Contracts Manager

Job description / Role

- Responsible for providing commercial support to prime contract, sub-contracts, agreements and activities within the project.
- Ensure commercial standards, procedures and processes are applied across all operational commercial activities within the project.
- Ensure contract compliance with respect to company secretarial, insurance and treasury policies.
- Ensure contract commercial compliance from a delivery perspective including independent reviews and verifications.
- Provide commercial and legal advice and guidance to the management team and contract delivery teams.
- Provide contract education and training at site level with a view to assisting the project delivery team in managing its contract obligations and deliverables.
- Responsible for managing all operational commercial activities and solutions including: contract document management, contract / sub-contract change management, contract growth/scope management, sub-contractor / partner contract negotiations and proper commercial documentation and correct filing.
- Undertake contract reviews on a regular basis in accordance with company policy.
- Manage commercial and legal issues, claims and dispute resolution.
- Deliver commercial reporting to satisfy Business Unit and Divisional objectives.
- Engage and work with internal/external legal counsel as appropriate.
- Ensure commercial risks and opportunities are identified and mitigated/managed.
- Ensure that the company’s risk, liability and ultimately margin position in the contracts is preserved on an ongoing basis.
- Ensure that scope creep and working at risk in minimized as much as possible and correct policy and procedures are followed in all instances, for example the variation process.
- Ensure that the company’s commercial and procurement governance policies and practices are adhered to by the teams delivering the projects.
- Support the project delivery team in adhering to and managing all obligations contained within the contracts.
- Manages the contract’s relief, compensation, force majeure event procedures.
- To be aware of, and play an active role in the development of the Integrated Management System and the content of the Environment, Quality, Health & Safety and Information Security Policy Statements, to implement these within their area of responsibility;
- To exercise a personal duty of care for their own health, safety and welfare and for those affected by their acts or omissions;
- Promote a good HSQE and Information Security culture within their departments and among their peers, subcontractors and third parties;
- Protect information assets and data including both electronic and paper based from all threats whether internal, external, deliberate or accidental.

Requirements

- At least 7+ years commercial experience in relevant industries and organisations.
- Significant commercial operational experience incorporating responsibility for both financial and contractual commercial outcomes and risk management.
- Proven experience in the reviewing, drafting and negotiating customer / contractor / service provider contracts and pricing.
- Proven experience in delivering commercial improvements on contracts.
- Demonstrated experience in working with and leading a multi-disciplinary / multi-national team.
- Significant experience in management of contracts and/or sub-contracts.
- Experience in business growth success and the bidding/tendering process.
- Project or general management experience desirable.
- Proven experience in stakeholder management and the development and management of senior level relationships in government and business in a highly competitive environment.
- Previous middle east / KSA experience desirable.

About the Company

Global Engineering Projects is a completely reengineered recruitment company. We utilise the latest technology advancements which enables us to deliver solutions in a way not previously seen in the Engineering sector. Through technology we have reengineered our routes to candidates which has significantly changed the delivery to our clients and our candidate experience.

We have not only changed the way we engage candidates but the candidates that we engage. In an overcrowded recruitment marketplace we believe there is no point in offering our clients what they have already. To add real value to our clients we engage candidates that are exclusive.