Senior Contract Manager

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Contracts Manager to lead all contractual and commercial governance functions. This role will serve as the Company's primary contractual advisor, ensuring effective contract administration, compliance, entitlement management, risk mitigation, and dispute avoidance throughout the entire project lifecycle.

The successful candidate will play a key role in safeguarding the Company's contractual interests while supporting successful project delivery across major EPC projects in the power, oil & gas, and infrastructure sectors.

This is a senior leadership role requiring extensive experience in contract negotiations, claims management, risk assessment, dispute resolution, and stakeholder engagement within complex project environments.

Target Engineering brings 50+ years of experience in EPC and industrial infrastructure. With in-house fabrication, marine expertise, and multidisciplinary capability, we deliver projects with scale, confidence, and care.

At Target Engineering, you’ll work on large-scale energy, marine, and civil infrastructure projects. Join a business with deep technical roots, where your voice is heard, your impact is visible, and your career is part of a legacy of excellence.

As Senior Contracts Manager you will

• Lead the implementation of contract administration procedures across multiple projects.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, corporate governance standards, and project procedures.
• Provide expert interpretation of contractual rights, obligations, and responsibilities.
• Establish contractual compliance frameworks and conduct regular compliance audits.
• Maintain complete and auditable contract records throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor contractual deliverables, notice requirements, milestones, and obligations.
• Oversee contractual correspondence and document control processes.

• Review tender and contract documentation to identify risks, liabilities, and contractual obligations.
• Support bid and tender teams during proposal preparation and contract negotiations.
• Participate in client clarification meetings and commercial negotiations.
• Assess contract terms related to indemnities, liabilities, insurance, warranties, delays, and dispute resolution.
• Recommend contractual amendments to strengthen the Company's commercial position.
• Advise management on contractual acceptance risks and obligations.

• Identify and assess contractual risks related to projects, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
• Develop and maintain project contractual risk registers.
• Establish mitigation strategies and monitor implementation effectiveness.
• Conduct periodic risk assessment workshops with project teams.
• Ensure contractual obligations are clearly allocated and communicated to stakeholders.

• Establish and monitor notice management systems across projects.
• Ensure all contractual notices are issued within prescribed timelines.
• Review and approve contractual correspondence before submission.
• Maintain registers for notices, instructions, directives, claims, and client communications.
• Protect the Company's contractual rights and entitlements through proactive contract administration.

• Assess contractual implications arising from scope changes, variations, delays, disruptions, and acceleration measures.
• Ensure all changes are properly documented and contractually evaluated prior to implementation.
• Maintain comprehensive variation and change registers.

• Lead contract strategy for claim identification, preparation, and entitlement preservation.
• Evaluate contractual claims related to delays, disruptions, suspensions, and client-driven changes.
• Coordinate with planning, engineering, and project teams to substantiate claims.
• Assess entitlement for Extension of Time (EOT) requests.
• Lead negotiations with clients regarding claims and contractual entitlement matters.
• Maintain claims and EOT registers and support proactive…