Contract Manager

Met T&S; Al Ruways Industrial City; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation

Transportation

Rotation tickets

Job summary

Met T&S in the United Arab Emirates seeks an experienced Contract Manager to oversee contractual relations with clients, consortiums or JV partners on executive projects.

You will transfer contract documents, supervise tools used in project execution, identify provisions for vendors and subcontractors, manage confidentiality, support change orders and liaise with project control and legal teams.

Qualifications

• University degree or diploma in relevant discipline or equivalent.
• Experience in contract management for EPC/industrial projects is preferred.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Transfer contractual documents to the Project Team.
• Supervise the preparation of contract tools for project execution.
• Identify provisions to be transferred to vendors and subcontractors.
• Prepare documents to ensure confidentiality obligations are met.
• Support PM/PD and other team members on contract-related matters.
• Draft correspondence on contractual matters.
• Identify delays and prepare change orders with relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in negotiation of contract amendments and changes.
• Inform Legal Affairs on disputes and potential litigation.
• Support risk management and treasury functions during execution.

Skills

Contract management

Client negotiations

Risk assessment

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Education

University Degree or Diploma in relevant discipline

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job type/Contract: Contractual. Starting as soon as possible.

Salary range: Excellent salary package with benefits.

Single Status.

Accommodation provided by the company.

Transportation provided by the company.

Round trip ticket on each rotation (Economy class).

Within the frame of the executive projects, the Contract Manager, manages the contractual relations with the client, consortium or Joint venture partners (if any), ensuring the compliance with the mutual contractual 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

• University Degree 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

• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills;
• Attention to detail, management skills;
• Excellent IT and analytical skills;
• Self-motivation and direction, with a strong bias toward timely performance and problem resolution.