Contracts Manager
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About the Role
Innovo Group is seeking a Contracts Manager to lead end-to-end contract management for infrastructure projects. The role involves ensuring contractual compliance, managing claims and variations, and supporting project delivery.
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Responsibilities
- Lead contract administration for major infrastructure projects (FIDIC/Employer bespoke forms), ensuring compliance with notice requirements, timelines, and contractual procedures.
- Review, negotiate and advise on contract terms, subcontracts, and supplier agreements, highlighting risks and proposing mitigation measures.
- Manage variations/change control: instruction review, entitlement assessment, pricing approach alignment with QS, and submission strategy.
- Oversee claims management: time/extension of time (EOT), disruption, prolongation, acceleration, and associated cost recovery with supporting records.
- Maintain a robust contractual correspondence system and ensure accurate, timely notices, approvals, and responses.
- Support project teams with contract interpretation, contractual training/awareness, and strategy during disputes or escalations.
- Coordinate with Planning, QS, Engineering and Site teams to ensure records (daily reports, progress, delays, resource logs) support entitlements.
- Lead or support dispute resolution processes (negotiation, adjudication/DAB, arbitration preparation) with external counsel/consultants when required.
- Participate in tender and pre award reviews: key contractual clauses, risk registers, qualifications, and commercial assumptions.
- Ensure effective subcontract management: flow down clauses, payment mechanisms, claims/variations handling, performance security, and close out.
- Monitor contract related KPIs and provide management reporting on risk, exposure, claims status, and recovery forecasts.
- Ensure contractual close out: final accounts support, release of securities, settlement agreements, and lessons learned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related field
- Professional memberships (RICS/CIOB/CIArb or similar) preferred
- 12+ years’ experience in contracts/commercial roles within infrastructure projects (roads/utilities/marine/civil)
- Proven experience managing claims/variations and high value subcontract administration
- UAE/GCC experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of FIDIC (Red/Yellow/Design & Build) and infrastructure contracting practices
- Claims preparation/assessment (EOT, prolongation, disruption) and contract strategy
- Change control and contractual correspondence management
- Understanding of project controls, planning, and cost principles
- Working knowledge of procurement and subcontract administration
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Role Purpose
- To lead end to end contract management for infrastructure projects, ensuring contractual compliance, protecting the company’s commercial position, managing claims/variations, and supporting successful project delivery through proactive risk management and effective stakeholder coordination.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead contract administration for major infrastructure projects (FIDIC/Employer bespoke forms), ensuring compliance with notice requirements, timelines, and contractual procedures.
- Review, negotiate and advise on contract terms, subcontracts, and supplier agreements, highlighting risks and proposing mitigation measures.
- Manage variations/change control: instruction review, entitlement assessment, pricing approach alignment with QS, and submission strategy.
- Oversee claims management: time/extension of time (EOT), disruption, prolongation, acceleration, and associated cost recovery with supporting records.
- Maintain a robust contractual correspondence system and ensure accurate, timely notices, approvals, and responses.
- Support project teams with contract interpretation, contractual training/awareness, and strategy during disputes or escalations.
- Coordinate with Planning, QS, Engineering and Site teams to ensure records (daily reports, progress, delays, resource logs) support entitlements.
- Lead or support dispute resolution processes (negotiation, adjudication/DAB, arbitration preparation) with external counsel/consultants when required.
- Participate in tender and pre award reviews: key contractual clauses, risk registers, qualifications, and commercial assumptions.
- Ensure effective subcontract management: flow down clauses, payment mechanisms, claims/variations handling, performance security, and close out.
- Monitor contract related KPIs and provide management reporting on risk, exposure, claims status, and recovery forecasts.
- Ensure contractual close out: final accounts support, release of securities, settlement agreements, and lessons learned.
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related field
- Professional memberships (RICS/CIOB/CIArb or similar) preferred
- 12+ years’ experience in contracts/commercial roles within infrastructure projects (roads/utilities/marine/civil)
- Proven experience managing claims/variations and high value subcontract administration
- UAE/GCC experience preferred
- Commercial judgement and integrity
- Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
- Clear written communication and attention to detail
- Problem solving and decision making under pressure
- Proactive risk identification and mitigation
- Leadership and coaching of contract staff
- Strong knowledge of FIDIC (Red/Yellow/Design & Build) and infrastructure contracting practices
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