Senior Contracts Manager

• Assist the Project Manager and Project Director for all Contractual and Commercial matters.
• Manage a team of 2 Contract Engineer and Subcontracts manager.
• Assist the project team in forming a strong contractual position by providing the right interpretation of the Contract requirements.
• Lead the weekly commercial meeting with the Engineer and Employer and participate in all other required internal and external meetings.
• Draft all key formal correspondence to the Engineer, Employer and other stakeholders and Subcontractors.
• Review all other correspondence for the project on all topics.
• Manage and track all open correspondence for the project and close the same within the defined timeframe.
• Manage the achievement of Milestone Payments.
• Manage milestone splits to achieve the smooth certification and planned cashflow.
• Manage the Interim Payment Application and Certification process.
• Manage the Bonds, Guarantees, Warranties, Commercial Registration, Insurances etc. for the Project
• Proactively issue Early Warning (Risk) Notices in accordance with the Contract conditions.
• Proactively issue formal correspondence to convert Early Warning Notices in to Change or Claim Notices once the impact is realized.
• Manage the achievement of Key Dates and Time for Completion and formalize the same with the required submission to the Engineer
• Prepare the Change and Claims management strategy and process
• Lead the preparation of Change Proposals to the Engineer
• Proactively compile the Change Proposals including the time and cost details as required under the Contract for submission to the Engineer.
• Lead the Meetings for discussing and aligning the Change Estimates with the Engineer.
• Proactively chase the Engineer for issuance of the required Change Orders
• Proactively track and manage all issues leading to Change and request for Change Instruction from the Engineer
• Prepare and submit Claim Notices and Detailed Particulars (cost and time) as per the Contract conditions.
• Manage the disputes and its amicable settlement and if not resolved, prepare for arbitration
• Manage the Correspondence, Change and Claims management logs
• Support the Project manager to manage the project risks and achieve closure of the Early Warning Notices
• Manage the Project Completion certificate, Final Taking Over Certificate, Final Account, Performance Certificate etc.
• Manage the Subcontractors and ensure that all contractual and commercial aspects related to all Subcontracts for the Project are being administered appropriately.

• Minimum of (15) years of relevant experience working on large scale Infrastructure projects around the world and especially in the Middle East region.
• Previous experience working on Railway business (preferred)
• Membership of RICS, CIOB, CIArb equivalent relevant professional institution (preferred)
• In depth knowledge of standard methods of measurement (SMM7, NRM, POM(I), CESMM).
• In depth knowledge of FIDIC standard forms of contract.
• High level of literacy skills in English.
• Demonstrative verbal and written communication skills.
• Previous experience in a system contractor organization or claims consultancy practice (preferred).

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Law, Quantity Surveying or equivalent related field.
• Master’s degree in Law (preferred) or Engineer

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