Senior Manager Subcontracts

Job Overview:

The Senior Manager Subcontracts is tasked with developing departmental plans, including business, production, and organizational priorities. The role requires multi-disciplinary expertise and the ability to understand the industry to achieve financial and operational objectives. The Senior Manager Subcontracts manages multiple related teams, sets their organizational priorities, and allocates the appropriate resources. They must be able to identify and resolve a range of complex technical, operational, and organizational problems. The Senior Manager Subcontracts directly impact business results by supporting and function-specific projects, products, services, and technologies and developing policies and plans. This position reports functionally to onshore (Low Carbon Solutions) SCM Americas Director and to Project Site Construction Director.

Salary: $189,532 – $241,548 This range is relective of contracted hours on site, working a rotational work schedule. In addition, McDermott offers a competitive total rewards package including a project uplift and annual bonus.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support projects’ staffing resource staffing plans
• Manage the commercial aspects of the Subcontracts from inquiry through award, execution, and closeout of the Subcontracts under established procedures
• Negotiate commercial terms and conditions with Suppliers
• Act as the liaison with Legal regarding Subcontract Terms and Conditions, Project Controls regarding progress and cost forecast, Accounting regarding payment, and Engineering regarding the technical content of Subcontract
• In association with Engineering, Construction, and Project Management, develop Subcontract sourcing documentation
• Measure supplier’s performance against pre-defined contractual KPIs
• Negotiate change orders and other commercial-oriented matters through closeout
• Prepare all Subcontract Reports by established procedures
• Maintain proper files and documentation using an Electronic Document Management System
• Administer Subcontracts in the Field from award to closeout
• Supervise the daily activities of business support, technical or production staff in an assigned area
• Resolve standard and non-standard problems that arise from the Administration of the Subcontract
• Use operational and supervisory expertise to address Subcontract execution-related issues within own Business Line
• Read and understand Customer Contracts and flow required terms and conditions into Subcontracts with assistance from Legal
• Set day-to-day direction for Team members to support the successful execution of Subcontract
• Work with the Budget Holder to meet operational objectives set by the Project Manager
• Understand and explain complex, difficult contract-related issues and obtain agreement as needed
• Manage the performance of employees through task assignments, ongoing skill assessment, and coaching
• Own and lead the implementation, enforcement, and verification of compliance with all McDermott policies and procedures
• Ensure employees understand their responsibility and authority to effectively implement the requirements of all McDermott policies and procedures
• Ensure the timely completion of all mandatory training by themselves and their teams