CONTRACT MANAGER

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.

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.

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.