Project Contract Manager - Hiring Now

We are looking to hire an organized Project Contract Manager to join our growing team at Alstom in Västerås.
Growing your career as a Full Time Project Contract Manager is a terrific opportunity to develop useful skills.
If you are strong in project management, critical thinking and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Project Contract Manager at Alstom today!

Do you feel like your experience, talent, and drive are not being fully utilized or recognized? Do you want the freedom to be amazing? Does taking on a challenge, seeing it as opportunity, and becoming the benchmark for excellence in The Rail Industry sound like a perfect fit? Then this position is for you!

Alstom

is looking for a

Project Contract Manager

for our Services Department in Västerås

The Opportunity!

You will be a key member of the project team, working in close collaboration with the Project Manager and core project team.  You will provide guidance and leadership to develop, implement, and drive proactive contract and claim management and risk mitigation strategies in accordance with Alstom’s business objectives, including extensions of time, variations orders, contract amendments.  You will ensure proper record keeping and file preparation in support of robust claim files. There will be a close collaboration with Project Directors, Project Managers, Project Controllers, Project Engineering Managers, Key Supplier Contract Managers, and Project Planning Managers, to identify and mitigate risks; and to identify, maximize, and leverage claim opportunities.

We believe that you bring something unique and precious to our group.

Key responsibilities!

• Ensures application of Contract, Claims and Insurance Management Manual and Alstom governance
• Prepares Contract Summary and ensure it is widely communicated and regularly updated.
• Prepares with Core Project Team Contract Management Strategy Plan
• Organizes the Contract Management Day with the Core Project Team
• Carefully analyses the contract to build and drive implementation of Contract and Claim Management Strategy Plan, as well as keep it updated and communicated with project team on quarterly basis
• Monitors Works toward contract obligations, including support to monitoring of project schedule towards achieving contractual milestones
• Ensures timely issuance of contractual notices
• Establishes and implement project specific commercial procedures, particularly regarding correspondences, notifications, insurance, variation requests/orders and claims preparation files 
• Monitors and manages insurance policies and keep their validity in collaboration with Regional Insurance Manager. Keeps the Regional Insurance Manager updated regarding all changes or deviation to insurance policies
• Develops a pragmatic commercial approach based on contractual analysis of the project, to protect, daily, Alstom interests
• Carefully monitors, records, and notifies customer and partners and any third-party regarding claims or counterclaims and prepares and manages all elements and supporting documentation for claims or counterclaims negotiations
• Monitors customer and partner requests for variations, change orders or extensions of time. 
• Provides proactive advice on specific issues, risks, contractual or claims activities, considering the contract and business objectives
• Provides training on contract or claim management to key project stakeholders, including project management, finance, engineering, sourcing.
• Anticipates events and risks associated with the contract management activities; propose alternative proactive solutions to keep the situation under control.

Who are you?

• A degree in Law, Engineering, Finance, Technical, Economics or business sciences
• Contract and Claim Management experience (preferred) / Project Management
• Good knowledge of Contract Management systems; Project Management software; Excel Spreadsheet software and Microsoft Office Word Processing software
• Ability to work transversally and collaboratively in a strong spirit of teamwork
• Willingness and ability to be creative and bring forward new ideas and innovations
• Must be able to communicate with precision and transparency
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• Fluent in English and Swedish is a must

What do we offer?

An agile, inclusive, and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers.  We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals.

Who are we?

We create smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. We design and manufacture a complete range of transportation systems, from high-speed trains to electric buses and driverless trains, as well as infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a truly global community of more than 75,000 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact. 

We are acting…

AGILE

➔You actively identify issues and risks and develop correction plans

➔You are a problem solver

➔You act process minded, data-driven and fact based

INCLUSIVE

➔You accept differences

➔You excel in collaboration and

communication

➔You actively support inclusion

Benefits of working as a Project Contract Manager in Västerås:

● Learning opportunities
● Opportunities to grow
● Advantageous package