Contracts Manager

Position: Contracts Manager - BESS

Location: Melbourne

Type: Full Time

About the company

Atmos Renewables is a leading Australian renewable energy company with ownership in over 1.9GW of operating and in-construction wind, solar and energy storage assets and a number of development projects across Australia.

Established in 2020 by Igneo Infrastructure Partners, Atmos is dedicated to accelerating Australia's clean energy transition through the development, construction, and operation of renewable generation and storage projects.

With a growing pipeline of projects, including onshore wind, solar, and battery storage, Atmos is committed to being the partner of choice for communities, landowners, and energy buyers. As a dynamic and lean organisation, Atmos Renewables seek professionals who align with their company values and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven environment.

About the role

Atmos Renewables is seeking an experienced Contracts Manager to join their Delivery team in Melbourne. This client-side role will play a key part in managing complex contractual arrangements across the delivery lifecycle of utility-scale renewable energy projects.

The Contracts Manager will be responsible for the full lifecycle management of contracts, including ECI (Early Contractor Involvement), EPC, BoP, Free Issue Supply, NSP agreements, the Owner's Engineer agreement, and CIS agreements. This role requires an in-depth understanding of all contract provisions and requirements, setting up and administering thorough contractual trackers, ensuring that all contractual obligations are met, proactively managing risks, and driving optimal commercial outcomes. Success in this position requires having an in-depth understanding of all of the applicable contracts, strong attention to detail, effective stakeholder engagement, and the ability to collaborate across key functions such as Project Delivery, Engineering, Grid, Finance, Legal, and Operations.

The role will initially support a large scale BESS project, with the opportunity to transition to wind or solar projects thereafter.

Key responsibilities

Contract Lifecycle Management

• Demonstrate comprehensive, detail-oriented mastery of contract terms and conditions.
• Establish detailed tracking systems to monitor contractual obligations for the current project and future pipeline.
• Lead the administration of all major project contracts—including BoP, BESS/Wind Turbine/Solar supply, NSP, OE, and CIS—from execution through to final completion.
• Monitor, interpret, and enforce contract terms to ensure full compliance by all stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with the Project Manager and broader team to track contractual performance, with a focus on interface deliverables for split-scope contracts.
• Prepare and manage contractual correspondence, including notices, claims, time extension requests, and variation submissions.
• Oversee, track, and proactively manage all CIS-related obligations, liaising with AEMO and the Commonwealth.
• Provide construction contractual feedback / lessons learned into future BESS, Wind, and Solar projects in Development.
• Manage all insurance aspects for the project.

Commercial & Financial Oversight

• Work closely with project controls and finance teams to ensure contractual obligations are aligned with financial performance and reporting requirements.
• Support the certification of payments, approval of milestones, and forecasting activities in accordance with contract terms.
• Contribute to cost control efforts by identifying commercial risks, potential claims, and opportunities for cost savings or operational efficiencies.

Risk Management & Dispute Resolution

• Proactively identify contractual risks, potential claims, and breaches, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Assist in dispute resolution by collaborating with legal counsel and external advisors as needed.
• Ensure accurate, comprehensive, and defensible contract records and audit trails are maintained throughout the project lifecycle.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as the primary point of contact for all contract-related matters between Atmos, Contractors, Suppliers, Consultants, Grid partners, AEMO, Commonwealth and other external stakeholders.
• Work cross-functionally with Finance, Engineering, Legal, Development and Operations teams to manage interface scopes.
• Provide contractual support to ensure compliance with regulatory and permitting requirements.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience managing complex construction contracts in large-scale renewable energy, infrastructure, or power generation projects.
• Essential: BESS experience
• Strong understanding of Australian Standard Contracts (e.g. AS4000, AS4902) and bespoke contractual terms.
• Demonstrated success in administering high-value contracts ($100M+) from notice to proceed through to completion and handover.
• Highly proficient in setting up and administering contractual trackers.
• Background in client-side contract administration preferred.
• Familiarity with grid connection processes, interface scopes, and construction sequencing in renewables.
• Strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills, and ability to manage contractual risk.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Law, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related field.

Desirable:

• Wind experience

Why Atmos Renewables?

Atmos Renewables are a small, dynamic and highly motivated team that works very closely together, and they want you to succeed with them. Their people are their most valuable asset, and they show this through the benefits they offer including competitive remuneration, competitive bonus and flexible working. They are also dedicated to personal and professional development of their employees via training and development opportunities.

You will be eligible to earn a short-term incentive of up to 20% of your Salary with respect to each complete calendar year during your employment, subject to the achievement of company and personal performance hurdles (STI).

Performance hurdles with respect to each calendar year and the weighting to be given to such hurdles will be determined by Atmos Renewables and advised to you. Whether or not such hurdles are met and the extent to which such hurdles are met will be determined by Atmos Renewables exercising their sole discretion.