Contracts Management Specialist

Job description / Role

Mott MacDonald is a £1.2 billion management, engineering and development consultancy with 16,000 staff and a global reach spanning six continents. Our network of 180 principal offices in 140 countries gives us local market insight backed by world class expertise to deliver excellence for every client.

The power, process & nuclear division works within four main sectors which include the following: - nuclear, defence, industry and process and power civil's.

We are actively seeking a contract management specialist (contracts) to work onsite near Abu Dhabi. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work within a specialist nuclear organisation.

Duties:
* Prime contract analysis of contractual obligations and entitlement
* Support and work collaboratively in prime contract management (pcm) team to integrate and streamline claims management with change management.
* Assist with contractual and commercial advice to PCM team for change and claims related issues on a regular basis.
* Assist with extensive, detailed contractual and commercial analysis of issues which may, or already have, cost and/or time impact on the prime contract.
* Assist with analysis to determine extent of culpability of each party to the prime contract and advise on contract/commercial risk to technical staff in a timely, concise manner.
* Claims and dispute resolution
* Ability to work independently on minor contentious and claim related matters and support senior specialists with more complex matters.
* Ensure defense mechanisms are in place to minimized risk of claims and disputes being pursued by the contractor.
* Identify and prepare owner initiated claims and/or development of counter-claims.
* Support negotiation of claims with prime contractor.
* Prepare presentations and reports on claims/dispute related issued for senior management, internal and external legal counsel and other external parties involved in the dispute resolution process.
* General commercial and contractual issues
* Familiar with application of prime contract obligations of both parties by reference to terms and conditions.
* Discussion and negotiation of contentious issues with prime contractor with a view to ensuring a non-adversarial resolution.
* Provide regular concise internal reporting of claims and dispute resolution issues relating to prime contract.
Liaise with internal subject matter experts to understand, analyse and process schedule related issues.
* Stakeholder engagement
* Facilitate communication both internally and externally in order to build and nurture mutually beneficial working relationships.
* Follow all relevant security policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on individuals and information assets.

Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, engineering, construction management or similar.
* Chartered member of a recognized professional institution such as RICS, CIOB, or ICE.
* Minimum 4 years relevant experience in construction industry with at least 2 years with exposure to construction claims
* International power or nuclear program experience. Previous experience of arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution process.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate, and take positive steps to create an inclusive culture.

About the Company

The Mott MacDonald Group is a diverse management, engineering and development consultancy delivering solutions for public and private clients world-wide.

Mott MacDonald's uniquely diverse 1 billion global consultancy works across 12 core business areas.

As one of the world's largest employee-owned companies with over 14,000 staff, we have principal offices in nearly 50 countries and projects in 140.