Project Contract Manager

-; Al Bihouth; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Contract Manager to oversee contract management activities during negotiation and execution phases. Responsibilities include coordinating contract activities, ensuring compliance with guidelines, and assisting in strategy development. Ideal candidates will manage resources and document contractual obligations effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate contract management activities.
• Supervise application of contract management guidelines.
• Assist Project Manager with contract management execution strategy.

Job description

Mission

• During the contract execution phase, analyze and manage the contract terms, exploring contractual solutions and alternatives in order to minimize risks and optimize opportunities.

Tasks

1. Manage and coordinate contract management activities ensuring that all aspects of the contract during the negotiation and execution phase are correctly addressed.
2. Ensure that Golden Rules and Silver Guidelines are implemented.
3. Manage the resources involved in contract management activities, develop relevant professional competences and identify project staffing needs.
4. Supervise the application of Saipem guidelines and standards relevant to contract management.
5. Provide all necessary reports regarding contract management matters to the corporate/company/project management.
6. Ensure collection and sharing of lessons learned, feedbacks, and returns of experience on issues/criticalities encountered during contract management activities.
7. Ensure, for the area of its remit, application of the industrial risk management methodology.
8. Recover bid contractual summary, any legal analyses, and other support documentation prepared during tender phase.
9. Verify the completeness of contract documents (consistency check), supervise their distribution to project team members, and regularly execute contract induction meetings.
10. Assist the Project Manager in developing the contract management execution strategy and ensure change process on the project, including appropriate claim management actions.
11. Ensure that all project-specific contracts for goods, services, or subcontracts are drafted incorporating contractual obligations and assist the Project Manager in identifying critical packages (subcontractors and vendors) requiring special monitoring of contract risks.
12. Participate in the periodical project budget review meetings.
13. Review regulatory requirements.
14. Review, update, and complete all partner agreements according to contract/project development.
15. Coordinate the contractual documentation filing.
16. Ensure contribution to the Legal function for the management of preliminary activities of litigations and contribute during subsequent activities.