Subcontracts Manager

The Role 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Subcontracts Manager with a proven track record in the industry, ensuring the successful execution of projects and alignment with company goals for a high-profile client.  

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world. 

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We have experienced teams, a proven delivery model and a strong reputation.

We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonization and electrification markets. We pride ourselves in steady and predictable delivery, setting our sights on an exciting growth trajectory. 

Energy security, transition and supply have never been more important. You, our enabling teams, are at the very forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. We are the ones to bring low-carbon concepts to reality.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects: Delivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: We are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business 
• Competitive remuneration package: With regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market 
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient, and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover 
• End of Service Gratuity: In line with UAE Labor Law, all employees are eligible for an End of Service benefit
• The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years’ services of our employees at 5 - year service milestones
• Commitment to continued professional development: Development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests 
• Global connections: Join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession 
• Energy Transition Academy: Join a community of experts sharing your knowledge and gaining more exposure to a variety of existing and emerging energy systems - delivered by experts in their field

Job Objective

We are currently seeking an experienced Subcontracts Manager to join our team in support of major oil and gas project. This role is critical in the successful development and execution of subcontracting strategies during the project tender and early award phases. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in pre-award subcontracting activities within the energy sector, particularly in large-scale EPC / EPCm environment.

As the Subcontracts Manager (Pre-Award), you will be responsible for the preparation, review, and negotiation of subcontract packages, ensuring alignment with project requirements, commercial objectives, and client expectations. You will work closely with project management, engineering, procurement, legal, and commercial teams to develop comprehensive subcontract strategies that mitigate risk and deliver value.

• Responsible for the execution of subcontracts activities undertaken by a project subcontracts engineering and / or quantity surveying team and personal responsibility for overseeing key or critical subcontracts activities, ensuring successful outcome in line with project requirements.
• Responsible for the timely mobilisation of resources and the supervision and guidance of directly reporting subcontract specialists/associates.
• Clear understanding of the client’s head contract requirements including Wood responsibilities and knowledge of how these are integrated into project subcontract strategies, plans, procedures and terms and conditions. Has broad based knowledge of commercial terms and conditions, interfaces with Wood legal/commercial experts and can under guidance initiate/discuss exceptions in order to reach a robust commercial agreement
• Control of project subcontract operations and co-ordination of interface activities with other project team members in accordance with applicable company and project requirements, systems, procedures, budgets and schedules. Where applicable, and suitably trained and qualified, execute quantity surveying duties in accordance with applicable practices and procedures
• Control of construction phase subcontracts in the field including home office liaison and interface with the client’s organization, where applicable. Field administration of all construction and services contracts in accordance with applicable corporate and project requirements, systems, procedures, budgets and schedules
• Delivers clear and concise reports on progress of all activities for which they are responsible. Ensures direct reports regularly update reports/systems with required information to allow accurate reporting and escalates any critical issues and risks to project management
• Operate in accordance with appropriate and current corporate execution procedures and Project Specific Procedures,
• Ensure all subcontracts activities are carried out in accordance with the project execution plan/schedule and/or contracting strategy, within approved budgets and in line with project processes and procedures
• Provides guidance, direction and support to the reporting personnel in delivery of their specific responsibilities
• Review or where required, prepare contract documents and arrange execution of same in line with DOA
• Undertake / monitor the administration of contracts (i.e. processing of payment certificates, price variation summaries etc.) and ensure the satisfactory operation of procedures
• Educate and induct assigned field staff in matters of project organisation, project schedule, work scope and the allocated subcontracts; including their conditions, forms of tender, bills of quantities, pricing schedules and associated drawings and engineering standards and ensure their effective liaison with all other site disciplines
• Ensure that the assigned staff monitor any changes to the value of the work in each allocated construction contract arising from drawing revisions, Field Instruction’s, Field Variation Order’s or other causes
• Ensure that subcontractors receive all necessary access, materials, documents and information including site safety, labour and discipline regulations to enable them to meet their contractual obligations and maintain comprehensive records of shortfalls of supply of any such deliverables
• Use all resources and remedies under the subcontract in order to ensure that subcontractors meet their contractual obligations.
• Monitor and, in collaboration with other appropriate site disciplines, ensure that the performance of each assigned subcontractor is recorded together with explanations for any deviations from the performance anticipated from the contractor’s tender.
• Manage all commercial and contractual activities, supervising others as appropriate, concerning construction and services contracts, including issue of variations, maintaining register of claims, ensuring interim and final acceptance certificates are issued, performance record keeping, close-out activities and the return of all relevant records to home office for archiving.
• Carrying out quantity surveying duties when required and qualified to do so
• Always promote safe working practices and demonstrate safety leadership
• Understand and live Woods vision, values and behaviour
• Understand and work to the Wood Financial Management Framework as it relates to subcontracts
• Assist in identifying and applying performance management and development plans for direct reports
• Ensured all internal and external in year savings are recorded

What makes you remarkable? 

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.  

Qualifications: 

• Educated to Degree or Equivalent, or Vocational equivalent qualification; 
• RICS qualified or industry equivalent. Record of skills training appropriate for job specific role. 

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Minimum of 20 years applicable Oil and Gas or Heavy Industrial sectors of Construction Industry, or similar
• Advanced knowledge of Subcontractors, commercial evaluations, negotiations and terms and conditions of contract.
• In depth knowledge of commercial position imposed by Head Contracts
• Advanced knowledge of Industry forms of Subcontract
• Computer systems
• Supply Chain Principles and techniques 

Personal attributes:

• Excellent communication skills, written, oral and presentation
• High degree of initiative
• Maintains a strong network both within and outside of supply chain department
• Positively works to develop relationships with subcontractors, clients and other disciplines
• Planning and organisational skills
• Enthusiastic proactive attitude
• Analytical, with strong problem-solving skills 

Ability to:

• Work as part of project execution team, leading by example
• Identify efficiency, process and tool improvement opportunities and successful drive through change
• Briefs others on matters of significance pertaining to subcontracts or industry developments