Contract Administrator

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

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**Job Description**:
Main purpose:

- To perform the role of the Commission Manager, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex commissions.
- To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value-added cost management service.

Key Responsibilities:
**Principal Accountabilities**

Be responsible for the entire contract procedures cycle for assigned work packages from initiation including:

- Identifying right clauses to be included in the contract based on the project procurement and design risk in particular
- Review and provide inputs
- Overviewing the post contract administration cost and contract management function
- Liaising with group support functions such as finance, legal and insurance.
- Liaise with functional specialists in engineering, construction, HSE.
- Development of appropriate incentive schemes for individual Contract scopes
- The provision of advice and counsel on contractual, commercial, taxation, insurance and legal issues
- Ensure appropriate approvals for spend are obtained prior to commitment
- Knowledge of and compliance with appropriate Shell C&P, business, and ethic processes

**Experience**

Proven civil construction contract development experience is essential, as is the ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural diverse environment. The ability to demonstrate knowledge, capability and competence in the following commercial, technical and interpersonal aspects is required:

- Knowledge of the commercial and legal management of the issues and risks arising from the performance of civil construction contracts
- Development and Implementation of Contract processes to deliver best value to the Project.

**Key Success Factors**:

- Deliver awarded contract within agreed project timelines
- Specification / review of scopes of work and contract documents and management of contracts to minimize claims and variation requests
- Proven record of involvement with multi-national and multi-cultural teams.
- Adherence to procurement rules and approval processes.

**Your knowledge, skills & Qualifications will include**:

- Contract development tendering and management of high value multi $100+ million civil construction contracts.
- Experienced in negotiating and awarding major engineering and construction contracts
- Fluent in English - written and spoken

**And ideally**:

- Business or technical degree or equivalent qualified
- 15 years professional experience with minimum 5 years Project Contracts experience with large $100+million offshore civil construction contracts formation, award, administration and management.
- Experience in construction contracts within the oil and gas industry.
- Experience in contract formulation activities, systems and processes coupled with a working knowledge of engineering, fabrication and construction practices.
- Experience of working in similar environments
- Knowledge of business and contracting environment

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**Qualifications**:
Education - B.E/B.Tech (Civil)
- You should have relevant experience of working preferably for a construction consultancy in India/abroad, hold a graduate degree preferably in Cost Management and possesses good technical skills.
- A fair understanding of the total project life cycle, procurement and through understanding on types of Contracts and FIDIC in particular, Commercial management,
- 15+ years work experience with demonstrated career growth graph.
- Experience in multiple sub sectors within the property projects will be added advantage.

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