CONTRACT MANAGER - #1174109

Responsibilities

· Monitor works towards contract obligations; check schedule and all milestones compliance.

· Develop a pragmatic approach based on contractual analysis of project, to protect on a daily basis of CRFG interests towards customer, partners and, in liaison with sourcing, subcontractors and suppliers.

· Establish and implement project specific commercial procedures, particularly regarding to correspondences, notifications, notices, insurances, warranties and variation requests/orders and claims preparation files. Ensure a reliable filing and easy access of the correspondence from, and to, the customers/partners/subcontractors and suppliers.

· He/she shall be a member of Project Management Core Team and shall be able to provide necessary contractual advices/guidance to the Project Team.

· Liaise with different stakeholders/departments such as Planning, Design, QA/QC, External Legal Advisors, Project Control, Finances, etc in managing and resolving all contractual issues.

· Log and notice facts to customer/subcontractors and suppliers, prepare and manage all elements and materials negotiation of claims and counterclaims.

· Anticipate events and risks; propose various counter-strategies and commercial solutions to keep the situation under control.

· Monitor customer/partners/subcontractors and supplier’s requests to detect variation/change orders to be proposed.

· Management of customer/partners/subcontractors and suppliers Variation Requests/Orders:

· ➢ Follow up the VR/VO list.

· ➢ Prepare commercial offer.

· ➢ Prepare associated contractual letters for the PM approval.

· Manage correspondence by analysing for the Project Manager all incoming correspondence and preparing and reviewing all incoming/outgoing contractual correspondence.

· Provide and prepare periodic report to Project Manager a monthly project contractual activity report and when relevant, alert or flash email.

· Liaise with Sourcing Team to ensure that terms and conditions are timely and wisely transferred to subcontractors and suppliers.

· Manage insurance and warranty matters.

· Provide at any times, on Project Manager demand, a reliable and understandable contractual and commercial analysis of the project.

· Attend all monthly progress meetings with Project Management Teams.

· Monitor subcontractors and suppliers’ performance and progress payment.

· Setting KPI for the QS department.

· Checking and monitoring of the works progress and performance of the QS department.

· To mentor and provide advice and guidance to the QS department.

Qualifications

· Minimum 5 years of experience in Construction / Railway Trackwork industry for major LTA projects.

· Possess a recognised Bachelor Degree in Civil / Mechanical / Railway Engineering / QS.

· Experienced in VO Claims is an advantage.