Senior Contract Administrator / Contracts Manager - Essen/Europe

Hatch; Essen; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company in mining, energy, and infrastructure seeks a Senior Contract Administrator in Essen. This mid-senior role involves managing a team and overseeing the administration of contracts for large-scale projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to budgets. Join a passionate team committed to innovative solutions and positive change in diverse environments.

Leistungen

Flexible work environment

Long-term career development

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience in EPCM project environments, focused on construction contracts.
• Experience with drafting commercial terms and conditions.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes and contract management.

Aufgaben

• Manage site contracts administration team and oversee deliverables.
• Administer contracts in accordance with terms and conditions.
• Maintain contract registers and proactively manage costs and cash flow.

Kenntnisse

Negotiation skills

Contract change management

Team management

Procurement processes

Dispute resolution

Ausbildung

Tertiary qualification in a relevant field

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Contract Administrator / Contracts Manager - Essen/Europe

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Requisition ID: 94637

Job Category: Procurement

Location: Essen, North Rhine, Germany

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 65 years of business and technical expertise in mining , energy , and infrastructure , our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally.

Join our Project Delivery Group (PDG), a dynamic team of professionals passionately committed to world-class project delivery across the globe. With expertise in sustainable studies, asset building and operations, and industry-leading efficiencies, our best-in-class team leverages methodologies, governance and systems that are unparalleled in the engineering space. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

The Site Contract Administration Manager is involved in a project from the post award phase up to closeout and handover of the FEL4 phase and interfaces with project management, engineering, construction management and contractors during construction phase. The Site Contracts Administration Manager manages a team of site contract administrators, quantity surveyors and administrative support staff focused on the management of construction, services and material/equipment supply and installation contracts during the execution of EPCM projects and has vital responsibilities in carrying a project to an on-time, on-budget completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the site contracts administration team towards the following objectives and deliverables:
• Administration:
• Contractual change control
• Management of contractual processes within the appropriate Hatch core system
• Program monitoring and progress meetings
• Payment certification
• Claims administration
• Develop, process and implement contractual documents and change notices in a timely manner
• Administrate contracts in accordance with general requirements of contractual terms and conditions
• Maintain various contract registers and as per project specific instructions
• Proactive management and report of forecasted final costs and cash flow on contracts
• Management of bonds/guarantees
• Closeout and handover to the client
• Reporting as required.
  
  

Essential

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive experience in an EPCM project environment on capital projects, specifically in the management of construction and services contracts
• Contracts/legal related training and general project and management related training
• Experience with drafting of commercial terms and conditions and an understanding of accompanying legal implications
• Negotiation skills and assertiveness
• Excellent understanding of procurement processes, contract management and corporate governance principles
• Knowledge and a working history and understanding of the local environment and contractors
• Experience with an excellent understanding of contracting strategies
• Proven managerial and leadership skills
• Proven experience with and knowledge of contractor management
• Excellent knowledge of contract change management including schedule change management
• Experience with dispute resolution and dispute resolution mechanisms
• Prior site based experience in the administration of construction contracts
• Ability to fit into a team environment and personal skills to compliment teamwork development.
  
  

Preferred

• An appropriate tertiary qualification
• International experience in a similar role
• Bilingualism (English and other language as required by the project)
  
  

Why join us?

• Work with great people to make a difference
• Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions
• Top employer
  
  

What we offer you?

• Flexible work environment
• Long term career development
• Think globally, work locally
  
  

Don't meet every single requirement? You don't need to. At Hatch, we are building a diverse, inclusive workplace that fosters innovation. If you're interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if your past experiences don't perfectly align with the skills we've listed.

We're committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate and serve. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to age, race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran, or any other protected status. If you have any accommodation requirements, please let us know. We'll do our best to meet your needs in accordance with applicable local legislation.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Engineering

• Industries

  Construction, Mining, and Oil and Gas

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