Senior Manager - Construction Law

Aldar Properties

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: OP548-26

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job Summary:
* Working closely with the Procurement team to identify risks and implement risk mitigation solutions.
* Management of legal aspects of competitive tendering processes.
* Negotiation of, and drafting, project documentation / amendments.
* Provision of commercially-useable, legally sound ad hoc legal advice to the Department.

Roles and Responsibilities:

* Risk identification / mitigation: Proactively engage with the business throughout the project life-cycle to:

* identify key risks on each project and across projects.
* Make recommendations to mitigate identified risks.
* Provide robust drafting and contract structuring solutions to implement risk mitigation strategies.

Negotiation of contractsterms with individual bidders and with multiple bidders in a competitive tendering environment.

Competitive tender process: legal evaluation of bids received, response to bidder's legal requests for clarifications, drafting legal addenda to RFP's

Maintain standard RFPs and Agreements templates and improve periodically.

Enhance the terms and conditions of templates based on users' feedback after implementation and completion of agreement.

Contract documentation:

* Drafting all legal project documentation to (a) reflect commercially agreed principles and (b) address identified risks.
* Negotiating / drafting contract amendments.
* Review of technical schedules to ensure consistency with legal terms and commercially agreed positions.

Advice: ad hoc advice which (a) is legally sound and (b) facilitates commercial solutions, to ensure seamless delivery of projects / resolution of issues on siteReporting Lines:
* Report to: Director - Tendering
* Report From: None

Capabilities / Skills:

Business capabilities:
* 12 years PQE (Post qualification experience) in construction law.
* Ability to manage budget and control costs.
* Reporting to senior management.

Interpersonal skills:
* Good analytical skills.
* Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
* Great understanding of policies, procedures & work methods.
* Demonstrated skills in building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Performance Indicators:
* Meet the timelines / deadlines provided by the head of the department.
* Provide qualitative agreements, which are loophole free.
* Minimize the risk exposure of contracts to minimizes the cost impact.

Requirements

* Essential: Bachelor's Degree in Law
* Highly regarded: post graduate qualifications relevant to the role

About the Company

The company has developed some of Abu Dhabi's most iconic and complex projects, from the Formula 1 facilities on Yas Island to the thriving new Shams Abu Dhabi community on Reem Island. Its property portfolio is diversified and balanced, with residential communities accounting for around half of assets, retail property representing a third, and the remainder split between commercial and hospitality.

With a land bank of over 77 million square metres, 90 percent of which is in special investment zones, Aldar Properties is focused on serving the growing demand in the UAE for high-quality and professionally managed property.

Aldar Properties is a strong partner of the Abu Dhabi government, which is a major shareholder. The business is aligned with the Emirates Vision 2030 strategy of economic diversification and social infrastructure development.

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