A position has arisen for a Contracts Manager to provide general contractual and insurance advice and assistance to all areas of the Group to enable the Group to conduct its business legally considering its commercial objectives.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Review, negotiate and draft a range of contractual & commercial agreements.
• Manage contract compliance in terms of existing agreements and assist with developing a compliance process for emerging agreements.
• Facilitate and verify that relevant analysis has been undertaken within the Company to evaluate risks relevant to contractual and insurance matters.
• Support development/projects work and drafting and negotiating of all associated documentation.
• Provide support for general corporate matters as related to the business.
• Maintain a regular liaison with all areas of the business ensuring the relevant Business Managers understand the commercial sections of each client contract.
• Ad-hoc dealings with other departments for contractual review/advice and negotiation with third parties.
• Be first point of contact for contractual issues.
• Update and maintain the database of all client contracts and publish to the leadership team.
• Undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required provided you have the necessary training and competency levels.
• Comply with Level 1 of HSE Employee Responsibility and Accountability.
• Comply with Level 1 of Peterson Values & Behaviors.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experienced Contracts leader with previous significant experience gained within an industry role.
• Experience of working with LOGIC based contracts.
• Degree preferred but not essential.
• Gather facts and figures and achieve goals in a timely manner.
• Focus on results and willingly tackle problems or conflicts which threaten their achievement.
• Ability to manage own work to ensure schedule and budget targets are understood and met.
• Be a self-starter, capable of working on own initiative to achieve tasks.
• Competent in Microsoft Office Packages

Specific requirement Competencies

• Proven business, commercial and contractual skills gained in a progressive business environment.
• Strong commercial drafting skills and knowledge of contractual documentation.
• Superior interpersonal and influencing skills required to develop close and effective relationships with clients, partners and contractors.

One Peterson

Peterson offers a comprehensive range of safe, reliable and value added logistics solutions to the energy industry globally from strategic locations. Peterson works closely with customers, supported by a suite of industry leading digital applications, to identify and create opportunities to work together by sharing resources and securing operational efficiencies resulting in significant cost savings.

Established in 1920, the organisation has expanded internationally with facilities at a number of prominent ports. The company is part of a wider group operating in over 70 countries with 4,000 people globally.