Contract & Commercial Manager ORD

DeepOcean's Offshore Renewables division delivers subsea installation and intervention services supporting the global energy transition. We work at the forefront of offshore wind and emerging ocean energy, delivering services within the full life cycle of subsea operations. DeepOcean is globally recognized and locally differentiated, operating in several locations including Europe, Americas, and APAC. Joining this team means contributing to challenging, high-impact projects that enable renewable infrastructure at scale through technology, innovation and expertise.

Ready to join us?
As our new Contract & Commercial Manager, you will be engaged with all contractual and commercial facets of the projects from handover from tendering through to execution and will generally follow the same project throughout the full project lifecycle. The role includes responsibility for contracts management and project controls, including planning, cost control, document control, supply chain management, and project risk and management, with these functions reporting directly to the Contract & Commercial Manager during execution. The position may be located in Oslo, Haugesund or Stavanger.

During the execution phase, after successful completion of a tender, the key responsibilities of the Contract & Commercial Manager are:

• Form part of the project management team alongside Project Manager and Project Technical Manager. The Contract & Commercial Manager plays an important role by being responsible for the contract management of allocated project(s) and leading the commercial aspects by working closely with the business support functions within the project organisation such as Cost Control, Planning, SCM and Risk Management.
• Supporting the Project Manager with the commercial performance of the project and being a champion of maximizing profitability of the project.
• Fulfill the contract management role on the project, ensuring full compliance with contract obligations and timely notifications.
• Proactively lead the variation management process to identify change, in close collaboration with the project team and through monitoring of correspondence, and subsequently prepare relevant notice of claims, claims and variation order requests and negotiate to obtain client approval and protect the company’s margin.
• Ensure that rigorous standards are set and maintained in terms of quality of formal project correspondence and communication tracking, hereunder drafting of contractual documents such as variations, side letters, amendments and addendums.
• Lead internal and external project meetings and processes dealing with contractual /commercial issues and disputes. Liaise with management and legal department as required.
• Prepare and follow up on relevant flow down clauses for key subcontractors, in close collaboration with the subcontract specialists.

• Master’s degree preferably within industrial economics, economics, business- and/or contractual administration, law or other relevant discipline.
• Minimum 5 years working experience from contract and commercial management or from a similar role within the renewables sector.
• Commercial mindset and contractual understanding, with a good knowledge of legal concepts relevant to the industry.
• Experience with relevant contract standards such as FIDIC in offshore wind T&I contracts and/ or BIMCO is an advantage.
• Ability to effectively negotiate, along with high professional standards of written and spoken English are essential for the role.
• Subsea industry experience and/or technical understanding may be an advantage, but not a requirement.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work efficiently as an individual as well as part of a multi-disciplined team.
• Possess an eye for detail with an ability to produce work of a high standard and accuracy.
• Our values are important to us, and therefore we hope that you can recognize yourself in these as well: We ACT with a can-do Attitude. We ACT with the Courage to embrace new challenges, to stop unsafe practices, always be compliant and to shift boundaries with innovative solutions and we ACT as one Team.

Why will you enjoy working with us?

We believe a great workplace is more than just a job – it’s about people, culture, and opportunities to grow. Here’s what makes working with us rewarding:

• A fast-paced and team-oriented work environment – we have fun at work!
• Varied challenges, great development opportunities, and the chance to make an impact in a global organization.
• Favorable travel insurance (including family members), health insurance, and pension plans (including AFP), as well as subsidies for physical activity.
• Flexible working hours and a strong focus on work-life balance, so you can thrive both at work and at home.
• Access to three company cabins for leisure and relaxation.
• After work activity groups for E-sport, football, padel, jogging, climbing and more!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and workplace. We value inclusion, equality and diversity and encourage all qualified candidates to apply.