Employer Description
Our client is an Engineering and Project Management concern.
Job Description
Reporting to the Senior Contracts Manager, You will be responsible for:
- Commercial management of suppliers and sub-contractors.
- Managing supplier cost control for commercial purposes.
- Drafting and vetting terms and conditions (sub-contractor) including qualifications.
- Facilitating contract amendments when necessary.
- Confidentiality Agreements / NDAs.
- Basic contract negotiations with suppliers.
- Supplier management regarding commercial aspects.
- Managing and recording of supplier claims.
- Drafting, reviewing and issuing of enquiries.
- Attending to commercial queries during tender stage.
- Commercial and contractual compliance
- Assisting with tender adjudications.
- Review credit applications.
- Assessing and approving monthly claims from suppliers for invoicing.
- Claims management.
- Drafting contractual letters.
- Negotiating advance payment and performance bonds.
- Reviewing package scope of works and other contractual documents to check for commercial compliance
Qualifications
- Tertiary legal qualification and relevant industry experience such as LLB (or similar) and/or QS/ commercial engineering qualifications.
Skills
- Relevant industry experience of 5 to 10 years.
- Knowledge of construction contract suites such as FIDIC, NEC, JBCC and GCC.
- Dispute resolution experience is preferred.
- Knowledge and experience of project management principles.
- Prior experience of supplier contract maintenance and contract close outs.
- Prior commercial experience regarding EPC/EPCM/EPS project execution.
- Experience in negotiating commercial terms with suppliers.
- Proficiency in drafting of bespoke agreements, NDAs and credit applications.
- A thorough understanding of mercantile and contract law.
- A proper grasp of contracts management principals.
- Good understanding of engineering processes.
- Claim management proficiency.
- Understanding of negotiation principals.
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