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Senior Contracts Manager - Consultancy - 6 Month Contract

United Arab Emirates  |  Contract

Our Multi National Engineering consultancy client has a new requirement for a well experienced consultant Senior Contracts Manager to join their team in Dubai, UAE at a high profile project. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Senior Contracts Manager on large scale civil construction projects in UAE and the wider GCC and have relevant experience of dispute resolution and arbitration.


This role is available for immediate joining and is an initial 6 month contract position employed as an outsource employee through J10 Consulting.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Take lead on all contractual matters including but not limited to contract compliance, change management, cost reporting and claim mitigation strategies
  • Ensuring that all contract management process and procedures are in place to effectively control and manage the relevant contracts
  • Ensure that all necessary bonds, warranties, insurances, undertakings, etc are in the commercial interest of the Employer and in accordance with the relevant contract
  • Reviewing all incoming correspondence to assess and manage any commercial impact
  • Drafting all contractual communications
  • Overseeing the Application and Payments process to ensure that the payments are an accurate reflection of Works on Site and are in accordance with the Contract
  • Challenge and negotiate claims and variations submitted by the Contractor and provide an assessment of entitlement to the Employer based on the Contract and the prevailing law
  • Take ownership and proactively manage all commercial risks / mitigation on the Project
  • Review and issuance of completion certificates, final account and contract close-out report


Senior Contracts Manager Experience:

  • Bachelor Degree in Quantity Surveying with suitable contractual, legal or commercial background
  • Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) preferred
  • CiArb would be advantageous
  • 15+ years of post-qualification experience in a similar capacity
  • Demonstrable expertise in Contracts Administration for high value contracts
  • Good knowledge and experience in FIDIC
  • Proficient in MS Applications, particularly Excel / Word / PowerPoint / Outlook.
  • Well versed in contracts / agreements: principles, theory and application, terminology and development as well as practices and procedures
  • Experience with claims management and arbitration support


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV and details directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and process


Date Posted: 03 Feb 2022

Status: Filled