Contract Manager

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Job Reference 1251370

Location Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Industry Oil & Gas - Onshore Oil

Function Supply Chain / Purchasing

Job Type Contract

Date Added November 18, 2024

Contract Manager

Location: UK
Contract duration: 12-month contract
Recruitment Partner: Airswift
Airswift Recruiter: Lewis Holland

Keywords: Contracts, Pre Award

Our Company
One of the largest Engineering design, Procurement and Construction Management companies in the world employing 50,000 people across the globe and provides project delivery and consulting services to the resources and energy sectors, and complex process industries.

Airswift is currently recruiting for a Contract Specialist to be based in one of there clients UK offices on a hybrid basis.
Manages the pre- and post award procurement and contracts management life cycle associated with engineering activities and construction works on large and complex industrial Projects.

Responsibilities

• Extensive experience of managing pre-contract processes (including pre-qualification, preparation of Invitations To Tender, selection and award of contracts);
• Extensive experience of managing all post-award processes (general contract administration, change control, claims avoidance and management, final accounting, dispute resolution, etc);
• Contributes to and advises on setting procurement strategy for engineering and construction works
  • Prepares and negotiates Non-Disclosure/Confidentiality Agreements
  • Compiles Expression of Interest Documents
  • Prepares Market Analysis of the returns
  • Prequalifies Contractors and ensures due diligence activities are properly undertaken;
  • Compiles Request for Information/ Request for Proposal (RFP) and or Tender evaluation plans;
  • Initiates and chairs the RFP/ITT Kick-off meeting;
  • Compiles the Individual Contract Plan for an RFP/ITT;
  • Expedites input to an RFP/ITT package and compiles the physical package for review and issue;
  • Performs prequalification exercises to select bidders for RFP/ITT from the Project Bidders List and issues the bidders' list for review and approval;
  • Administers contracting strategy papers;
  • Initiates and chairs RFP RFP/ITT explanation/clarification meetings/registers and writes and issues consequent minutes;
  • Receives and handles all queries from bidders including co-ordination of discipline response to queries. Indicates distribution of correspondence;
  • Co-ordinates visits by Bidders to the Project worksite (as appropriate);
  • Facilitates the overall RFP/ITT evaluation process including Technical

Qualifications and Requirements

• Experience in the industrial engineering (e.g. mid-stream/upstream oil & gas, chemical, process plant, etc) industry;
• Excellent understanding of contractual risk and contract law;
• Extensive experience of published standard forms of engineering and construction contracts (e.g. FIDIC, IChemE, LOGIC, NEC, etc) standard and bespoke forms of contract;
• Involvement in Contract Work Practices;
• Sound knowledge of relevant statutes, and interpretation of commercial contracts;
• Understanding of construction methods, processes and concepts and the application of such knowledge;
• Basic ability to interpret relevant national industry codes and standards and of technical documents;
• Strong working knowledge of the fundamental requirements of the discipline, and the basic requirements of other disciplines.

• The next step
  Apply now! If you have any questions, please contact Lewis Holland at Lewis.holland@airswift.com. We look forward to hearing from you