Contract & Claims Manager (all genders)

Contract & Claims Manager (all genders)

Join us in shaping the future of renewable energy!

Skyborn's flagship project, the Gennaker offshore wind farm, has just received its construction and operations permit - a major milestone for what will become one of the largest offshore wind projects in the German Baltic Sea. With an installed capacity of 976.5 MW, Gennaker is set to deliver around 4 TWh of green electricity annually, enough to power approximately one million households. Scheduled for commissioning in 2028, this project is not only a cornerstone of Germany's energy transition but also a benchmark for sustainable innovation. Be part of a team that turns ambition into reality and helps secure a cleaner, more resilient energy future.

Joining Skyborn means being a part of a global offshore wind leading developer with more than two decades of experience and a proven track record across the full project lifecycle - from early development to construction and long-term operations. You'll work with 300+ committed, purpose-driven colleagues, take responsibility early, and grow in a collaborative, international environment where safety, integrity, and teamwork guide how we deliver results.

If you want your skills to make a tangible difference and to help build what tomorrow will run on, Gennaker offers a meaningful next step.

Become part of our Hamburg or Bremen team as

Contract & Claims Manager (all genders)

Your future tasks:

• Manage contract and claim administration for assigned packages across offshore wind projects, providing proactive commercial and contractual support from contract execution (and where possible negotiation) through project completion.

• Support Package Managers, Procurement, Legal, Insurance, and Project Delivery teams in managing variations, amendments, claims, additional scope, and ancillary procurement activities, including cost-benefit and risk assessments.

• Administer contracts in line with contractual obligations, ensuring compliance with key dates, payment milestones, liquidated damages provisions, bonds, securities, and claim timelines for both Employer and Contractor.

• Analyse contracts to identify commercial risks, opportunities, interfaces, and gaps, maintaining and updating package risk, claim, and variation registers and supporting programme and cost impact assessments.

• Prepare, review, and manage contractual correspondence, claims, variation orders, payment applications, forecasts, and documentation using the Employer's contract management systems (e.g. Aconex, SAP), ensuring due process and auditability.

• Act as the central coordination point for contract- and claim-related matters, supporting meetings, dispute prevention and resolution, and collaboration across Quality, HSE, Technical, Finance, Risk, O&M, and Legal stakeholders.

Your profile:

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Law, Procurement & Supply Chain, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience in contract and commercial management.

• Minimum of 8
  years of progressive experience on large, complex infrastructure or energy projects, ideally within the offshore wind sector.

• Proven track record in contract administration and claims management for complex and challenging scope packages, including successful claim resolution.

• Strong commercial and contractual acumen, with a structured and analytical working style and understanding of key project stakeholders and reporting cycles.

• Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to act as a trusted sparring partner to project teams in dynamic, deadline-driven environments

• High ethical standards and integrity, fluent written and spoken English, strong MS Office skills, and familiarity with SAP or similar ERP systems.

Our benefits:

• Employment in aninternational companywhere you make a difference in therenewable energy sector

• Flexible ways of working:Mobile office regulation of 40% per week

• Enjoy your vacationof 30 days, extended with possible unpaid vacation days

• A modern work environmentwith open doors and room for your own ideas in a friendly, modern working environment

• Learning and Development Opportunities to support your personal and professional growth

• Our company celebrations,team events and get togethers are extraordinary

• We care for your wellbeing,our Employee Assistance Program offers training and counselling to support your wellbeing

• Other employee benefits depending on location: capital-forming benefits, subsidized company pension plan, company bicycle leasing (business bike) and company fitness (EGYM Wellpass)

We look forward to receiving your application!

Your contact person

Niven Pillay

Human Resources

Ericusspitze 2-4

20457 Hamburg

Interested?