Middle East Jobs, Careers, Vacancies: Construction Contract Administrator, Systra, Dubai, UAE

The global leader in public transport infrastructure, SYSTRA has specialised in the mass transit and rail market since 1957. The main shareholders of SYSTRA are SNCF and RATP. Its ambition is to serve emerging needs for collective and sustainable mobility throughout the world. With a presence in 80 countries, SYSTRA manages over 3,000 projects for high-speed systems, traditional rail lines, metros and tramways throughout the world.

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MISSIONS:

Administer and managing the contracts lifecycle from pre-bid stage to project execution and warranty phases,
Responsible for the timely preparations of legal and contractual documents such as Request for Proposal (RFP) and other legal or contractual or tender package as required, to procure construction and /or sub contract from the local market.
Carry out the pre-award activities including pre-award schedules, provide advertisement for tenders and participates in the pre-award meetings, evaluates, and negotiates a bid.
Advises on contractual matters at the project level about the strategy for and the conduct and recoding of contract pre-award negotiations.
Prepare initial contract review, organize contract induction meetings, issue reports, interpretations and assessments on contracts.
Prepare Notice of Awards, Notice of Proceeds and Post Award Meetings.
Administration of the construction contract and timely issuance of notifications, monitoring of milestones and payment in cooperation with the project team.
Monitoring, drafting and reviewing all contractual correspondence between Systra and construction contractor.
Verifying that all insurances and guarantees required by the Contractors are in place and maintained.
Carry out contractual change management process like but not limited to drafting and review of change orders, claims, back charges and penalties, defense of incoming claims vis-a-vis Contractor.
Preparation, drafting and management of notices, Contract Risk Registers, Claims and Compensation events logs.
Co-ordination and liaisoning with the technical, finance, legal, project team and construction contractor to mitigate and/or resolve possible disputes.

PROFILE:

5 years of experience minimum in construction contract management in UAE
Overall experience: 7 years minimum
Experience in managing construction contract for infrastructure project on client side (either in the public authority or in a consultant) including: