JOB | (Junior) Contract Manager | Arendonk
Want to work in a company with a fine #FamilySpirit? With colleagues who make each day a whole lot more pleasant? Here at Smulders, we alternate serious challenges with fun and adventures. Curious what that means for your new job? Find out below!
Region
Arendonk, Antwerpen
Job details
Full-time
Indefinitely
Your tasks
- Relying on your technical knowledge and affinity with contracting work in industrial construction, particularly in the offshore industry, you’re responsible for managing contracts from the moment they’re signed.
- Once signed, you read and analyse the contract and other project documents. As a proactive manager, you go through each and every detail of the contract and work out how to effectively approach certain clauses from the outset.
- You monitor compliance with the contractual obligations of the project and advise the project team in this respect. You identify potential variations and claims, and you advise on them. This means you anticipate possible contract variations and opportunities and advise the Project Manager.
- You attend meetings with internal and external stakeholders, make sure agreements are recorded and inform all stakeholders.
- You advise the Procurement department during negotiations with customers, suppliers and contractors and help to draft contracts.
- Your role as Contract Manager involves commercial input as well as contract management skills.
- You use your strategic thinking skills to tackle issues in line with Smulders values: Decisiveness, Innovation, Respect, Expertise, Customer Orientation and Teamwork.
- You and the project team are jointly responsible for ensuring each project is completed successfully.
Your magic skills
- You have a master’s degree in law or contract management experience in industrial construction projects, particularly in the offshore industry.
- You have an excellent written and spoken command of English and Dutch.
- You have an understanding of the common types of contract in the offshore construction industry, such as FIDIC.
- You’re eager to learn and have a keen interest in the construction sector.
- You’re precise, detail-focused and able to perform well under stress.
- You have a strong commercial mindset, customer focus and a winning mentality.
- You can work autonomously and proactively.
- You’re willing to travel to other Smulders sites depending on work to be done.
- You identify with our values: Decisiveness – Innovation – Respect – Expertise – Customer Orientation – Teamwork.
That deserves ...
We offer you, besides a great dose of fun, adventure, and challenge, an international environment where initiative and personal input truly make a difference. You can contribute to imaginative constructions for the offshore wind industry and civil market within a growing group of companies.
Additionally, we offer you:
- Sustainability and innovation: At Smulders, we are committed to a greener future! We work on groundbreaking projects that prioritize sustainability and innovation.
- Unlimited training budget: Your growth is our priority! Enjoy an unlimited budget for training and develop your skills as you wish.
- Family-like work atmosphere: Feel at home in our warm and collegial work environment, where everyone supports each other and collaborates as one big family.
- Comprehensive salary package: Benefit from an attractive salary package, including the option of a company car. We ensure your efforts are rewarded!
- Numerous fun events: Enjoy our annual Christmas party, holiday party, New Year's reception, team-building activities, family day… You truly become part of the “Smulders family”! Be sure to check our blog for the reports!
Your little extra
- Show your diplomatic mindset to work, focusing not just on legalities but also on business interests.
- Think ahead and take action.
- Communicate effectively and sensitively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
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