international contractual partners. Being collaborative is important.
• Experience in negotiation, claim management, and contract-related issues.
• Experience in working in a multicultural environment and commercial mindset with knowledge in business risks.
• Strong communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills with systematic and structured work style.
• Ability to negotiate in English, fluency in written and spoken English and Turkish.

More About Us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive withus – in work and out.

For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits;

• Access to a comprehensive wellbeing program,

Job type Full time

Work arrangement Hybrid

Experience Experienced

Job function Legal, Compliance & Audit

Contract Regular

Publication date 2026-11-03

Reference number R0148920

About Hitachi Energy

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.