Contracts Lead

Overview

Lead contract negotiations and compliance for offshore energy projects.

Key Responsibilities

• contract management
• negotiations
• insurance review
• risk advice
• compliance
• tender support

Tasks

-Manage post-award contracts, including change orders, extensions, claims, and dispute resolution. -Lead negotiations for client and supplier contracts, MSAs, subcontracts, vessel charters, NDAs, and purchase orders. -Oversee contractual insurance requirements, review certificates, and support claims and renewals. -Provide expert advice on commercial risk, compliance, and insurance requirements. -Deputise for the Head of Contracts & Compliance, representing the function at internal reviews and approving contracts within delegated authority. -Drive continuous improvement by embedding lessons learned and evolving best practices. -Support tender reviews, bid/no bid decisions, and governance approval processes. -Ensure compliance with anti-bribery, sanctions, competition law, data protection, and modern slavery regulations.

Requirements

• legal degree
• risk allocation
• contract negotiation
• compliance
• commercial awareness
• stakeholder management

What You Bring

-Strong understanding of risk allocation for offshore survey and subsea services. -Knowledge of compliance frameworks and relevant legislation (anti-bribery, sanctions, competition law, data protection, etc.). -Demonstrable track record leading negotiations of complex client and subcontract terms, including vessel charters. -Degree qualified in a legal discipline. -Extensive experience in contracts/transactions within offshore survey, subsea, oil & gas and/or offshore renewables, with comfort across multiple jurisdictions. -Proven experience in contract negotiation and management, ideally in offshore energy (oil & gas or renewables). -Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills and a proactive mindset. -A dynamic role with exposure to high-profile international projects - you will gain experience in managing contracts globally. -Strong commercial awareness with the ability to balance risk and opportunity. -Excellent stakeholder management skills - confident working with project teams, executives, and external counsel. -Ability to lead, influence, and deputise at senior level when required

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Benefits

-Opportunity to shape contracting strategies and influence business decisions - you will be empowered to make decisions independently within your given parameters and remit. -A supportive culture that values professional growth and innovation - you will work independently but never alone. -Competitive salary and benefits package - you will enjoy our 45 days paid annual leave.

About Sulmara

-Early expansion saw their Glasgow HQ relocate in tandem with offices in Aberdeen, Norwich, Houston, Singapore, and Taipei to support global operations. -Typical projects range from seabed mapping and UXO clearance to full-route development for subsea cables and pipelines in offshore wind and energy sectors. -They move into dedicated route-planning services, bundling desktop studies, feasibility, mapping, and hazard mitigation into a single in-house offering. -They charter and retrofit vessels like Ocean Marlin with active-heave cranes and survey systems, demonstrating agile mobilisation for complex campaigns. -The firm balances innovation with scale: combining remote/autonomous vehicles with traditional ship-based surveys, backed by bespoke data processing hubs. -Unusual for a young company, they built Remote Operations Centres in Taiwan to run USVs on client projects, underlining their tech-driven approach.

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