Contractual Responsibilities: The Contract Manager for the Transmission Provider Interconnection Facilities, composed by 4 (four) Over Head Transmission Lines and 1 (one) Grid substation.
Responsibility to manage several contracts, such as: Main EPC, Owner engineer, Independent Consultant and Grid Transmission and Interconnection Contract (GTIC), in liaison with management of the Power Purchase Contract (PPC), and other project agreements.
Contractual Expertise: The Contract Manager should possess a deep understanding of contract law, negotiation skills, and risk management to effectively handle complex agreements.
Stakeholder Management: The contract Manager must have the required soft skills to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth contract execution.
Compliance and Governance: The contract manager has the responsibility to ensure compliance with legal requirements, company policies, and industry standards in all contractual dealings.
Job Responsibilities
The contract manage will be assigned to work closely with the Project Management Team (PMT) and Construction Teams, under the leadership of the Project Execution Manager.
The Contract Manager has the following main activities:
During project development phase:
Assist the Company Legal department to manage all contractual aspects of the GTIC (Grid Transmission and Interconnection Contract), including, final negotiation, final contract structure organization, notifications, formal communications, and commercial/contractual claims.
Assistance to the management of all contractual aspects of the PPC (Power Purchase Contract), including the finalization of the PPC schedule 13, notifications, formal communications, and commercial/contractual claims.
Support the legal team to prepare the Main EPC, the Owner Engineer and Independent consultant contracts, from the CFT to contract signature.
For the above-mentioned contracts, lead and manage the contractual process, and aspects, including Tender dossier preparation and launching, bid evaluation, clarifications, notifications, formal communications, and commercial/contractual claims.
Ensure the contract preparation planning is respected to meet the mains project milestones.
Establishes procedures for the bid evaluation, contract awarding selection and contracts administration.
During project execution phase:
In liaison with PPC, leads and manages all contractual aspects of the GTIC, EPC, Owner Engineer, Independent Consultant and all the other construction/services agreements, including notifications, formal communications, variation orders, commercial/contractual claims, negotiation of LDs and claims, risk assessments, etc. For that purpose, he/she must be fully aware of the Power Purchase Agreement, the EPC Contract, the Independent Engineering Service Agreement, the O&M Agreement, and the various Project Agreements and manage the stakeholders effectively in line with the contracts.
Is effective in responding to the correspondences from various counter parties and ensure the interests of the company and the Owner Engineer Company are protected.
Ensures that the EPC contractor respect and act in line with its contractual responsibilities.
Evaluates the legitimacy of any claim and performs a regular review of the claim strategy with the PEM.
Actively and in coordination with Project control Manager, monitors the project progress in line with the contract schedule and ensure the parties adhere to the program.
Works closely with the Site Construction Management Team and Site Construction supervisors, and interfaces with senior management team, finance, and legal personnel to meet overall project deliverables.
Understands and prepares together with finance the invoicing procedure under the PPC and GTIC, when applicable, works closely with the independent consultant in the implementation of the Plant Accounting and Settlement System (billing system).
Monitors and manages the Company’s various registration documents, certifications, construction permits, project related permits, and work actively to ensure timely renewals.
Formalizes the lessons learned and best practices during the execution of the project and supports the PEM in the restitution of such lessons learned at the end of the project.
Risk Mitigation: Include proactive measures for identifying and mitigating risks associated with contracts to protect the Company.
Conflict Resolution: Mention strategies for resolving disputes or conflicts that may arise during contract execution in a timely and efficient manner.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Degree in Engineering and/or Law.
Minimum 10 years of experience working with large complex projects in Energy, Oil & Gas industry.
Professional Certification and/or relevant experience in Contracts Management.
A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach, and strong communication skills.
Ability to dive into the details of non-contractual matters such as engineering, cost control, planning and construction.
Team player, yet able to work independently and duly manage his/her workload and priorities.
