Position: Contract Manager

Location: Iraq

Period: min. 2 years (renewable)

Rotation: 45 day onsite - 45 days free

Work time: 10 h / day (1 h lunch break) - 6 days / week (Friday free)

Fluent English Language is MUST. Arabic language is PLUS.

Responsibilities:

· Assists and manages all activities related to contractual, legal, tax, and insurance issues related to company business, contracts with clients and partnering agreements during EPC stage;

· Supports in performance of studies and evaluations for streamlining Company’s operations from a contractual point of view during the pre-qualification, bidding and pre-award stage;

· Ensure that appropriate guidance regarding legal diligence in new jurisdictions is sought;

· Secure, in conjunction with the Project Management Team, advice on legal issues affecting the Company's business, during the EPC stage;

· Assists in ensuring that the key contract terms and conditions are presented to the Project Management Team upon award of the Contract and also ensure that a proper handover takes place of the documentation;

· Assist and responsible to ensure resolution of major deviations from Vendors to the terms and conditions of Purchase of Goods and Site Services;

· Assists and responsible to coordinate with the Project Management Team for any interface / interaction with Group Legal and external law firms during EPS stage;

· Supports and manages all activities related to administration of contracts including risk identification, risk mitigation and risk management during the EPC stage.

· Supervise and direct Deputy Manager/Contract Engineers/Contracts Administrators and other Team functions as required.

· Support Project Management Team in the initiation and preparation of variations and claims to Client. Assist in defending, negotiating and resolving claims with Client. Assist Project Management Team members in compiling supporting documents for potential claims, preparing advance defence for issues that are likely to evolve during execution phase.

· Review on a regular basis, company’s position after evaluating reports received from the project team in respect of discrepancies, anomalies, risk and opportunities and take necessary action.

· Assist in managing all activities related to contractual, legal, tax, commercial and insurance issues related to company business, contracts with clients and partnering agreements during the post award stage.

Requirements:

· Ideal candidate will have min 10 years of experience in both onshore/offshore Oil & gas EPC projects and who has worked on reputed client projects like ADNOC, Aramco, and other GCC country projects.

· Minimum bachelors degree and relevant project management qualification.

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