Project Contract Manager

**Job Summary**:
The Contract Manager is overall responsible for coordinating every aspect of the project from developing contracting strategies to implementation, coordinating with project team, ensuring project deadlines on contracting are adhered to and contract management.

This position will collaborate with the legal team to ensure that all commercial and contract aspects of the project are properly administered in accordance with the requirements of the Client’s contract. This position will also liaise frequently among project management team and legal team to manage the contracts between subcontractors and client, putting client’s commercial interest as priority.

The Project Contract Manager is part of the Project Services group under the Commercial and Contracts Department reporting to the Senior Commercial & Contracts Manager. The Project Contract Manager should be a self-starter, proactive and hands on approach in his / her work.

**Key Competencies**:
Commercial Focus:

- Commercial awareness
- Safe guarding company’s interest

Functional Know-How:

- A good understanding of the oil and gas offshore industry
- Experience in project execution, management and administration of contracts
- A solid understanding of contractual language and terminology

Interpersonal Effectiveness:

- Good leadership
- Good negotiation skills.

Communication & Influence:

- Good communication (written & verbal) skills are required due to frequent interactions internally and externally (Clients & Contractors).
- Able to communicate at all levels within the project and organization considers cultural norms and company’s best interests.
- Communicating and presenting information to stakeholders regarding contracts

Analysis & Problem Solving:

- To have good analytic & problem-solving skills.
- Exemplify a strong attention to details.

Accountability for Results:

- Self-monitor progress according to project schedule
- Sense of urgency
- A high degree of responsibility.
- Capable of professionally managing confidential information
- A desire to see goals and targets are achieved and met.

Personal Development:

- Self-starter / Proactive / Hands On Approach.
- Good organization skills and ability to manage a team

**Pre-Award Contract**:

- Ensure that pre-qualification exercises of subcontractor are completed prior to award of contracts
- To enforce procurement procedures are complied with in the tendering process.
- Sourcing, preparation, issuance & management of Invitation to Tender/Request For Quotation/Proposal packages, evaluations and clarifications of submitted proposals through recommendation to award
- Review and negotiate Subcontractors’ qualifications and exceptions
- Review contract terms and conditions to verify that they in compliance with company policies
- Support legal team in the negotiation of terms and conditions with subcontractors

**Post-Award Contract**:

- Liaise with Project Team members to ensure commitments and milestones of subcontracts are achieved and adhered to.
- Review evaluation of variation order request, variation orders, defending claims and providing contractual advice to site team.
- Monitoring contracts and negotiation of final account settlement, drafting settlement agreement
- Ensure commercial and contractual correspondence with Subcontractors is efficiently handled and filed.
- Assist in Subcontract audits, reviewing records for accuracy and conformance to standards.

**QHSSE Duties **- every employee shall:

- Take care of themselves and others who may be affected by their acts or oversights;
- Not interfere with or misuse anything supplied for their health, safety and welfare;
- Report quality related problems and HSSE hazards or deficits within their area to the QHSSE department;
- Promote and take part in the QHSSE continuous improvement process.

**_Note: This job description includes all other ad hoc duties assigned by management as required._