PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSBILITIES:

• The development and implementation of Project contracting strategy
• Develop, negotiate, and manage all commercial agreements/contracts to mitigate risk and optimize opportunities.
• Mitigate project expenses without compromising quality.
• Provide ongoing commercial/contract support, ensuring commercial practices comply.
• Support the pre/post contracts awards process
• Competent understanding of contract(s) and the required administration thereof.
• Ensure contracts staffing requirements, both numbers and quality, are adequate to meet project requirements.
• Utilize professional experience to verify, oversee, negotiate and/or approve commercial agreements with clients and third parties.
• Comply with Lines and Limits of Authority.
• Analyze and report on complex situations and potential opportunities/risks of Variations to cost and schedule.
• Provide forward impact analyses and budgetary reporting internally and externally.
• Ensure that Procedures are followed and suggest changes if there is scope for improvement
• Maintain good relations and facilitate exchange of information between company and contractors and internally to assure alignment of strategic objectives.
• Lead and ensure the effective collation of data and information, provide analyses and reporting in a timely and periodic manner.
• Review contract specifications, works with Stakeholders (PM/PD) to identify risks or gaps in the Project Plan and support PM in the development and implementation of Risk Management Plan
• Ensure for each Project that there is a proper 1) business case, 2) risk management, and 3) compliance component
• Analyze monthly progress situations against previous forecasts to understand trends
• Support the Project Director in analysis and decision-making regarding milestones and invoicing
• Prepare feasibility studies with recommendations on cost-effective measures
• Proactively manage and enact the change control process to agreed quality and timescales in order to maximize the commercial and operational benefit to the Program
• Ensure that Projects proceed with respect to the agreed contractual / optimal deadlines (giving ample notice to the main Functions involved so that timely recovery strategies can be devised)
• Maintain commercial tools such as key bidding documents and Proposal templates post award updated and logically structured so that they are readily available as required
• Fully understand and consequently brief relevant parties on the interpretation of the commercial obligations on both the Contract and the Client, and the commercial/contractual impact of any failure to achieve these obligations
• Be an active member in the cross-functional project team, liaising with Engineering, Procurement, Operations and other Functions; identify potential areas of concern and resolve them before they become issues
• Interface with Finance department to develop best financial metrics in relation to bonds, payment and bank guarantees
• Follow and comply with Company, Project and Project Controls Department procedures and techniques, suggesting updates or integrations deemed beneficiary
• Ensure good practice and strict controls are implemented in relation to change orders, variations, claims, etc. (including the assessment of fee claims and advising on dispute resolution)
   

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ Years working experience
• Preferable; 3rd Level qualification in Quantity Surveying, Economics, Business, Engineering, Accounting or related disciplines
• Industry Sector Experience, Oil & Gas, Energy, Industrial Gases ……
• Contractual Form(s) experience
• Extensive technical comprehension of Construction & EPC jobs and markets, of the industry (ideally in Oil & Gas & Industrial Gas sectors)
• Competent knowledge & understanding of contract law and commercial/contracts management
• Ability to quickly assimilate and retain data and information
• Versatile, with ability to grasp broad variety of issues (technical and economic) that span from risk management to procurement, financial reporting and management of the supply chain
• Flexibility and capability of identifying solutions
• Demonstrated awareness to details in commercial agreements and implications in highly complex environments (impact on schedule, early identification of risks and opportunities).
• Commercial writing skills to illustrate briefly, clearly and exhaustively the facts, the points of friction/misunderstanding, the probable outcome of such situation/behavior and the suggested solutions (addressing Client, Subcontractors and Vendors, partners and colleagues).
• Ability to work with or without legal resources to draft contract clauses which capture the essential commercial issues of any situation
• Conversant with operating in a ‘Functionally’ structured organization.
• Analytical skills associated with developing and utilizing performance measures and cost savings

COMPETENCIES:

• Not limited to Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access for the purpose of information retrieval in spreadsheets, word processing of documents and contracts and presentations of goals and results
• Excellent knowledge of system and application for the construction and engineer industry eg. Cost Control Systems, DMS and Planning tools
• Strong management and team leadership expertise (preferably with experience in Managing and Leading a multicultural group)
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Developed negotiating skills (with both internal and external counterpart)
• Ability to influence, motivate, mentor and build relationships
• Strong sense of responsibility with a professional attitude and reputation
• Solid problem solving, decision making and analytical capabilities
• Proven organizational and analytical skills
• Decisive and able to remain focused and thorough