Power Infrastructure Contracts Advisor

Quanta Philippines ROHQ; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 893,000 - 1,339,000; Full time

Job summary

Quanta Philippines ROHQ is seeking a Contracts Advisor to support power infrastructure projects for Quanta’s international clients. The role focuses on upstream head contracts and downstream subcontracts, ensuring timely notices, claims and compliance.

You will collaborate with project managers, engineers, legal counsel and procurement to deliver on-time, within budget, and to spec. The position requires sharp attention to detail, strong negotiation and communication skills, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Law, Engineering and/or Project Management.
• Demonstrated experience managing upstream head contracts and downstream subcontracts.
• Ability to interpret head contracts and advise project managers on obligations and entitlements.
• Experience negotiating subcontracts with subcontractors.
• Strong verbal communication for phone and Teams-based stakeholder support.
• Good working knowledge of SharePoint and DocuSign.
• Ability to participate confidently in client, project and procurement meetings.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Relationship building and collaboration.
• Curiosity and ability to ask probing questions.
• Commercial judgement and confidence to challenge appropriately.
• Negotiation skills.
• Responsive stakeholder support and adaptability.

Responsibilities

• Follow contract management guidelines and procedures.
• Prepare project commercial resources including Commercial Handbook and flow charts for contractual processes.
• Prepare project specific templates for contractual notices, both upstream and downstream.
• Develop and maintain project commercial registers using approved templates.
• Provide regular updates on status of contractual notices and claims to the project management team and highlight required actions.
• Ensure contract documentation is updated within Project files in an organised and timely fashion.
• Prepare, progress and maintain Client and Subcontractor correspondence, notices and other claims.
• Provide guidance to Project Managers on key contractual obligations, both upstream and downstream.
• Ensure compliance with contractual timeframes and mechanisms in relation to Head Contract notices and claims, provision of insurance certificates and security, and assist Project Managers with notices and claim submissions and follow up where required.
• Ensure compliance with Subcontract timeframes and mechanisms in relation to notices and claims received from suppliers or subcontractors, provision of insurance certificates and security by suppliers and subcontractors and assist Project Managers with responses and follow up where required.
• Identify and seek legal input where a contractual or commercial matter is complex or high risk.
• Assist Project Managers by ensuring payment claims and supporting documentation are in accordance with Head Contract requirements and Security of Payment legislation.
• Assist Project Managers by ensuring responses to payment claims are in accordance with downstream subcontracts and Security of Payment legislation.
• Notify stakeholders of potential insurance claims and assist with claim submission.
• Assist the Project Managers in managing suppliers and subcontractors to ensure goods, services and projects are delivered in line with agreed terms and conditions (on-time, on-cost, quality etc.).
• Administer routine through to complex Contracts to ensure correct descriptions of pricing, scope variations and updates to terms and conditions.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Commercial judgement

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management

Law

Engineering

Project Management

Tools

SharePoint

DocuSign

Job description

Quanta Philippines ROHQ is seeking a Contracts Advisor to support power infrastructure projects for Quanta’s international clients. The role focuses on upstream head contracts and downstream subcontracts, ensuring timely notices, claims and compliance.

You will collaborate with project managers, engineers, legal counsel and procurement to deliver on-time, within budget, and to spec. The position requires sharp attention to detail, strong negotiation and communication skills, and the ability to