Blue Energy
Senior Contracts Manager - Strategic Equipment
DC - Chevy Chase, MD · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$10k-$15kDetected 14 hours ago
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About the role
- Blue Energy is transforming how nuclear power gets built.
- This cuts costs by over 60% and brings plants online in just three years.
- We also pair natural gas with nuclear at our sites, so customers can start receiving power from gas turbines right away and then switch over to clean nuclear power once it comes online - getting energy to the grid faster while nuclear is being built.
Responsibilities
- Lead commercial negotiations for all major OEM equipment supply contracts.
- Own pricing and escalation frameworks, performance guarantee structures, payment milestone schedules, LD provisions, warranty terms, and spare parts obligations.
- Develop and execute a negotiation strategy for each major OEM engagement, and competitive tension management.
- Manage long-term commercial relationships with key OEM strategic partners, maintaining executive-level engagement and protecting Blue Energy's interests across the full life of each supplier relationship.
- Track OFE delivery dates across all major equipment packages in coordination with the Lead EPC Contract Manager. Flag delivery risks.
- Maintain market intelligence on rotating equipment supply markets, including OEM capacity, lead times, pricing trends, and vendor qualification status, to sharpen negotiating strategy and inform procurement planning.
- Supervise and develop the Contracts Administrator, delegating administration tasks across the portfolio and building commercial capability. Own all contract administration responsibilities directly until the position is filled.
- Manage warranty claims and serial defect notifications.
- Maintain commercial reporting for the OEM portfolio, covering fabrication progress, milestone payment status, delivery schedule confidence, and open commercial matters.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in engineering, law, quantity surveying, or commerce - engineering background is a strong differentiator given the technical content of performance guarantee structures and FAT acceptance criteria.
- 8+ years in contracts management on major capital projects in oil & gas, LNG, power generation, or heavy industrial, with demonstrated experience negotiating major OEM equipment supply agreements.
- Direct experience with LDs, performance guarantees, FAT commercial conditions, and OFE delivery obligations is required.
- Proven track record negotiating directly against tier-1 OEM commercial teams on risk allocation, LD exposure, and performance guarantee language.
- 8+ years in contracts management on major capital projects in oil & gas, LNG, power generation, or heavy industrial, with demonstrated experience negotiating major OEM equipment supply agreements. Direct experience with LDs, performance guarantees, FAT commercial conditions, and OFE delivery obligations is required.
- Strong foundational understanding of contract law as it applies to performance guarantees, LD provisions, force majeure, warranty obligations, and limitation of liability
- able to work effectively with legal counsel on complex contract positions.
- Understanding of the interface between engineering services and equipment supply contracts, including the commercial implications of specification changes post-award.
- Strong post-award contract management capability - fabrication milestone tracking, payment certification, change order assessment and negotiation, LD administration, FAT commercial management, and warranty claim administration across multi-contract portfolios.
- Sufficient technical literacy to assess OEM performance guarantee claims, challenge milestone valuations, and engage credibly with engineering and project management counterparts.
Nice to have
- Direct experience negotiating gas turbine or steam turbine supply agreements.
- Background in major power generation, CCGT, LNG, or oil & gas projects, with an understanding of how rotating equipment contracts sit within a broader project commercial framework.
- Prior experience on an EPC contractor commercial team, providing valuable context for managing GMP structures and anticipating how delivery schedule risk is priced and escalated.
- We look forward to your application and helping foster an era of safe, clean, affordable, and abundant energy.
- If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway.
- You might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Blue Energy now or in the future.
- Familiarity with nuclear OEM qualification requirements
- NQA-1 procurement documentation, approved nuclear vendor list qualification, source inspection, and the documentation and traceability obligations applicable to nuclear-qualified equipment supply contracts.
Compensation
- $10k-$15k
Company info
- Our mission is to make nuclear energy abundant, affordable, and repeatable at global scale.
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