Baker Hughes

Senior Contracts Specialist – Flexible Pipe

GB-NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE-WINCOMBLEE ROAD WELLSTREAM HOUSE
Full-time
Posted Nov 5, 2026

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Skills

Project Management
Supply Chain

Job description

Can you turn complex contractual risks into commercially successful project outcomes?

Have you successfully negotiated high-value engineering contracts and recovered customer-driven variations?

Partner with the best

Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy‑technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.

Ful your passion

You will provide commercial and contractual leadership across complex flexible pipe projects, from tendering and contract negotiation through project execution and close-out.

Working closely with Sales, Proposals, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal and Operations, you will ensure contractual risks and opportunities are understood, appropriately managed and translated into practical actions that protect margin, cash flow and successful project delivery.

As a Senior Contracts Specialist, you will be responsible for:

•Leading contractual review of customer tenders, contracts, purchase orders and commercial terms.

•Identifying and assessing key exposures including liabilities, liquidated damages, warranties, indemnities, payment terms, securities, termination and change provisions.

•Developing contractual qualifications, negotiation strategies and risk mitigation positions.

•Leading or supporting contract negotiations with customers, EPC/EPCI contractors, partners and suppliers.

•Ensuring effective contract handover from tendering into project execution, clearly identifying obligations, risks, milestones and notice requirements.

•Providing ongoing contractual support to Project Managers throughout execution.

•Identifying and managing variations, claims and customer-driven scope changes, ensuring contractual entitlement is protected and additional work is appropriately recovered.

•Supporting contractual issues arising from changes to pipe design, qualification, materials, manufacturing, testing, packaging, reels, delivery schedules and offshore interfaces.

•Preparing contractual notices, claims, responses and commercial settlements.

•Supporting consortium, subcontract and partnering arrangements, including interface responsibilities, back-to-back obligations and liability allocation.

•Monitoring contractual exposure and opportunities that could impact project margin, cash, schedule or delivery performance.

•Maintaining appropriate contractual records, governance and audit trails.

To be successful in this role you will:

•Have significant contracts or commercial management experience within a complex engineering, manufacturing or project environment.

•Have strong experience reviewing and negotiating major commercial contracts.

•Have demonstrable experience in contract risk, change management, variations and negotiation.

•Have strong commercial judgement and ability to translate contractual issues into clear business implications.

•Have excellent negotiation, communication and contractual writing skills.

•Be able to work collaboratively across technical, operational, commercial and project teams.

•Have degree or equivalent experience in Commercial Management, Law, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Business or a related discipline.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

•Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities

•Comprehensive private medical care options

•Safety net of life insurance and disability programs

•Tailored financial programs

•Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Project Management Senior Advisor - Operat Leadership