Contracts Manager

Cemindia Projects Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cemindia Projects Limited in Mumbai seeks an accomplished Contracts & Claims Manager to lead pre-award tendering, contract drafting and risk assessment for large infrastructure EPC projects. You will coordinate with legal, planning and site teams; manage variations, EOTs, and final account settlements while ensuring compliance with FIDIC and Indian contract laws.

The role requires 15–20 years’ experience on both contractor and client sides, with strong negotiation and dispute resolution

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of contracts and claims management experience in large infrastructure/EPC projects.
• Experience on both Contractor and Client sides is preferred.
• Knowledge of GST, Indian contract law, and standard contract forms.
• Familiarity with FIDIC Red, Yellow, Silver and Blue books; NEC, MoRTH/NHAI, CPWD forms.

Responsibilities

• Pre-Award and Tendering: review documents, identify risks, prepare risk registers.
• Contract Administration: draft/execute contracts; maintain compliance matrix.
• Change, Variation and Claims Management: issue notices; prepare EOT and cost claims.
• Subcontract and Supplier Management: award notes; ensure back-to-back alignment.
• Disputes, Arbitration and Closure: manage dispute escalation; coordinate with legal.
• Reporting and Coordination: monthly MIS, dashboards and cash-flow reporting.
• Experience: 15-20 years in infra/EPC contracts.
• Technical and Contractual Knowledge: knowledge of contract forms and statutory acts.

Skills

Contract management

Disputes & claims

Risk assessment

Negotiation

EPC project knowledge

FIDIC contracts

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Pre-Award and Tendering:
• Review tender documents, conditions of contract and particular conditions; identify and quantify commercial, legal and technical risks.
• Prepare risk registers, clarification and deviation lists, and contractual inputs to bid submissions.
• Support negotiations and contract finalisation with the Employer/Client.

• Contract Administration
• Draft, review and execute contracts and subcontracts (works, supply, service and lumpsum/item-rate/EPC formats).
• Maintain a contract compliance matrix covering notices, time bars, milestones, payment terms and obligations of both parties.
• Ensure timely issue of contractual notices, correspondence and replies to the Employer/Engineer.
• Manage statutory and contractual compliances: performance and advance bank guarantees, insurances (CAR/EAR, marine cargo, third-party, nuclear liability where applicable), labour licences, PF, GST and registrations.

• Change, Variation and Claims Management
• Identify change events early; issue change notices and prepare variation and change order proposals with supporting records.
• Prepare and submit Extension of Time (EOT) and cost compensation claims, including delay analysis, hindrance and prolongation cost.
• Maintain variation trackers, claim registers, hindrance registers and financial summaries.
• Respond to Engineer's/Employer's determinations and submit notices of dissatisfaction/disagreement within contractual time limits.
• Review and assess subcontractor claims and back-to-back claims against the Employer.

• Subcontract and Supplier Management
• Prepare award notes, budget approvals and contract award recommendations.
• Ensure back-to-back alignment of subcontracts with the main contract; review subcontract terms and conditions.
• Process and certify running and final bills in line with measured quantities and contract rates.

• Disputes, Arbitration and Closure
• Manage dispute escalation: DAB/DAAB, amicable settlement, conciliation, arbitration and litigation.
• Coordinate with Legal, external counsel and experts; compile evidence, chronology and records.
• Drive final account settlement, release of retention and guarantees, and formal contract closure.

• Reporting and Coordination
• Prepare monthly contract MIS, commercial dashboards, cash-flow and exposure reports for senior management.
• Coordinate with planning, engineering, procurement, QA/QC, finance and site teams for contemporaneous record keeping.

• Experience
• 15 - 20 years in contracts and claims management on large infrastructure and EPC projects, with experience on both Contractor and Client sides.
• Hands-on submission and settlement of EOT, variation and cost claims, and exposure to dispute resolution.
• Experience in any of: ports/marine, roads/bridges, railways, offshore/oil and gas, nuclear/power.

• Technical and Contractual Knowledge
• FIDIC Red, Yellow, Silver and Blue books; familiarity with NEC, MoRTH/NHAI, Indian Railways/DFCC and CPWD/Government of India contract forms.
• Indian Contract Act, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Limitation Act and Sale of Goods Act; knowledge of GST and labour-law compliance.
• Delay analysis methods (time impact, windows, as-planned vs as-built) and quantum assessment.
• Quantity surveying, measurement, rate analysis and interim/final billing.