Head Of Contracts

ABOUT IBERDROLA

With more than 170 years of history, Iberdrola is a world leader in energy. The group is active in Europe (France, Spain, United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and is developing in Japan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland.

Iberdrola has made the bold and visionary choice to anticipate the energy transition and the growing energy needs for the world of tomorrow. Every day, the 38,000 women and men of the group unite to fight climate change by offering a clean, reliable and innovative economic model.

ABOUT IBERDROLA FRANCE

Iberdrola has been located in France for 20 years, with its head office in Paris - La Défense and its regional offices. In addition to the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project, the company is present in the fields of onshore wind power, photovoltaic solar energy and the retail energy market. We have developed a long-term investment strategy throughout the country which will enable us to achieve an installed capacity of 614 MW in 2023.

OUR MISSION

We are driving the energy transition towards a sustainable model through investments in renewable energy, smart grids, and large-scale energy storage. With our commitment to clean energy, we are one of the lowest emitters globally and an international reference for our contribution to combating climate change and sustainable development.

Our culture focuses on creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, respecting individuals and their diversity. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

YOUR ROLE

As Head of Contracts, you will manage the team responsible for the delivery of the contractual service agreements for large scale offshore wind farm projects, to be operated across the EU HUB.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS

1. Define contracting strategy including specifying key milestones.
2. Implement and supervise the required corrective and preventive maintenance activities to maintain/recover the assets availability/reliability either on your own or through contractors.
3. Lead the review, optimization, and negotiation of contracts and act as escalation point of contact in commercial discussions.
4. Support the gathering of risk and opportunities through Supplier meetings, as well as helping to manage issue escalations where necessary.
5. Develop contracts governance, processes, reporting and control of contracts progress and status.
6. Lead the O&M delivery of tender processes and coordinate all required internal stakeholders, as well as internal processes and approvals.
7. Lead the drafting and negotiation of technical annexes, supported by the technical teams, providing the commercial view.
8. Ensure alignment between different contracts to reduce contractual interface risk.
9. Define, implement, and resource the appropriate organization structure for managing the delivery of the substantial contractual agreements.
10. Identify and timely notify internal & external stakeholders of the contractual or commercial risks and impacts of any variations to the contract and subsequently the agreement of such variations with the Client.
11. Manage and coordinate advice on key commercial risks under existing Service provider contracts.
12. Manage claims, warranties, and variations with contractors.
13. Provide key and strategic commercial advice, assessment, and recommendations to the business providing key knowledge, lessons learned and support to the substantial contracts throughout the whole lifecycle (development to decommissioning) to support the business plan delivery.
14. Prepare recommendations on the management of key commercial risks, while considering the impact on interfaces across contracts and impact on program.
15. Monitor and anticipate claims made by contractors under the contracts and be responsible for developing mitigation strategies in line with the contract terms.
16. Analyze the key risks in new contracts and assist in providing recommendations for changes required to protect the interests of the project.
17. Ensure Iberdrola best practices and processes are implemented and applied in contract management ensuring involvement and interfacing with key company functions such as Purchasing, Insurance, Financial, Legal, etc.

EXPERIENCE

You have an Engineering Degree level qualification and significant experience in leading tendering processes, contract negotiations, and detailed commercial delivery of contracts. You have proven ability to manage the negotiation of multiple contracts in competing timescales. You are flexible to travel regularly to attend meetings and work at different project sites in a number of countries throughout northern Europe, particularly Germany, France, Spain, and the UK.

• French: Fluent
• English: Fluent
• Spanish: Is a plus

Mobility Information

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

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