Contracts Manager

Seatrium Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Seatrium Ltd in Singapore seeks an experienced Contracts Manager to align project contract administration with the Project Management team, ensuring proper interpretation and execution of contracts during bidding and execution.

You will analyze terms for risks and opportunities, negotiate with customers, and manage change orders, notices, and insurance coordination across vendors and teams. A senior, detail-oriented professional is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in business management, law, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years in contract management, procurement, or contracting roles.
• Proficient in MS Office and document drafting.
• Solid knowledge of contract law, accounting principles and finance.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to spot inconsistencies in contracts.
• Strong negotiation and drafting abilities.
• Experience coordinating large projects and working under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Align contract administration with Project Management to meet contract requirements.
• Ensure project team understands and applies contracts correctly.
• Advise teams on deviations from contract requirements during execution.
• Analyze contract terms to identify risks and opportunities.
• Draft alternate contract articles and negotiate with customers.
• Prepare contract communications and notices with accuracy.
• Coordinate insurance certificates with relevant parties.
• Manage change orders from identification to resolution and negotiate claims.
• Ensure proper document transfer and up-to-date contractual information.
• Oversee milestone and close-out activities; ensure timely deliverables.
• Interface with vendors/contractors on cost, performance and payments.
• Liaise with stakeholders to file correspondence with contractual relevance.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Change management

Contract law

Vendor/subcontractor management

Communication

Attention to detail

Independent work

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business management

Diploma or related qualification

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures alignment with the Project Management team on Project contract administration needs, objectives and requirements.
• Ensures the project team understands and utilizes the contracts properly.
• Advises the Project Management Team, Procurement Manager and Subcontracts Manager of company on aspects of Project execution which deviates from contract requirements.
• Analyses the contract terms and identify areas of possible risks and opportunities related to the application of contract clauses.
• Provide alternate mitigating contract articles and successfully negotiate with customers with compelling arguments.
• Writes contract letters and other communications and notices.
• Ensures in liaison with the other functions that the required insurance coverage is timely put in place and that required insurance certificates are provided/obtained from vendors and subcontractors.
• Contract administration during project execution, ensuring that all aspects of the contract during the bidding and execution phase are addressed with the objective of contributing to maximise project revenues.
• Manages the change order process from identification to resolution of change: prepare, interfacing with involved functions, and negotiate any claims against or from client and vendors/subcontractors.
• Transfers originals of contractual documents to proper function(s), in accordance with the applicable procedures.
• Ensures that contractual information used by the project team is accurate and up-to-date.
• Manages contract milestone activities, and close-out activities, ensure orderly turnover of Project.
• Checks that milestone completion notices and other documents required for payment meet contractual requirements.
• Liaison with Project Management Team and relevant stakeholders to prepare and timely submission of deliverables under the contract.
• Supports in negotiations of claims, variations, changes and disputes with contractors in collaboration with Project Management, Legal Department and others as required.
• Ensures communication of changes to contracts to all key stakeholders.
• Ensures Procurement/Subcontracting’s contract administration and procurement/subcontracting procedures and processes meet contract requirements.
• Ensures communications between Company and contractors are consistent with terms and conditions in agreements.
• Interfaces with the project team, internal departments and external vendors on matters such as cost, performance, progress assessment, payments, reporting, trends, and change orders.
• Liaises with project team, participate to meetings, examine drafts, revise and file all correspondence having a contractual relevance exchanged during project execution with clients, vendors, subcontractors and authorities.
• Attends meetings to assess progress on projects which are in motion, and take detailed notes to share with stakeholders.
• Negotiates contract terms and conditions with each relevant stakeholders – customer, vendor/subcontractor, analyzing potential risks involved with certain contract agreements and helping Company and Project Management Team better understand the information outlined in the contracts.
• Evaluates supplier/subcontractor claims entitlement and variation order under the contract requirements.
• Supports negotiations of claims, manage contractual changes and resolve disputes or conflict resolution with Contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business management or related disciplines, Diploma holders with relevant experience are welcomed to apply.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a contract management role, contract administration role, purchasing or contracting.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Exemplifies knowledge of contract law, accounting principles and finance.
• Possesses superior attention to detail in order to spot inconsistencies in contracts.
• Ability in negotiating terms and drafting contracts.
• Has strong negotiation and mediation skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Able to work productively independently and as part of a team.
• Must have excellent analytical thinking skills and problem solving abilities.
• Previous experience as a project manager, or coordinating large projects is an asset.
• The candidate must also possess strong computer skills and have the ability to work within tight deadlines and handle multiple priorities at one time.
• Experience working in Offshore, Engineering or Construction areas.

Location(s)

Seatrium (SG) Pte. Ltd.
Tuas Yard
51 Pioneer Sector 1, Singapore 628437
(Islandwide transport provided)

Seatrium (SG) Pte. Ltd.
Tuas Boulevard Yard
80 Tuas South Boulevard, Singapore 637051
(Islandwide transport provided)

Working Hours

Mon - Thu: 8:00am - 5:15pm
Fri: 8:00am - 4:30pm

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