Job Description

Regional Project Contracts Manager - Americas - Bi Lingual
Contract: 12 months, with a view to extend

Description
This contractor position is on a contract basis and will be located remotely, with frequent business travel to engineering offices and jobsites.

Provides leadership and mentors multiple teams of contracts managers and administrators responsible for all engineering, construction and services contracts on assigned capital projects across (insert region) regions. Responsible for writing, implementing and overseeing the policies and procedures across projects and reporting to the Director Project Contracts.

Essential Functions (for all projects within assigned region)

• Develop and maintain Contract Management standards and procedures, including Standard Operating Procedures, Contracts Manual, Guidelines and Training materials.
• Manage the implementation of Company policies and Standards on all Capital Projects within the assigned region as part of the project setup and audits for compliance during the different stages of the projects.
• Facilitates training to the key Contracts Team members on large Capital projects and coordinates the training and orientation of Junior team members by the appropriate Contract personnel on the different projects.
• Works closely with project contracts teams and all relevant departments to analyze all major contracts to identify areas of risk such as ambiguities, conflicts, or deviations from the scope of work. Makes recommendations to the Project Contracts Managers on the mitigation of these risks. Closely monitors and supports remedial actions and recommends appropriate actions to reduce Company's liability.
• Supports the Director of Project Contracts Management to establish and develop strategies to achieve the annual goals and objectives.
• Develops and manages appropriate mechanisms to monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions by the different project contracts teams. This includes driving proper contract administration though control of the back charges, claims, correspondence, weekly meetings, proper documentation and other critical activities as dictated by the Contracts Manual.
• Leads the development of the strategic approach to engineering contracting for large capital projects (E, EP, EPC, EPCM contracts).
• Liaises with management within Engineering & Construction as well as other support services groups such as Legal, Risk and Sites, to ensure contract compliance, risk mitigation and service management.
• Participates in project management meetings and provides contractual points of view and recommendations on strategic discussions regarding planning, execution and close out of contractual matters including claim prevention and dispute resolution.
• Supervises and provides guidance to other project team members to ensure technical competence and consistency of administration across different projects and contract packages within large projects.
• Supports the project contracts teams to develop the lessons learned document at the end of each project.

Job Scope Information

• Nature of Work - Works on large-scale projects or oversees multiple projects with complex contractual related issues and implements solutions mostly through the analysis of the situation and determination of strategy and delegation to others in the project team.
• Level of Interaction - Often collaborates with managers and/or functional or site leaders and has some interaction with external colleagues. It also requires direct interaction with contractors' representatives and other external agents.
• Autonomy/Decision making - Works under limited supervision and has significant latitude to set objectives, priorities and timelines that may impact a group or functional area within the company.
• Budgetary responsibility - Prepares budgets for review by others by pulling all components together and making recommendations.
• Managerial responsibility - Manages other managers, supervisors and mid-level professional individual contributors.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED and sixteen (16) years' experience in Supply Chain or the related fields of Business, Accounting, or Engineering, OR
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or the related fields of Business, Accounting, or Engineering and twelve (12) years' experience in Supply Chain or the related fields of Business, Accounting, or Engineering
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of commercial contracts management
• Work involves frequent travel, domestic and international
• Proficient in the use of personal computers in a business environment. MS Word, Excel, Outlook, essential
• Must be fluent in English and Spanish

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing E, C, EP, EPC, EPCM and CM contracts from negotiation though close out for large mining, oil and gas or industrial projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction-related processes, as well as a thorough knowledge of industry practices
• Prior experience in other people management roles
• Leadership, team building and delegation abilities
• Superior analytical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work in a deadline driven environment with multiple tasks required to be developed simultaneously.
• Knowledge and ability to write and understand contracts language
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Proven negotiation skills

About Petroplan

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