Assist the Project team in Awareness of and Compliance with Contract Obligations and Requirements (signed with Client), Anticipate Risks and help Project Managers/ Directors in preparation of Claims and contractual correspondences
- Principal Accountabilities:
- Review various contractual documents as directed by and under the supervision of the Director, Commercial Contracts (DCC).
- Assist the Contracts Director in the negotiation of Variations with the Clients agents.
- Review Variation Orders (VOs) received from Clients, highlight any risk in the terms of VOs and propose to the DCC any required amendments to be submitted to the Client.
- Review VOs issued by the Commercial team to the Subcontractors for final validation by the DCC.
- Assist Commercial teams at Sites in dealing with Major Subcontract Agreements and Vendors claims.
- Assist in preparation of correspondences to Client(s) prepared by Sites, including Claim Notices to be issued pursuant to Contract provisions; for final validation by the DCC.
- Organize and monitor the tracking logs issued by the Site teams and ensure dispatching to all concerned.
- Organize and monitor the Project risk register prepared by Project Management team.
- Assist the DCC in preparing Contracts management procedures, workflow and practices for improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement.
- Assist the DCC in monitoring projects performance with respect to the compliance with Contractor's rights and obligations.
- Coordinate and attend technical / contracts meetings with Client's agents and internal Site teams as directed by and under the supervision of DCC.
- Advise on projects handover and closeout and assist PMs / PDs in the process of obtaining Taking Over Performance Certificates
Required Academic Qualification
Bachelor's degree Engineer (any Construction field)
Total 15 years minimum (with at least 7 years as Contracts Administrator / Manager) Management)
TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL
- Technical and Construction experience at Sites with focus on infrastructure.
- Analytic approach, attention to details and easy understanding of cases.
- Claims experience including formal correspondences.
- Good English language (speaking and writing).
- Familiar with legal terminologies.
PERSONALITY & BEHAVIOURAL
- Teamwork and Collaboration spirit
- Face-to-face communication preference over written correspondences
- Problem solving skill.
- Compliance with Superior Guidelines
- Commitment to deadlines
COMPUTER & SOFTWARE
- MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)