Project Contract Manager

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time  Project Contract Manager in  Madrid we’re looking for?

Take on a new challenge and apply your  Contract Management expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside young and proactive teammates.

You'll provide guidance and leadership to develop, implement, and drive contract/claim management and risk mitigation strategies in accordance with Alstom’s business objectives; including extensions of time (EoTs), variations orders, contract amendments   but also  providing technical leadership in Signalling Projects.

We’ll look to you for:

As a member of Project Core Team

• Carefully analyzes the contract to build and drive implementation of Contract and Claim management strategies, developing a pragmatic and proactive commercial approach based on contractual analysis of the project, to protect, on a daily basis, Alstom interests and taking into account the contract and business objectives.
• Monitors projects toward contract obligations, including support to monitoring of project schedule towards achieving contractual milestones.
• Ensures timely issuance of contractual notices and monitors correspondence by analyzing with Project Manager incoming and outgoing correspondences to third parties.
• Carefully monitors, records, and notifies any third party regarding claims/counterclaims and prepares and manages all elements and supporting documentation for claims/ counterclaims negotiations.

As a member of Project Contract Management Organization

• Reports on contract management and claims activities to the project, Legal, and Contract Management teams.
• Ensures Contract management KPIS are reported as per reporting deadlines.
• Provides training on contract/claim management to key project stakeholders, including project management, finance, engineering, sourcing.
• Provides at any time, on management demand, a reliable and understandable contractual and commercial analysis of the project.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

• Educational Requirements: A degree in Law, Engineering, Finance, Technical, Economics or business sciences
• Experience: 2-3 years of Contract/Claim Management experience (preferred)/Project Management, mainly in the industrial sector. Experience in railway projects is a plus. 

• Languages: Spanish (mandatory) & English (mandatory)

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Work with new safey standards for rail signalling
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our cooperative working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage.

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note:

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.