SMD
Commercial Contracts Officer - Full time, Permanent
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Job Description
Location
Soil Machine Dynamics, Davy Bank, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 6UZ
About The Role
The Role – What will I be doing?
As a Commercial Officer, you will apply your contractual and legal expertise to assist and support the Commercial team and the wider business with:
- Tender opportunities
- Sales and purchase contract reviews
- Confidentiality agreements
- Other ad-hoc contracts
- General commercial administration
You will support the Legal and Compliance Director in providing a commercial service to internal SMD stakeholders. You will negotiate with both customers and suppliers, identifying and raising any contractual or commercial risks to the business and proposing actions to mitigate those risks, ensuring robust and legally sound contracts are in place.
In addition, the Legal and Compliance Director will require you to support them in negotiating more complex, higher value contracts.
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What skills and qualifications do I need?
This position requires someone to be:
- Degree educated, preferably within a legal or business field
- Have contract law knowledge
- Ability to understand and apply commercial principles and to advise on contractual obligations, implications, and risk
Some experience in drafting and negotiating contractual terms is required.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential. This role will require the ability to manage multiple tasks, so time management is key along with a high level of attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
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About The Company
The power behind subsea pioneers.
We collaborate with future-thinking companies to draw knowledge, wealth, and prosperity from underwater environments. Together, our teams invent and engineer the answers to the toughest challenges in the underwater industry and science. Allowing for safe and efficient operations, while harnessing the potential of the most challenging subsea locations on the planet.
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Company Culture
Our people.
We don’t refer to our own employees as staff or personnel. They are ‘Our people’. ‘Our engineers’. ‘Our team’. ‘Our talent.’ Without our talented people, we would never progress as a company. They embody our values, and they mean everything to us. Whether we are talking directly to them, or about them—the value, attitude, and intelligence of our people should be clear.
Required Criteria
- Be degree educated, preferably within a legal or business field
- Have contract law knowledge
- Ability to understand and apply commercial principles and to advise on contractual obligations, implications, and risk
Desired Criteria
- Closing Date: Thursday 13th August, 2026
- Contract Type: Full-time
- Salary: Based on Experience
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