Contracts Manager

Join Zenobē, a leading company in the renewable energy sector, as a Contracts Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for managing operations and maintenance agreements for a growing Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) portfolio. You will administer, negotiate, and monitor contracts with service providers and other key stakeholders to ensure compliance, commercial performance, and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in contract management within the energy, infrastructure, renewables, or utilities sector.

• Manage the lifecycle of O&M contracts, including drafting, review, execution, administration, amendments, renewals, and close-out.
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations, KPIs, SLAs, and reporting requirements, and support the negotiation of commercial terms with service providers.
• Act as a key point of contact for contractual matters relating to BESS asset operations, and coordinate with external stakeholders including O&M contractors and service providers.
• We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements
• Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world
• To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Engineering, Energy Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related field
• Experience within renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, or energy storage sectors preferred
• At least 5 years’ experience in contract management, commercial management in asset operations environment
• Understanding of BESS operations, ancillary services markets, or renewable asset management is desirable
• Familiarity with framework agreements, O&M contracts, managed service agreements is advantageous
• Strong commercial awareness and contract administration capability
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and contract/document management systems
• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple contracts simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Collaborative and solutions-oriented approach
• Proactive, adaptable, and capable of working independently
• Ability to interpret contractual language and identify commercial risk