Contract Manager, Destia
HelsinkiCompetitive0 applicants
About this role
Would you like to build your career in Finland's leading infrastructure company?
Destia is looking for an experienced and business-oriented Contract Manager to join our Legal & Contract Management Team. While being part of our amazing team, you will also work closely with some of our data center or other complex major projects and their project teams on site offices. In this role, you will be a key contributor to ensuring that our major projects are executed with commercial excellence, contractual clarity, and proactive risk management.
You will work with contracts based primarily on FIDIC and other international construction contract models, supporting Destia's growing international footprint as part of the Colas and Bouygues Group.
Responsibilities
- As a Contract Manager at Destia, you will be responsible for the commercial and contractual management of complex construction projects, working side-by-side with our project organization. Your responsibilities include especially:
- 1. Contract & Commercial Management
- Manage contractual and commercial activities across all project phases, from contract award to final settlement and post-completion.
- Interpret main contracts and subcontract agreements and ensure compliance with all obligations and deliverables.
- Set the contract baseline and ensure project teams understand contractual requirements, scope boundaries, notice provisions, and risk areas.
- 2. Negotiations & Stakeholder Collaboration
- Support and lead negotiations with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and partners.
- Act as a central contractual point of contact between different teams within the project organization, ensuring aligned decision-making and contractual clarity.
- Participate in project meetings as the project's contract specialist, advising on commercial and contractual matters.
- 3. Claims and Change Management & Risk Mitigation
- Manage and evaluate variations, claims, extensions of time, and their commercial impacts.
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