Senior Contracts Manager
Fluor ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Legal
- Experience
- 15+ years
Fluor is one of Canada's top employers and is recognized globally as a leader in the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Fabrication, and Maintenance industry. Our focus on innovation and providing cost-effective technology-based solutions is second to none. As we look to the future, we need creative, ambitious, and innovative professionals who can help us fulfill our purpose to Build a Better World.
Fluor team members are at the heart of our success in executing projects safely, thoughtfully, and with the highest quality. If you value teamwork, empowerment in your career, and are eager to champion innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients, this opportunity just may be for you!
Job Description
The Senior Contracts Manager provides strategic leadership and oversight for complex, high-value contracts across diverse commercial structures, including lump sum, reimbursable cost, and unit price agreements. Serving as a trusted advisor and competent hands-on contracts manager, this role ensures contractual compliance, mitigates risk, and drives proactive claims avoidance strategies throughout the contract lifecycle from inception to close-out. The position demands deep expertise in contract law, advanced commercial acumen, and the ability to shape and implement contracting strategies that align organizational and project objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Contract Management: Lead and manage the day to day administration of potentially multiple, large-scale contracts from formation through close-out, ensuring compliance with contractual terms, client requirements, and governing laws.
- Complex Project Expertise: Oversee major offsite and onsite module contracts under unit price and reimbursable models, ensuring alignment with execution plans.
- Commercial Leadership: Develop and execute contracting strategies that optimize value, mitigate risk, and support day-to-day project delivery objectives.
- Risk & Claims Management: Anticipate and manage contractual risks; implement robust claims prevention programs and lead equitable resolution strategies.
- Client Advocacy: Represent both client’s and Fluor’s interests in all contractual matters, ensuring adherence to prime contract obligations and safeguarding commercial outcomes.
- Negotiation & Formation: Direct negotiations of complex terms and conditions; prepare flow-down provisions; draft special terms and secure legal approvals.
- Performance Oversight: Monitor day-to-day contractor performance, schedule adherence, change management, and invoicing accuracy to maintain contractual integrity.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with project management, legal, engineering, construction, project controls, procurement, and finance teams to ensure seamless execution.
- Governance & Reporting: Deliver regular and timely executive-level reporting on contract health, risk exposure, and commercial performance to senior leadership.
- Mentorship & Capability Building: Coach and develop contract management teams; lead training initiatives to embed best practices across the organization.
Work Location: Various locations including Calgary, and Site
Basic Job Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, Law, or related field; advanced degree (MBA or JD) strongly preferred.
- Experience: 15+ years of progressive contract management experience, including leadership roles on major EPC or LSTK projects; strong knowledge of Canadian Contract Law and global commercial principles.
- Technical Expertise: Proven ability to manage complex, multi-contract portfolios under varied compensation structures; extensive experience in claims avoidance and dispute resolution. Proven track record of day-to-day contract management in both home office and site settings.
- Skills: Understanding compensation structures (lump sum, unit prices, and costs reimbursable models). Exceptional negotiation, strategic thinking, and stakeholder engagement skills; ability to influence all organizational levels and deliver results in high-pressure environments.
- Preferred: International project exposure both pre-award and post-award experience, and prior experience with Fluor or similar global EPC organizations.
Other Job Requirements
- Commercial Acumen: Expert understanding of compensation structures, contract law, risk management, and financial implications of contractual decisions.
- Leadership: Ability to lead contract teams and foster collaborative relationships with clients and contractors.
- Strategic Vision: Skilled in developing and executing contracting strategies that drive business objectives.
- Claims Management: Advanced capability in preventing and resolving claims efficiently and equitably.
Preferred Qualifications
Fluor Canada rewards hard work, knowledge, and commitment. Fluor offers competitive employee compensation packages, comprehensive benefit programs including Health, Dental and Vision Care, flexible spending dollars, group registered retirement program, parental top-up, education reimbursement, employee and family assistance programs, and much more. Fluor also offers several employee resource groups that aim to provide opportunities for professional and personal growth, improved wellness, and involvement in the community.
At Fluor, we believe that overall wellness encompasses the four wellness pillars of mental, physical, financial and social. Upon these pillars we are committed to fostering a healthy, inclusive and psychologically safe workplace by creating awareness through knowledge building and communication while focusing on measurable outcomes.
Compressed work schedule: The Fluor Canada offices work a compressed work schedule offering every second Friday off.
Salary is based upon experience. The market rate for the role is typically at the mid-point of the salary range; however, variations in final salary are determined by additional factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, relevant years of experience, geographic location, internal pay equity, and prevailing market conditions for the specific role.
Fluor uses artificial intelligence (AI) in its hiring process to review applications and identify qualified candidates. More information including contact information is available in our Applicant Notice when creating a profile on our recruiting platform.
Notice to Candidates: As required by some of our clients and projects, to the extent allowed by law, offers may be conditional upon consent and clearance of a satisfactory background check which could include, but is not limited to, a criminal records check, and confirmation of education, professional registration, employment history, and references.
While only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview, be sure to continually check our website for other related positions as they are posted. Are you ready to join us? We are looking forward to hearing from you today!