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 is located in France since 20 years, with its head office in Paris - La Défense and its offices in regions. 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 create an inclusive and collaborative environment, respecting individuals and their differences. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, gender, or gender identity.
YOUR ROLE
To be driving the tender, negotiation, and management of the contracts within the O&M Offshore business. This role will include working closely with teams from the Construction, Operations, Legal, Insurance, Financial and Group Purchasing teams to ensure contracts are procured and managed effectively. Belonging to the O&M Contract Department, you will assist in defining contracting strategies and plans, tendering, negotiating and (in some cases) managing multi-million offshore Service contracts. With responsibility for identifying, assessing, and creating procedures, to support site functions; and managing contractual & commercial risks and seek out opportunities to optimize and drive the performance of the service supplier contracts.
This Job needs flexibility to travel regularly to attend meetings and work at different project sites in a number of countries throughout northern Europe and USA, particularly Germany, France, Denmark, Spain and England.
RESPONSABILITIES AND FUNCTIONS
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
- Support the Site and technical teams with the negotiation and management of contracts for the Offshore O&M Services.
- Facilitate the contractual and commercial implementation of contracts including reporting and other contractual deliverables. This will include undertaking detailed contract reviews and advising on how to interpret and apply key contract provisions on the day-to-day operational clauses of the contract.
- Assist in developing mitigation strategies in line with the contract terms, this will include proactively providing recommendations and advice on how to avoid any additional cost and, where this is not possible, how to minimize the costs of legitimate claims.
- Support in negotiations of claims and variations with contractors including the preparation of notes of advice and commercial drafting.
- Advice on key commercial risks from an O&M perspective for supply contracts on emerging projects.
- Ensure SPR 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, e delivery of the project’s interests in negotiating with the contractors; etc.
Main functions and activities
- Driving Tender and negotiation of contracts
- Management and execution of contracts.
- Claims management.
EXPERIENCE
- You have degree and professional qualification in relevant discipline like Engineering, Contract Management, or commercially orientated qualification
- Experience in commercial and contractual aspects of engineering.
- Experience with warranty claims and negotiations.
- Proven ability to manage the negotiation of multi-contracts in competing timescales.
- Postgraduate experience in industry with significant experience in Offshore Wind, Onshore Wind or similar industry.
- Strong ability to manage own performance, with a significant focus on delivery and an ability to balance a varied and challenging workload, whilst producing high quality results in demanding timeframes.
LANGUAGES
- 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.
