Airswift has been tasked by one of our key clients to seek a Contracts Manager to join them in Leatherhead, UK on a 12-month contract.
Main accountabilities and responsibilities:
- Work with Client Representative to clearly align on details, approval points, strategies, and Client needs.
- Work within the pursuit team to obtain subcontracts quotes for proposals and provide subcontracts plans/write-ups for proposal development.
- Lead the subcontracts activities within project teams to undertake prequalification, due diligence, compliance and other checks of subcontractors capabilities.
- Lead the subcontracts activities within project teams to prepare and issue of requests for proposals/quotations.
- Under broad direction and in conjunction with legal, negotiate subcontracts including appropriate flow downs and other risk (insurance, indemnity, etc.).
- Undertake evaluation of subcontractor proposals and preparation of tender evaluation reports/recommendations for award in accordance with subcontracts department and project procedures.
- Produce project plans and reports on subcontracts activities.
- Administer and manage subcontracts in accordance with subcontracts department and project procedures.
- Verify and process subcontractor invoices, and support monitoring of cost and VOWD.
- Advise project team regarding management of change and preparation of change orders / amendments.
- Close out of subcontracts, management of closeout documentation.
- Maintain electronic filing systems and registers in accordance with established procedures.
- Collation of specific projects lessons learned and best practices and feed back to Subcontracts Management functional management.
- Occasional travel in the region as required to support the needs of the business
- Undergraduate Degree in Engineering, Law, Business, Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying, or similar. Graduate Degree preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience following undergraduate degree, or equivalent work experience in lieu of undergraduate degree
- EPC Subcontract management experience in the oil & gas industry
- Knowledge of contracting laws and regulations, standards of conduct, contract types, contracting methods, financial and legal matters
- Well-developed skills with Microsoft Excel and Word with general software operation knowledge
