Contracts Manager

Description:

Responsibilities

Pre- Award Develops and issues contracts and services agreements as assigned by performing the following:

• Forms Request for Tender (RFT) packages. Issues bid request packages to approved bidders.
• Prepares Evaluation Criteria for approval by Project Team and Owner. Coordinates Tenderer’ questions and answers to those questions (RFI’s) and coordinate responses.
• Receives Tenders and manages the commercial evaluations.
• Prepares Commercial Bid Summary and Overall Recommendation to Award.
• Recommends and assists Owners Nominated representative in obtaining approvals in accordance with established procedures and Customer’s Delegated Authorities Matrix.
• Prepares contract documents for execution with Customer’s Legal Advisors.
• Prepares and maintains control and status reporting documents.
• Prepares and organizes tenderer meetings/workshops, such as bid clarification and pre-award meetings, for the purpose of ensuring complete understanding and agreement between Bechtel, the client, and contractor on all contractual matters.
• Conducts a meeting and prepares and issues meeting notes delineating important statements, required actions, and schedules.
   

Post-Award Responsible For

• The implementation of Contract & Commercial Management Procedures for the administration of the Contract.
• The review of Contract general terms and conditions to highlight areas of risk, ambiguities, conflicts or deviations from the scope of work and the actions required.
• The development and management of appropriate mechanisms to monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Working with the other Project Team members to ensure that actions or inactions which could result in contract changes or claims are identified and to provide recommendations accordingly.
• Identification and resolution of Contract claims as they develop, including engagement of legal assist where necessary.
• Obtaining all contract deliverables for timely work handover and close-out of contracts.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years’ experience in Commercial or Contracts Management of major projects.
• Degree in Business, Quantity Surveying, Law, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Work experience in Middle East/Saudi Arabia preferred.