Contract Manager

**Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.**
Wood is recruiting for a Contract Manager to join our Operations business unit. This opportunity is onsite, in Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
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**The Role**
The Contract Manager will lead the contract team, ensuring capability growth, engagement, and performance. They will oversee contract strategies, manage risks, and drive commercial value through strong governance and client alignment. Their role includes guiding negotiations, resolving disputes, and implementing improvements across projects.
**Our Clients and Projects**
**Designing the future. Transforming the world.**
Wood's Operations business delivers solutions to an ever-broadening range of clients across the energy and materials industries globally. We deliver operations, maintenance, modifications, brownfield engineering, asset optimization and management, supporting our clients through the asset lifecycle. We are focused on developing strategic relationships with our clients, providing solutions that deliver efficiency, integrity and reliability.
**What we can offer**
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across operations.
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs. This opportunity is onsite, in Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market. Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
- Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession
**As part of our hiring process, we extend opportunities to people with disabilities (PWD), fostering an inclusive and accessible environment for all.**
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunity and invite all talented individuals to consider joining our team. Even if you don't meet every one of the requirements listed below, but believe you bring relevant experience, knowledge, or skills to this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.
**Typical responsibilities**
- Manage and prioritize contract review workload across the supported business(es) in alignment with business(es) requirements.
- Implement common ways of working to maximize value, gain efficiencies, and minimize risk to Wood.
- Provide direction, strategy, and leadership to direct reports (if applicable).
- Manage and maintain key internal interfaces within the supported business(es) contracts.
- Develop and deliver a robust business plan while supporting corporate initiatives and embedding company values in all activities.
- Assume P&L responsibility with full commercial and financial accountability, including revenue, margin, overheads, budgeting, forecasting, risk reviews, cost control, and billing.
- Maintain positive customer relationships through open, honest, and effective communication.
- Negotiate changes to contract scope or terms with the customer, following the Change Management process and managing associated risks.
- Ensure operational integrity and excellence through strong governance, subcontractor oversight, and performance reporting.
- Collaborate with leadership and peers to enhance delivery performance and identify new opportunities across the wider business.
- Explore and develop opportunities for innovation, including digitalization, technology adoption, work share, and leveraging high-value engineering centers.
**What makes you remarkable?**
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.
**Expected**:
- Degree in Engineering, a Scientific Discipline, or a related technical field; or a degree in Commercial/Business discipline with significant experience in a technical organization
- Minimum of 5 years of Operations/Contract Management experience for small/less complex contracts; 15 years for large/complex contracts/portfolios
- Proven track record of successful delivery in a relevant industry sector
- Broad industry understanding and strong networking ability
- Experience in customer/contractor-facing communication and negotiation
- Relevant technical knowledge aligned with contract scope
- Ability to balance commercial priorities with operational excellence
- Knowledge of current HSSEA and applicable industry legislation
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