Contract Manager

The opportunity

To support our team within the Business Transformers, we are looking for one Contract Manager to provide professional advice on a broad range of legal/contractual topics related to the business unit in different European locations.

How you’ll make an impact

• Work in close cooperation and coordination with HUB Transformers Contract Management to have a common approach and implementation of BU’s strategy on Contract Management and implement guidelines, instructions, common tools, processes, and templates as defined by BU Transformers function. Provides contractual domain expertise in implementation, execution and administration. 

• Support the sales team during risk review process: draft, negotiate and finalize agreements during the sales phases with support of local legal, if required.  

• Identify the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk.

• Enforce and defend Hitachi Energy's contractual interests against customers and suppliers during the whole of a project life cycle, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations, as well as defending and enforcing claims.

• Ensure timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.).

• Establish and enforces standard change methodologies in portfolio of contracts to identify changes and quantify the additional time and compensation due to Hitachi Energy per the contract, defines approval requirements and communicates changes to the customer.

• Support Project Management during execution phase to develop, implement risk mitigation and opportunity plan. 

Your background:

• Law Degree or a related field Master qualification.

• 5 years of experience in contract management from tendering to execution and/or a related field. 

• Strong understanding of contract law and regulations, particularly those relevant to the region.

• Excellent communication and ability to work under pressure

• Fluent in English and Spanish (native level prefered)

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and cross-functional teams. 

• Willingness to travel as per business needs

More about us

• We offer an inspiring international environment committed to the energy transition.
• We deliver high value‑added projects at the core of major industrial and technological challenges.
• We support your professional development through training, internal mobility, and international opportunities.
• We foster a collaborative and inclusive company culture focused on innovation.
• We provide attractive benefits, including competitive compensation and flexible, hybrid, or remote working options.