Contract And Claims Manager

Job description / Role

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Contract & Claims Manager to join our team in Uzbekistan. In this pivotal role, you will oversee contract management and claims processes to ensure compliance and protect the company’s interests in the fast-paced oil and gas sector. You will collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to effectively negotiate, administer, and resolve contracts and claims, supporting our operational excellence and project success.

• Managing disputes, disagreements, and contract interpretations to ensure a favourable outcome for the company.
• Draft, review, interpret, and implement contractual terms and conditions.
• Monitor contract performance, and manage change orders, claims, and variations.
• Working closely with the Commercial department to ensure robust audit trails, and directing and advising senior management and technical representatives on commercial matters as they arise
• Support commercial, procurement, and project control teams in contractual issues.
• Providing legal advice as necessary to protect the company’s interests, and ensuring involved parties are made aware of any associated risks
• Maintain awareness of local laws and ensure contractual practices comply with Uzbek regulations.
• Demonstrate strong cross-cultural communication skills.
• Attending senior management meetings and submitting reports
• Leading and supporting initiatives to recover costs for the benefit of the company
• Mentoring commercial staff/procurement team

• A bachelor's degree is required as a minimum.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in claims management, commercial management, and/or legal departments with extensive exposure to oil & gas, petrochemical, or industrial EPC projects.
• Proven understanding of international standard contracts, particularly FIDIC.
• Strong skills in communication, negotiation, and contractual risk management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in multicultural and cross-functional project teams.
• Proficiency in English is required; Russian or Uzbek language skills are preferred.

About the Company

China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd (CAMCE, stock code 002051) is affiliated to SINOMACH, an important state-owned backbone enterprise directly under the management of the central government. CAMCE has established more than 40 branches domestically and more than 70 branches overseas, with over 4000 employees (including foreign employees) both domestically and internationally.

In the past two decades, CAMCE focuses on three core business: design consultation and project contracting, development and application of advanced engineering technology and equipment, and project investment and operation, CAMCE is committed to providing its clients with comprehensive service including survey and design, planning consultancy, financing and investment, equipment supply and procurement, construction and project management, operation and maintenance, etc. CAMCE has completed more than a hundred EPC turnkey projects over 70 countries and regions around the world.

CAMCE has made notable achievements in the oil and gas sector, particularly through its landmark Block-9 CPF Oil & Gas project in Iraq. The project includes the construction of a central crude oil processing facility with a capacity of 100,000 barrels per day (BPD), and a natural gas processing facility with a capacity of 130 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD). The oil package of the project was put into operation 3 days ahead of schedule on April 27, 2024, and the gas package was put into operation 15 days ahead of schedule on December 15, setting a record for the shortest construction period of similar projects in Iraq. At the same time, it accomplished the "Four Zeros" Goal of Zero injuries, Zero pollution, Zero incidents, Zero safety accountability incidents and received high praise from the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and project stakeholders.