Contract Manager

Falcon Consulting; Muscat; On-site; OMR 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Oman seeks a skilled legal professional with a law degree and 15-20 years of corporate experience in contract management within the Engineering & Construction sector. The ideal candidate will handle contract drafting, negotiations, and risk mitigation while advising on legal matters. Strong expertise in reviewing EPC contracts and vendor agreements is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of corporate experience in Engineering & Construction.
• Experience in reviewing and drafting contracts and agreements.

Responsibilities

• Drafting various types of Contracts and improvising standard templates.
• Guiding the division on terms of Sales Contract.
• Review EPC Contracts and Tenders for projects/services.
• Negotiate Contracts with customers and ensure closure.
• Provide risk mitigation plan for signed contracts.
• Overview Subcontracts/Work Orders and vendor contracts.

Education

Law graduate (preferably with Engineering/Science Degree)

Job description

Candidate should be a Law graduate ( preferably with Engineering/Science Degree but not mandatory ) with 15-20 years of corporate experience preferably in Engineering & Construction sector in reviewing and drafting contracts and agreements.

Key Responsibilities

• Drafting various types of Contracts and improvising the standard templates and providing end to end contract solutions on sales and procurement side.
• Guiding the division on the terms of Sales Contract and providing inputs to the vendor contracts
• Review EPC Contracts and Tenders for projects/services and products (related to Projects, Product Supply and Maintenance).
• Review of leases and tenancy agreements
• Negotiating Contracts with the customers and closing the contracts.
• Providing a risk mitigation plan for already signed contracts during the execution stage.
• Overviewing the Subcontracts/Work Orders, all vendor related contracts & transactions for vendor documentation and providing guidance wherever required.
• Negotiating the Subcontract with the vendors and ensuring closure of the same in a feasible manner.
• Drafting legal notices as per the provisions of the Contract and the Sub-Contract as the case maybe.
• Responding to the legal notices against the company issued by the Customers or Vendors.
• Negotiating corporate & bank guarantees, parent co guar etc. with the relevant parties.
• Dealing with claims and change orders as per Contractual Provisions and ensuring to the extent possible compliance of contractual provisions against the customer.
• Making claims for extension of time and other variations claims based on the provisions of the Contract and responding to the claims of the customer as per the Contract.
• Advising internal and external lawyers on the disputes and providing them inputs for any matter to be litigated in the court.
• Briefing the lawyer on Arbitration providing them inputs for the claim statement or the defence statement as per the requirement.
• Review of bank guarantees (incoming/ outgoing) and Letter of Credit received from Customers.

Qualifications

• Law graduate (preferably with Engineering/Science Degree but not mandatory).
• 15-20 years of corporate experience preferably in Engineering & Construction sector in reviewing and drafting contracts and agreements.