• The Contracts Manager leads a team of contract specialists, contract administrators and quantity surveyors focused on the management of construction, services and material/equipment supply and installation contracts during the execution of the project and has vital responsibilities in carrying a project to an on-time, on-budget completion. The Contracts Manager is the owner of the entire contracting process, both pre and post-award activities.

Key responsibilities include: 

• Negotiating the Terms and Conditions in contracts and ensuring compliance with the Terms and Conditions, including documenting and agreeing on any changes that may arise during implementation or execution phases
• Systematically and efficiently managing contract formation, execution/administration, and analysis for the purpose of maximising financial, scope and schedule related performance and minimising risk
• Leading end-to-end processes including document preparation, bid evaluation, and award recommendations
• Taking an active role in the preparation and review of costing and feasibility studies
• Proactively monitoring the following
• Identification and mitigation of risks during contract formulation phase to ensure adequate risk assessment procedures are followed
• Taking the lead with regards to accurate drafting of agreements and subcontracting agreements
• Always ensuring that Contractors and Subcontractors uphold standards and execute work according to the agreements put in place
• Preparing and awarding contracts for execution
• Playing an active role in ensuring claims administration and contract administration processes are followed to the highest standards
• Running regular meetings with direct and indirect subordinates onsite to ensure alignment across disciplines and stakeholders

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Extensive EPCM experience, particularly with regards to Construction Management and Service Contracts
• Proven experience managing a team of Quantity Surveyors as part of the Contracts team supporting the Contract Administrators
• Sound experience with reference to drafting commercial Terms and Conditions as well as understanding of accompanying legal implications
• Working experience in FIDIC For Construction Contract

Brilliant understanding of the following

• Procurement processes
• Contract Management
• Administration of construction contracts
• Corporate Governance principles
• Proven experience in the management of Contractors and Subcontractors onsite
• Sound understanding of construction contracts with the use of Bills of Quantities as a payment mechanism.
• Dispute resolution

Preferred:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Legal or arbitration certificate
• Contract Management experience in Africa (other than South Africa)
• 10 years’ minimum experience in Contract Management within an EPCM environment

What we offer you:

• Flexible work environment
• Long term career development
• Think globally, work locally