Strategic Contract & Claims Lead for CAPEX Projects

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Contract Manager to lead contract and claim management for large CAPEX investment projects, collaborating with engineering and legal teams.

The role involves developing strategies, ensuring tender/document quality, budgeting input, and negotiating with owners and contractors. Will require travel and strong communication to align with multiple stakeholders across cultures.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in contract, claims, and commercial management of large CAPEX projects.
• Understanding of project phases and interfaces between stages.
• Knowledge of owner/contractor roles under lump sum, unit price, and time & materials contracts.
• Ability to travel and build stakeholder relationships across cultures.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement contract and claim management in investment projects.
• Develop contractual strategies with project teams and ensure quality of tender and contract documentation.
• Contribute to budgeting, project timelines, and work breakdown structure development.
• Control tender-document compliance between technical and commercial documents, market requirements, and project requirements.
• Align template contracts and related documents with the legal team.
• Manage contracting and award negotiations with project procurement, category management, and stakeholders.
• Manage changes, supplements, extensions, and defaults for key service and supply contracts.
• Provide commercial and contractual support from tender preparation through project execution.
• Manage contractor interfaces, contractual risks, and claim-avoidance initiatives.
• Prepare and lead contractor and owner claim negotiations.
• Prepare claim reporting and project documentation.
• Implement contract and claim management throughout the procurement organization.
• Develop, implement, and conduct recurring internal training programs.

Skills

Contract Management

Claims Management

Commercial Management

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Masters Degree in Engineering

Masters Degree in Business Administration

Tools

Project Management Software

Contract Management Tools

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Contract Manager to lead contract and claim management for large CAPEX investment projects, collaborating with engineering and legal teams.

The role involves developing strategies, ensuring tender/document quality, budgeting input, and negotiating with owners and contractors. Will require travel and strong communication to align with multiple stakeholders across cultures.