Contract Manager

Job Description Summary

GE Vernova is seeking a highly qualified Contract Manager to join our Hydro Power business and support the contractual management of major hydroelectric projects in North America. This role will be office-based in Brossard, Québec, or remote, and will report to the regional North America Contract Management Leader.

This position will focus on the contractual management of hydro project execution supporting project leadership through disciplined contract administration, commercial risk management, change management, correspondence, and stakeholder coordination.

Contract Management at GE Vernova is fully integrated into project management processes and principles, following an end-to-end approach that covers bidding, negotiation, and project contract execution. Contract Managers act as commercial experts throughout all project phases, particularly during contract setup, management of contractual issues, customer and supplier relationships, deviations, claims, disputes, and insurance matters.

The successful candidate will combine solid project contract management fundamentals with strong judgment, organization, and communication skills. This role is well suited to a professional who can operate effectively in a matrixed project environment, support complex project obligations, and protect GE Vernova’s contractual and commercial interests while enabling successful project delivery.

Job Description

Company Overview

GE Vernova is a leading provider of renewable energy solutions, committed to advancing hydropower across North America. Our Hydro Power business supports the modernization of existing hydroelectric assets and the development of new hydro and pumped storage projects that strengthen grid reliability, flexibility, and long-term decarbonization.

Joining GE Vernova means becoming part of a team working on some of the most important renewable energy and infrastructure projects in the region. This role offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to major project outcomes while building long-term experience across a diverse hydro project portfolio.

Your Impact

• Support the contractual management of the hydro project from a back-office contract management perspective, in close coordination with project leadership and site teams.

• Protect GE Vernova’s contractual and commercial position through disciplined contract administration, timely notices, change management, and risk tracking.

• Help ensure contractual obligations, rights, milestones, assumptions, exclusions, and deliverables are clearly understood and managed throughout project execution.

• Contribute to the successful execution of the project while remaining available to support other hydroelectric projects across North America as needed.

• Promote contractual rigor, transparency, collaboration, and proactive risk management across the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

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End-to-End Contract Management

• Manage contractual aspects of assigned projects from the bid phase or contract handover through execution, close-out, and warranty, depending on the stage of project involvement.

• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of project-specific contract management plans.

• Interpret contractual rights, obligations, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, milestones, remedies, and commercial positions, and communicate their implications clearly to the project team.

• Draft, review, and tailor commercial and contractual communications in alignment with project requirements and the applicable contract framework.

• Participate in the negotiation and finalization of contract amendments, change orders, and other project-related commercial instruments with customers, partners, suppliers, and subcontractors, as applicable.

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Project Leadership

• Act as the contractual resource for the project, in coordination with project management team, the site-based team, technical functions, project controls, sourcing, quality, and other functions.

• Support the administration of the prime contract and related project agreements from execution through close-out and warranty.

• Help establish and maintain contract management procedures, including correspondence protocols, notice requirements, tracking mechanisms, escalation paths, and document retention practices.

• Review project events, correspondence, and execution developments to identify contractual implications, required actions, and emerging risks.

• Prepare and manage formal notices, reservations of rights, change requests, amendments, claims support documentation, and other contractual submissions.

• Maintain robust contractual records, registers, logs, and trackers related to notices, changes, obligations, risks, milestones, deliverables, and key commercial events.

• Support the preparation of commercial status summaries, contractual dashboards, and leadership updates on open issues, watchpoints, and major deadlines.

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Change Management, Claims, and Risk Management

• Identify contractual risks, opportunities, deviations, and key watchpoints across assigned projects.

• Support the preparation, review, and administration of notices, changes, amendments, claims, and other entitlement-related documentation.

• Coordinate with project controls, planning, sourcing, finance, legal, and technical teams to develop substantiation packages, event chronologies, and supporting records.

• Monitor contractual events that may give rise to cost or schedule impacts, including delays, disruptions, scope changes, late information, interface issues, and third-party impacts.

• Participate regularly in project risk and opportunity reviews and help translate project events into contractual and commercial actions.

• Provide recommendations to mitigate exposure, preserve rights, and protect GE Vernova’s commercial interests.

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Supplier, Subcontract, and Flow-Down Support

• Support review and administration of supplier and subcontractor contractual terms to ensure appropriate flow-down of prime contract obligations, schedule commitments, quality requirements, and documentation obligations.

• Coordinate with sourcing and procurement teams regarding supplier and subcontractor changes, claims, delays, back charges, and other commercial matters.

• Monitor supplier and subcontractor obligations, deliverables, interfaces, and remedies throughout project execution.

• Help ensure consistency between upstream customer commitments and downstream contractual arrangements where applicable.

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Stakeholder Collaboration and Project Support

• Work closely with project directors, project managers, contract management leadership, legal, sourcing, finance, engineering, project controls, and other internal stakeholders.

• Build strong working relationships with customer, partner, supplier, and subcontractor representatives, as appropriate for the role.

• Advise project teams on contractual issues and contribute to informed project decision-making.

• Track contractual commitments and help ensure effective communication of contractual requirements across the project team.

• Escalate issues openly and objectively to leadership to ensure early visibility and timely resolution.

• Contribute to a culture of rigor, accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

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Contract Compliance, Records, and Closeout

• Ensure compliance with contractual terms and support documentation of deviations where needed.

• Maintain reliable contemporaneous records to support change, claim, payment, and dispute positions.

• Support milestone verification, payment-related documentation, and contractual deliverable tracking where required.

• Coordinate with legal on major claim and dispute matters and support development of appropriate contractual strategies.

• Support contract close-out activities, including final account documentation, release track