Contract Manager @ Davie Shipyards in Finland

Calling all experienced contract managers who are ready for their next challenge!

Are you a customer-centric and commercially minded contract management professional? Do you have exposure to working with complex and high-value projects? Are you motivated by taking ownership in a growth-seeking business environment?

If you answered YES, please keep reading, because you could be the one we are looking for to join Davie Shipyards in Finland as their very first Contract Manager!

This newly established role will be part of the Legal team and offers a unique opportunity to help shape contract management practices and work at the interface between Projects, Procurement, Legal and Business teams. Due to a strong order book and the strategic decision to pursue growth, the operations of Davie Shipyards in Finland are expanding rapidly, making this a particularly exciting time to join the team!

_Davie Shipyards in Finland brings together Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki and SATA Shipbuilding in Pori, combining internationally recognised Finnish shipbuilding expertise with some of the world's most demanding maritime projects. Davie, a privately held international marine group with operations in Canada, Finland, and the United States_, _is one of the world's leading builders of icebreakers, specialised vessels and offshore structures. As part of Davie, Davie Shipyards in Finland works on complex projects in Finland and internationally. You can learn more about Davie Shipyards in Finland athttps://helsinkishipyard.fi/company/helsinki-shipyard-oy/_

In this role, you will contribute to the successful delivery of complex international shipbuilding projects in direct customer-interface. In more practical terms, you will:

• Identify and manage contractual and commercial risks

• Serve as the first point of contact towards customers, ensuring that that they remain updated on the progress of the project

• Support in contract interpretation and implementation

• Manage change orders, contractual notices and claims processes

• Participate in contract negotiations and commercial discussions

• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations during project execution

• Develop contract management processes, templates and best practices

• Promote contractual awareness across the organisation

The legal team of Davie Shipyards in Finland works primarily from the Helsinki Shipyard office in southern Helsinki. While the team works flexibly, we are looking for someone who enjoys working mainly on-site and being an active part of the team's day-to-day collaboration. The role requires occasional travel.

You will join a growing team of a handful of legal professionals, and report to the Head of Legal of Davie Shipyards in Finland. You will also have a dotted reporting line to the Head of Sales and get support from your international contract management colleagues based in other Davie office locations.

This role would be ideal for a contract management professional who:

• has a relevant degree e.g. in Business, Engineering or Law, combined with 5+ years of experience in contract management, commercial management or project environments;

• has experience in working with complex commercial contracts and a strong understanding of contractual risk management, as well as experience in working with and supporting project organisations;

• works with a practical and commercially minded, customer-centric approach;

• is capable of building processes and best practices, and knows how to raise awareness and influence others across the organization; and

• has great communication skills and excellent working proficiency in both English and Finnish.

Experience in shipbuilding, industrial, construction, infrastructure or EPC projects is considered an advantage.

Davie Shipyards in Finland offers you:

• Independent responsibility: As the first Contract Manager to join Davie Shipyards in Finland, you will have an independent and integral role in supporting in large-scale, technically complex international projects.

• Building a Contract Management Function in Finland: You get to shape the way Davie Shipyards in Finland operates in terms contract management in Finland.

• Frontline role: You will have a frontline role working with clients, as well as in close co-operation internally with business, legal, procurement and project teams.

• International & growth-seeking working environment: You will be part of world-leading icebreaker and special vessel projects around the world, working with international customers and contractors and alongside colleagues across the Davie organisation in an actively growth-seeking corporate setting.

Interested? Send us your CV and cover letter no later than 3 September 2026. If you would like to discuss the position in more detail, feel free to reach out to Minjon's recruitment consultant Vilma Suomi (+358 50 360 5134 or vilma.suomi@minjon.fi).

_In line with the hiring policies ofDavie Shipyards in Finland, a security clearance based on the Security Clearance Act (726/2014) as well as drug testing will be performed on the selected candidate._