Contracts Manager

2 weeks ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates SYSTRA Full time

Country/Region: AE- Field: Project Management- Location: Dubai, AE- Type of Contract: Permanent- Level of experience: 05-10 years- Job number:
The global leader in public transport infrastructure, SYSTRA has specialized in the mass transit and rail market since 1957. The main shareholders of SYSTRA are SNCF and RATP. Its ambition is to serve emerging needs for collective and sustainable mobility throughout the world. With a presence in 80 countries, SYSTRA manages over 3,000 projects for high-speed systems, traditional rail lines, metros and tramways throughout the world.

Operating in the Middle East for more than 40 years, SYSTRA has established itself as a benchmark in public transport engineering, involved in the region’s major projects.

**MISSIONS**
- Create and maintain relationships with suppliers and serve as the singular point of contact for matters concerning contracts.
- Maintain records for correspondence and documentation in relation to established contracts and those in progress.
- Communicate and present information to stakeholders about all contract-related matters.
- Monitor contracts and move forward with close-out, extension or renewal according to what’s best for SYSTRA.
- Solve any contract-related problems that may arise with other parties and internally with the company itself.
- Support in contractual negotiations with the client so that business requirements are met.
- Support Project Managers in administering respective Contracts and lead the preparation of claims and variations.
- Create and maintain relationship with internal clients and operational teams, clients, consortium partners, subcontractors, as the case may be, and their legal advisors on a day-to-day basis to facilitate reporting to senior management.
- Work closely with the Legal, Project Management, Technical teams for the zone covered to secure the close-out, extension or renewal to serve the best interests of SYSTRA.
- Be aware, understand and obtain thorough knowledge about the active projects and the tenders in preparation in the region(s) assigned.
- Challenge commercial matters through risks identification and provide mitigation advice.
- Engage with the Commercial Director and local Compliance Lead to understand the Golder Rules and ensure adherence to important corporate and regulatory policies through training.
- Manage the local corporate processes for SYSTRA D&B, in coordination with other departments.
- Prepare in a timely manner, legal and contractual documents such as Request for Proposal (RFP) and other legal or contractual or tender package as required, to procure construction and /or sub contract from the local market.
- Carry out the pre-award activities including pre-award schedules, provide advertisement for tenders and participates in the pre-award meetings, evaluates, and negotiates a bid.
- Monitoring, drafting and reviewing all contractual correspondence between SYSTRA, Sub-Consultants, and construction Contractor.
- Verifying that all insurances and guarantees required by the Contractors are in place and maintained.
- Carry out contractual change management process like but not limited to drafting and review of change orders, claims, back charges and penalties, defense of incoming claims vis-a-vis Contractor.
- Preparation, drafting and management of notices, Contract Risk Registers, Claims and Compensation events logs

**PROFILE**
- Graduate or a Post Graduate in Civil Engineering / Contracts Management
- 6-10 years in the Construction industry or in the Consulting domain
- Communication: Must be able to communicate ideas effectively internally within SYSTRA, to the other parties involved in the contract and to stakeholders to keep everyone apprised of contract-related matters.
- Negotiation: Must be able to negotiate with the parties involved to get the most benefit to SYSTRA out of any contract considered.
- Confidence: Must have the confidence in what you do and how that can add value to SYSTRA.
- Financial skill: In order to evaluate whether or not a contract is good for SYSTRA, he/she must have the necessary financial skills to determine exactly how SYSTRA would benefit.
- Knowledge on Contract models based on FIDIC guidelines is preferable.
- Experience in preparing Tender Documents (preferably as a Consultant) that form part of the RFP would be an added advantage.

**Job Segment**:Compliance, Pre-Sales, RFP, Contract Manager, Construction, Legal, Sales, Engineering


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