Contract Manager

Met T&S Ltd.; Al Dhannah; On-site; AED 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided by the company

Transportation provided by the company

Roundtrip ticket on each rotation (EC)

Benefits package

Job summary

Met T&S Ltd. is seeking a Contract Manager to oversee contractual relations with clients, consortiums or JV partners, ensuring compliance with mutual obligations and guiding team members’ activities.

You will transfer contract documents to the project team, supervise tools for project execution, and coordinate with procurement and subcontracts to finalize special conditions. Strong negotiation and risk awareness are essential.

Qualifications

• University Degree or Diploma in relevant discipline or equivalent.
• At least 8 years of experience in construction/industrial/EPC projects; contractor side preferred.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills; IT & analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Transfer contractual documents and related information to the Project Team.
• Supervise preparation of tools for Project execution (contract diagram, notifications).
• Identify contractual provisions to be transferred to vendors and subcontractors; coordinate with relevant managers.
• Assist PM/PD and team with contract matters and ensure proper correspondence.
• Maintain records of client/partners' contractual obligations and inform involved parties.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Education

University Degree or Diploma in relevant discipline

Job description

Contractual.Starting as soon as possible.

Salary range:

Excellentsalary package with benefits.

SingleStatus.

Accommodationprovided by the company.

Transportationprovided by the company.

Roundtrip ticket on each rotation (Economy class).

Within the frame of the executive projects, the ContractManager, manages the contractual relations with the client, consortium orJoint venture partners (if any), ensuring the compliance with the mutualcontractual obligations, being also responsible for her/his team members’activities.

Duties and responsibilities

• To transfer contractual documents and related information to the Project Team (for example, through dedicated contract-induction sessions);
• To supervise the preparation of the tools to be used during the Project execution, in particular: the Contract diagram, the list of contractual notifications, the drafts of contractual notifications;
• To ensure the identification of the contractual provisions which must be transferred to vendors and convey such provisions to the Project Procurement Manager/Coordinator in order to finalize the Project Special Purchase Conditions;
• To ensure the identification of the contractual provisions which must be transferred to subcontractors and convey such provisions to the Project Subcontracting Manager/Coordinator in order to finalize the Special Conditions for subcontracts;
• To prepare the documents necessary to ensure that confidentiality obligations towards the Client and the other parties involved are fulfilled by Operating Company, subcontractors and vendors;
• To assist the PM/PD and the other members of the Project Team in handling the contractually relevant matters;
• To ensure the draft of the correspondence concerning contractual matters;
• To keep record of the cases when client and partners do not fulfil their contractual obligations, assess the consequences thereof in relation to cost and time with the support of the Project Control Manager and inform the PM/PD in order to duly notify the involved party;
• To identify and promptly prepare the change order requests and the claims with the support of the Project Control Manager, the other members of the Project Team and, if required, the change order team, and timely issue such requests to the Client along with the required documentation;
• To participate in the negotiation of the change orders and claims, ensuring their status update;
• To identify, with the support of the other team members, the delays and disruptions attributable to the client, partners or to circumstances of force majeure and notifying them promptly to the relevant actors;
• To inform the Subcontract Administration Managers about potential critical issues for them and transpose proactively the issues notified by the Subcontract Administration Managers in order to evaluate the consequences;
• To participate in the negotiation of contract amendments, supported by the Contract Negotiator as required;
• To promptly inform the Legal Affairs and Contracts Function when disputes with Clients and partners are likely to result in litigation proceedings and support them in the related management;
• To support Project Risk/Opportunity Management in quantitative and qualitative evaluation of project risk during the executive phase;
• To support Group Treasury Function in management of project bank warranties;
• To support the Project Control Manager in the management of the invoices issued to the Clients and/or Partners;
• To manage the CAR/EAR Insurance activities following the current procedures;
• To support and ensure the adequate training is provided to the team.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

UniversityDegree or Diploma in relevant discipline or equivalent.

Experience

• Similar role covered at least in last three projects of comparable size;
• Relevant experience in construction/modernization of industrial/Refinery sector/EPC projects large plants;
• At least 8 years of experience in the specific discipline;
• Experience working on Contractor side.

Skills and Abilities

Excellentcommunications and interpersonal skills;

ExcellentIT and analytical skills;

Self-motivationand direction, with a strong bias toward timely performance and problemresolution.