Contract Manager - Oil & Gas Maintenance

About the role

A maintenance project in Oman is scaling up and needs a Contract Manager to join the team. The role owns contractual compliance and performance tracking for the engagement and leads the PMC team's subcontracts function. It reports to the Technical Services Manager and works closely with the main contractor's contracts and subcontracts staff.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain the milestone and obligations register, recording each contractual obligation with its owner, due date, status and supporting evidence.
• Monitor compliance and give early warning of slippage or risk, with recovery options, to the main contractor's Project Director.
• Track KPI exposure and prepare the KPI position for monthly management meetings.
• Maintain the contract correspondence and notices log, and flag notice and time-bar requirements as they arise.
• Lead the Subcontract Manager and Assistant Subcontract Manager, and act as the team's primary point of contact on contractual matters.

Required profile

• Proven background managing, executing or governing long-term maintenance contracts, brownfield projects or service agreements.
• Direct, hands-on experience on major national oil company assets in Oman, with strong familiarity with operator HSE procedures and technical specifications.
• Demonstrated operational and technical expertise on oil and gas maintenance projects, across upstream, midstream or downstream facilities.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in contract or commercial management on oil and gas integrated services, maintenance or EPC contracts, including at least 5 years in a managerial role.
• Subcontract administration experience is required.
• Engineering, quantity surveying or a related degree.

The position is based in Muscat, Oman, and is a full-time, project-based engagement running through an initial mobilisation phase and the main execution phase of a multi-year contract. Applications are submitted via LinkedIn; suitable candidates are contacted directly and applications are treated in strict confidence.