Position: Contract Manager
Wood is seeking an experienced and talented Contract Manager to lead our Operations business in Baku, Azerbaijan. The successful applicant would be responsible for the safe and successful delivery or our existing contracts, and also for developing our business in the region.
Wood are proud to play an important role in developing Azerbaijan’s energy industry, including supporting the energy transition, whilst developing and training Azerbaijani engineers and professionals. The successful applicant must share our passion for creating and leaving a positive legacy.
The suitable candidate will operate to the highest ethical standard, and be an active leader in setting ethical and compliant culture across the team. They will also be accountable for delivery of contract performance directly focussing on assigned customer/contract(s).
Key accountabilities and responsibilities:
• Develops and delivers a robust business plan, whilst driving and supporting corporate initiatives, ensuring company values are at the core of all activities
• P & L responsibility with associated commercial and financial accountability including revenue delivery, margin and overhead management, budget and forecast determination and attainment, risk and opportunity reviews, cost controls and accounts payable/billing
• Accountable for maintaining positive customer relationship, fostering and enhancing relationship management with open, honest and effective communications
• Negotiates changes to contract scope or terms with the customer. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve scope, cost and schedule and manages risks
• Maintain operational integrity and excellence, ensuring robust governance, subcontractor management, and performance reporting
• Work with leadership and peers to improve delivery performance and maximise delivery opportunities throughout wider business where required
• Pursue and develop opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, work share and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customer
Develop and implement a focused strategy at Contract level, support bid and tender activity as required and assume responsibility for positioning and new growth opportunities
• Understand customer needs beyond the immediate scope and introducing other Wood Service Lines to the Customer to grow the overall scope for Wood and add value to the Customer/Asset
• Ownership of HSSEA matters across Contract: ensure HSSEA values are delivered and adhered to at all times, continuously influencing and personally role modelling safety behavioural values. Focus the team to attain all HSE plans, ensuring all contracts have HSSEA plans in place, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring legislative compliance
• Is a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies
• Oversees proposals and call-offs (may be individual projects) within delegation of authority, ensuring compliance with contracting policy and standards of ethical conduct
• Responsible for the development and growth of the contract team including supporting and allowing development opportunities outside of their contract
• Accountability for recruitment, selection and development of talent, ensuring effective performance and capability management, acting as a coach/mentor and encouraging and supporting open and effective communication to optimise delivery of objectives, maximise team performance and achieve continuous performance improvement
• Participate in peer reviews as required
Qualifications:
• Degree qualification in Engineering, Scientific Discipline, or related technical field OR degree qualified in a commercial/business discipline with significant experience in a technical organisation.
Knowledge, skills and experience:
• Track record of successful delivery within relevant industry sector
• Broad understanding of the industry and networking capability
• Experience of customer / contractor facing communication / negotiation
• Relevant technical expertise as applicable to the scope
• Ability to balance commerciality with operational excellence
• Knowledge of current HSSEA and other legislation as applied to the industry
• Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge
• Ability to steer and implement change programmes
• 20 years of progressive experience in a similar role
Personal attributes:
• Safety focused with an uncompromising approach to risk management. Places the welfare of both internal and customer employees at the top of the agenda.
• Passionately pursues and supports, demonstrates and embeds company values.
• Strong influencer, negotiator and mediator
• Flexible to respond and adapt to changing internal and external context
• Decisive, with ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
• Exceptional communicator both verbally and written
• Strong team builder, listens to needs of team, and capable of identifying and adopting best practices to engender a spirit of cooperation and energise people towards optimum performance
• Pragmatic in approach with a strong commercial bias and ability to balance commerciality with operational excellence
• Customer focused – develops sincere and open relationships with customers, current and potential; listens to customer needs and constantly striving to exceed expectations and add value
• Entrepreneurial approach – ability to identify opportunities
• Flexible to respond in agile ways to changing customer needs
• Ability to make decisions and follow through, ensuring learnings are captured
• A motivated self starter, who can self-direct when required, able to use own initiative and have autonomy to make appropriate decisions but also know when escalation is required
• Critical thinker with problem solving abilities
Contact e-mail is: [email protected]
