Early Works Contract Admin

We are looking for Early Works Contract Admin for one of our clients with the following details:

Location: Basra, Iraq

Work Scheme: Rotation 28 days ON / 28 days OFF

Mobilization date : December 2024

Duration: 12 months, renewable

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Degree: Engineer or equivalent
• Professional & Contract experience: 15 years minimum in similar position, and with 5 to 10 years on similar large scale projects & environment in Iraq.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural business environment.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Language: English as mother tongue or Fluent in English (speaking and writing), French and/or Arabic language is a plus.

Missions / Job Dimensions

• The job holder reports hierarchically to the Site Construction Manager, and functionally to the GMP Contract Manager.
• The job holder assists the Site Construction Manager in the day-to-day Contract Management activities, and provides guidance to the same.
• This includes the preparation and participation of the Contracts administration after award during the Execution Phase (verification of compliance to contractual requirements, assist in the responses to the change orders, prepare letters in connection with the Early Works and GPP Contracts up to contract close-out and its administration thereafter.
• The job holder will, in order to achieve his duties and under the Site Construction Manager's supervision, have to liaise actively with GMP Contract Manager and the PMT Senior Contract Engineers, and with all concerned technical specialists on Site involved in the technical development of Early Works and then of the GPP, and with specialists from Project Control Team (i.e. mainly Planning Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Cost Controllers, Document Controllers).
• The job holder participates, by the performance of his duties, to the achievement of GMP team objectives in terms of Quality, Costs and Schedule.
• The job holder shall observe strict confidentiality wrt contractual and commercial documentation and data.
• The job holder is also accountable for demonstrating an exemplary behavior with regard to HSSE rules & requirements and for implementing HSSE requirements in the contracts he is in charge of.

Activities

• Be informed of Company Rules & Specifications (CR's/GS's), procedures, etc. Related to Contract and procurement and their application to the Project.
• Participate in the contractual management of awarded Contract(s), and liaise actively with concerned technical specialists for the technical management of Contractor(s).
• Participate in the verification of contractor's progress to ensure the payment is in accordance with the Claimed progress, and participate in the compilation of Milestone Payment Certificates and Contractor Invoices.
• Ensure that clear and accurate records of contractual matters are maintained and monitor key dates, against dates defined in the contracts.
• Assist the GMP Contract Manager in the management of the Change Orders and addendum.

This Includes:

• Analyse of changes, comparison to scope, verification of contractual requirements, analyse of

Contractor's estimate, issue of a recommendation, explanatory note and/or summary note

Development of Company Change Order instructions, in compliance with Contract Articles &

Exhibits Verification of implementation by Contractors.

Development and maintenance of a log file, registration of all events related to changes, including:

• Definition of Potential Change Orders, issue of estimates, probability of occurrence and registration in log file
• Participation in the settlement of claims / disputes together with PMT Project Control Team and any other support services as necessary
• Manage, in close collaboration the technical teams, the PMT Project Control Team, the identification and estimation Potential Change Orders (PCO) related to Site activities.
• Participate in the close-out of Contract(s).
• Participate in reducing contractual risks associated with interfaces with others packages and Projects, highlighting potential risks occurring during the execution of the contract.
• Timely report to the Site Construction Manager and GMP Contract Manager, highlighting progress and encountered areas of concern on all his activities. To participate in the development and issue of the Monthly Report for the section related to Change Orders, and all necessary report as requested by management.
• Ensure confidentiality of all the contractual and commercial documentation produced (whatever its support).

If interested, kindly apply!