Contracts Associate

Surbana Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Surbana Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd invites experienced contract professionals to join our teams overseeing major infrastructure projects. You will formulate procurement strategies, advise on contract forms, draft tender documents, and manage tender processes from pre-qualification to recommendation reports.

You will provide contractual guidance to project teams, review claims and variations, and maintain risk registers while supporting negotiations and dispute resolution with contractors.

Qualifications

• Recognised Degree in Legal and/or Quantity Surveying with good understanding of the construction process.
• At least 10 years experience in a QS consulting environment, preferably with infrastructure, container port, marine terminals or coastal development projects.
• Must be well versed with the Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract and various types of Contract Conditions.
• Excellent writing and communication skills with strong negotiation and mediation abilities.
• Superior attention to detail to spot inconsistencies in contracts.
• Resourceful, independent, and able to work well in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Willing to travel overseas for overseas project assignments.

Responsibilities

• Formulation of procurement strategy and advise on contract forms, prepare tender documents, pre-qualifications, tender processing, tender evaluation and recommendation reports.
• Provide contractual advice to project teams, draft correspondences, review variation claims, EOT claims, and loss & expense claims, and maintain project risk registers.
• Support negotiations of claims, manage contractual changes, and resolve disputes with contractors.
• Monitor and report on ongoing legal developments in the construction industry to project teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Contract knowledge

Education

Degree in Legal and/or Quantity Surveying

Job description

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Formulation of procurement strategy, advise on form of contract, preparation of tender documentations in particularly contractual provisions, carry out pre-qualification, administration of tender process, evaluation of tender submissions and preparation of tender recommendation report.
• To work closely with the project teams and provide contractual advice, draft of contractual correspondences, review variation claims, extension of time claims and loss & expense claims, prepare and maintain project contractual risk register.
• Support negotiations of claims, manage contractual changes and resolve disputes or conflict resolution with contractors.
• Continuous monitoring and reviews of the legal developments in the construction industry and provides regular updates to the project teams.

REQUIREMENTS

• Recognised Degree in Legal and/or Quantity Surveying with good understanding of the construction process.

• Preferably possess at least 10 years experience in a QS consulting environment, preferably with experience in infrastructure, container port, marine terminals or coastal development projects.

• Must be well versed with the Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract and various types of Contract Conditions.
• Has good writing and communication skills and strong negotiation and mediation skills.
• Must have excellent analytical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Possesses superior attention to detail in order to spot inconsistencies in contracts.
• Resourceful and able to work independently and is a good team player as well.
• Possess excellent people skills with the ability to integrate within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Willing to traveloverseas as and when required for handling of overseas projects.

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