Senior Contracts Manager

About the Company

Job Purpose and Scope

EPC Contract Management

• Establish and manage the EPC contract baseline, requirements, responsibilities, procedures, controls, and compliance obligations.
• Draft, review, negotiate, interpret, administer, and enforce contracts while protecting the company’s commercial interests.
• Coordinate among project teams, clients, subcontractors, and legal or commercial departments.

Tender and Mobilization

• Review invitation-to-tender documents, identify commercial and contractual risks, and support bid preparation and pricing strategy.
• Lead or support negotiations and develop contract deviation lists and qualifications.
• Lead contract kick-off meetings covering administration, change management, notices, payments, accounting, and certification.

Change, Risk, and Claims

• Manage variations, change notices, requests for change, change orders, amendments, and claims.
• Assess entitlement, risk, and commercial exposure and negotiate change proposals with stakeholders.
• Prepare and submit substantiated claims, defend against claims, and support negotiation, mediation, or arbitration when needed.
• Identify and mitigate contractual, financial, and legal risks.

Subcontracts and Reporting

• Draft and administer engineering-services subcontracts and flow down appropriate contractual terms.
• Process payment certificates and invoices and prepare monthly EPC and subcontract administration reports.
• Maintain registers for correspondence, changes, claims, notifications, and project records.

Close-out and Authority

• Lead contract close-out, including final accounts, completion and closure certificates, claims settlement, obligation fulfillment, and document archiving.
• Act on behalf of Worley for contract administration matters within approved project delegations.
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to project management, engineering, procurement, and construction teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering in a relevant discipline from a recognized institute or university.
• Twenty years of oil and gas industry experience on mega projects, particularly in a GCC environment.
• Experience in EPC contract management for offshore detailed engineering projects.
• Experience with contract drafting, negotiation, administration, commercial controls, risk, claims, and subcontract management.

Work Context

• The role includes contract administration during detailed engineering and support for project offices and construction sites.
• The source does not explicitly state a remote, hybrid, or onsite workplace policy.