Senior Contracts Engineer
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About the Role
Innovo Group seeks an experienced Senior Contracts Engineer to manage contractual and commercial administration of construction projects. The role involves contract administration, claims management, variation orders, and subcontract administration.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Administer contracts throughout the project execution and close out phases
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, rights, and responsibilities
- Interpret contract provisions and advise project teams on contractual matters
- Maintain contract registers, notices, records, and documentation
- Monitor contractual deliverables, milestones, and obligations
- Manage contractual aspects of variation orders and change requests
- Ensure timely submission and agreement of variation claims
- Identify potential claims arising from delays, disruptions, scope changes
- Prepare, review, and substantiate contractual claims
- Coordinate with planning, cost control, and project teams to develop claim documentation
- Evaluate contractor and subcontractor claims and prepare recommendations
- Support negotiations to achieve favorable claim settlements
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in contract administration and commercial management of construction, infrastructure and/or building engineering
- Proven experience in post contract administration of large scale projects
- Demonstrated experience in claims preparation, EOT assessments, and variation management
- Experience managing subcontract administration and commercial correspondence
- Strong knowledge of FIDIC Conditions of Contract (Red Book, Yellow Book, Silver Book)
- Sound understanding of claims management principles and contractual entitlement
- Knowledge of dispute resolution procedures and contract law fundamentals
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Role Purpose
- Manage contractual and commercial administration of projects during execution phase.
- Responsible for contract administration, variations management, claims preparation and evaluation, subcontract administration, contractual correspondence, and commercial risk management.
- Requires strong knowledge of FIDIC contracts, claims management, dispute avoidance, and post award contract administration.
Key Accountabilities
- Administer contracts throughout project execution and close out phases.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, rights, and responsibilities.
- Interpret contract provisions and advise project teams.
- Maintain contract registers, notices, records, and documentation.
- Monitor contractual deliverables, milestones, and obligations.
- Manage contractual aspects of variation orders and change requests.
- Ensure timely submission and agreement of variation claims.
- Identify potential claims from delays, disruptions, scope changes.
- Prepare, review, and substantiate contractual claims.
- Coordinate with planning, cost control, and project teams for claim documentation.
- Evaluate contractor and subcontractor claims and prepare recommendations.
- Support negotiations for favorable claim settlements.
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Minimum 5 years of experience in contract administration and commercial management of construction, infrastructure and/or building engineering.
- Proven experience in post contract administration of large scale projects.
- Demonstrated experience in claims preparation, EOT assessments, and variation management.
- Experience managing subcontract administration and commercial correspondence.
- Strong knowledge of FIDIC Conditions of Contract (Red Book, Yellow Book, Silver Book).
- Sound understanding of claims management principles and contractual entitlement.
- Knowledge of dispute resolution procedures and contract law fundamentals.
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