Senior Manager Subcontracts

Company Overview:

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Job Overview:

The Senior Manager Subcontracts is tasked with developing departmental plans, including business, production, and organizational priorities. The role requires multi-disciplinary expertise and the ability to understand the industry to achieve financial and operational objectives. The Senior Manager Subcontracts manages multiple related teams, sets their organizational priorities, and allocates the appropriate resources. They must be able to identify and resolve a range of complex technical, operational, and organizational problems. The Senior Manager Subcontracts directly impact business results by supporting and function-specific projects, products, services, and technologies and developing policies and plans.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Support projects’ staffing resource staffing plans

Manage the commercial aspects of the subcontracts from inquiry through award, execution, and closeout of the subcontracts under established procedures

Act as the liaison with Legal regarding Subcontract Terms and Conditions, Project Controls regarding progress and cost forecast, Accounting regarding payment, and Engineering regarding the technical content of subcontract

In association with Engineering, Construction, and Project Management, develop Subcontract sourcing documentation

Negotiate change orders and other commercial-oriented matters through closeout

Prepare all Subcontract Reports by established procedures

Maintain proper files and documentation using an electronic document management system

Administer Subcontracts in the Field from award to closeout

Supervise the daily activities of business support, technical or production staff in an assigned area

Resolve standard and non-standard problems that arise from the administration of the subcontract

Use operational and supervisory expertise to address subcontract execution-related issues within own business line

Read and understand customer contracts and flow required terms and conditions into subcontracts with assistance from legal

Set day-to-day direction for team members to support the successful execution of subcontract

Work with the budget holder to meet operational objectives set by the project manager

Understand and explain complex, difficult contract-related issues and obtain agreement as needed

Manage the performance of employees through task assignments, ongoing skill assessment, and coaching

Essential Qualifications and Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Engineering Preferred

Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience (Subcontracts)

Minimum of 10 years of Oil & Gas Experience with an EPC or Operator

Must have Excellent Communication Skills

Strong knowledge of subcontract policies and processes

Proven ability to develop, negotiate, and administer complex subcontracts and related policies

Demonstrated effectiveness in prioritizing multiple tasks, monitoring progress, and managing efforts to meet deadlines

Demonstrated effectiveness in working with others in a multifunctional team