Contract Management Spec

McDermott International, Ltd; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International, Ltd. is seeking a Contracts Management Specialist to oversee contracts activities across global projects, resolving routine to moderately complex issues and ensuring alignment with contractual obligations.

You will own contracts administration through all project phases, coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams, and contributing to dashboards, KPIs, and pre-contract activities. This role offers exposure to large-scale projects, international teams, and ongoing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or postgraduate degree in contract management, quantity surveying, construction management or engineering.
• 5-8 years of experience in contracts management or similar roles in EPC energy or infrastructure projects.
• Fluent in creating and editing Microsoft Office Suite documents.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration across multinational teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong numerical and data analytical skills.
• Team player with ability to work independently and in teams.
• Detail-oriented with analytical problem solving and time management.

Responsibilities

• Drive on-time delivery of the projects McDermott executes.
• Independently support the Contracts Management team on contract matters and escalate critical issues.
• Implement procedural requirements relevant to project contracts management and ensure compliance.
• Documentation control, compliance tracking and reporting.
• Develop materials for the Contracts Management organization and centralized portal.
• Maintain data schedules, contract records and support reporting requirements.
• Record contractual correspondence and coordinate with project management.
• Develop dashboards, reports and KPIs related to contractual performance.
• Contribute to pre-contract activities to support project development.
• Identify, assess and report contractual risks for items within project contracts.
• Coordinate change management, claims, and disputes.
• Review subcontractors and suppliers' contractual compliance.
• Manage contractual communications with vendors and subcontractors.
• Develop interface relationships with project supply chains and interlinks between contracts.

Skills

Numerical analysis

Communication skills

MS Office

Team player

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's or Master degree in Contract Management / Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description:

Job Overview

The Contracts Management Specialist manages and delivers Contracts Management activities across global projects utilizing existing practices to resolve routine and moderately complex commercial issues while ensuring alignment with contractual obligations.

They are required to take ownership of contracts administration across all project phases, working with guidance and direction from seniors within the team, while proactively coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams on large scale projects.

The role offers continued professional growth through hands-on project involvement, exposure to complex contractual scenarios, and opportunities for advanced development and training within the contracts management discipline.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Drive the on-time delivery of the projects that McDermott execute.
• Independently support the Contracts Management team of various projects on contract related matters, escalating critical issues appropriately.
• Implementing procedural requirements relevant to project contracts management – ensuring contractual compliance and project adherence to relevant contractual procedures.
• Documentation control, compliance tracking and reporting.
• Support in the development of material for the overall Contracts Management organization, including material for the centralized Portal to serve as a central repository for the global organization working on projects worldwide,
• Ensure maintenance of data schedules, contract records and support in reporting requirements.
• Record contractual correspondence and draft notices – coordinate with project management and other disciplines to ascertain facts and supporting information.
• Develop dashboards, reports and KPIs related to contractual performance
• Contribute to in pre-contract activities to support in development of projects prior to award.
• Identifying, assessing, reviewing, and reporting contractual risks for individual items under the project contracts.
• Coordinate Change management, Claims and Disputes (evaluation of schedule and cost impacts, coordination and documentation).
• Review and monitor subcontractors and suppliers contractual compliance, documentation and records.
• Manage contractual communications with Vendors and Subcontractors
• Develop interface relationships with project supply chains and the interlinks between various contracts/subcontracts.

Essential Qualifications and Education

• Bachelor's / Post Graduate Degree with background in Contract Management, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or Engineering.
• It is preferable to have five to eight (5-8) years exposure of working experience in Contracts Management or similar experience and roles in EPC energy or infrastructure projects, construction or subcontract management.
• Fluent in the creation and editing of all Microsoft Office Suite documents.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact and build relationships with more senior employees and multi-discipline and multi-national teams and gain respect from others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong numerical and data analytical skills.
• Team player with a demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and within a team.
• Diligent and highly motivated with strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to pay attention to details and maintain accuracy in assessing, quantifying and resolving matters.
• Ability to present and articulate complex situations and circumstances to stakeholders with varying backgrounds.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in parallel, and manage time effectively to achieve project goals.
• Strong contract acumen and awareness with an ability to assess variables and determine the optimum outcome.
• Willingness to learn new concepts and adapt to new challenges, and understand the wider perspective of project execution and contracts management.
• Ability to work in a global environment with different nationalities and ethnicities.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and use initiative.
• Willing to contribute to a collaborative and supportive atmosphere, actively seeking learning opportunities, and demonstrating a positive attitude towards work and colleagues.

About Us

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we’re driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

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