Construction Contract Manager（Mandarin Speaker）

China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is seeking an experienced Contract Manager to oversee legal reviews, risk assessment, guarantees, insurance, and schedule control for complex construction projects in Malaysia. You will coordinate with marketing, finance, and project teams to ensure contract compliance and timely execution.

The role requires a Diploma or Bachelor's in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering, 10+ years in construction, and main contractor experience.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Bachelor’s in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering is required.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the construction industry.
• Experience with main contractor companies is required.
• Highrise building and industrial factory experience are a plus.
• Must meet tight deadlines and show attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Issuing credit investigations for new clients during bidding and quarterly follow-ups for signed projects.
• Reviewing bidding and contract documents to identify risks and provide legal opinions.
• Explain risk clauses to project department for signed projects.
• Reviewing guarantees (main contract, subcontracts, and project guarantees) and maintaining guarantee ledgers.
• Monitor supplier credit information and complete supplier review forms.
• Review project insurance terms and maintain an insurance ledger.
• Monitor project schedule plans, EOT applications, and penalties; update ledger monthly.
• Track project progress payments and payment status to ensure timeliness.
• Monitor project instructions and deductions, ensuring timely quotations/responses.
• Complete quarterly contract inspections and issue report and special report.
• Manage project correspondence with owners, architects, and subcontractors for compliance.
• Hold meetings to discuss and solve key contract issues (deductions, claims, EOT, CNC responses).
• Conduct contract training for key management personnel in collaboration with consultants and law firms.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations of contract managers on duty.

Skills

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Verbal and written communication

Project coordination

Time management

Education

Diploma or Bachelor's in Quantity Surveying / Civil Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Client Creditworthiness: During the project bidding stage, a credit investigation report shall be issued for developers/clients/owners cooperating for the first time, in accordance with the format requirements; for clients/owners of signed projects, a follow-up investigation report shall be issued quarterly in accordance with the format requirements.
• Legal Review: During the project bidding and contract signing stages, based on the bidding and contract documents provided by the Marketing Department, participate in reviewing the bidding and contract documents, identify contract risk points, and issue legal opinions on the bidding and contract documents according to the required format.
• Explanation of Risk Clauses in the Main Contract: For signed projects, explain the contract risk points and legal opinions to the project department.
• Review of Main Contract Guarantees: Review the performance/advance payment/quality guarantees that the Finance Department is about to submit to the owner, verify whether they meet the requirements of the main contract and whether there are any additional risks, conduct early warning and monitoring of guarantee expiration, establish a guarantee ledger, monitor the submission time and expiration time, update monthly and publish documents on the department's OA platform;
• Review of Subcontractor Guarantees: Review the guarantees provided to our company by subcontractors, verify whether the guarantees meet the contractual agreement, whether there are any circumstances that would affect our company's redemption of the guarantees, establish a guarantee ledger, monitor the submission time and expiration time, and update monthly the overdue or unrenewed guarantees.
• Supplier Credit Management: Review supplier information and query supplier credit information through platforms such as CTOS, and complete the supplier information review form.
• Main Contract Insurance Review: Review the insurance terms and contents of new projects, monitor the submission time, deadline, and renewal status of project insurance, and establish an insurance ledger, updating it monthly.
• Schedule Management: Monitor the submission of project schedule plans after project commencement, review project EOT applications and approvals, continuously track the increase or decrease of project schedule penalties, track schedule and EOT status according to the format ledger, and update it monthly.
• Certificates and Management: Monitor the submission of project progress payments and payment of project funds, track project confirmation and payment status according to the format ledger, focusing on timeliness, and update it monthly.
• Engineering Instruction Management: Monitor whether project instructions will affect the schedule and costs, complete the format ledger, and remind relevant systems to submit quotations or responses within the contract deadline.
• Engineering Deduction Management: Monitor project deductions according to the format ledger and whether objections are raised on time, updating it monthly.
• Project Contract Inspection: Complete the contract inspection work of the previous quarter this quarter, fill out the Project Contract Inspection Form, and issue a contract inspection project report and special report. See the format text for detailed report content.
• Project Correspondence Management: Track the correspondence ledgers of project owners, architects (consultants), and subcontractors, and review the content of correspondence with relevant parties to ensure compliance.
• Project Contract Risk Prevention and Control: Hold special meetings to discuss and formulate solutions for key issues such as deductions, claims, EOT processing, and CNC responses, and assist projects in preparing relevant documents and advancing corresponding procedures.
• Contract Training: Conduct one contract training session for key management personnel of projects or branch offices, focusing on compliance, risk control, and litigation management review, through joint presentations with local consultants, law firms, and internal staff.
• Project Contract Manager Performance Evaluation: Conduct regular performance evaluations of the work of on-duty project contract managers.

Requirements:

• Possess a Diploma or Bachelor's Degree and above in Quantity Surveying / Civil Engineering.
• At least 10 years of working experience in Construction industry.
• Experience working under main contractor company.
• Specialized in Highrise building and industrial factory will be added advantage.
• Able to work under tight schedules to meet datelines.
• Ability to work independently & attention to details.
• An excellent verbal and written communication & interpersonal skills.