Key Responsibilities
Procurement & Tender Management
- Develop and implement the project procurement and contracting strategy.
- Prepare procurement plans, tender schedules, and contract packaging strategies.
- Manage prequalification, RFP/RFQ, tendering, bid evaluation, clarification, negotiation, and recommendation for award.
- Coordinate technical and commercial evaluations with engineering, cost, planning, and project management teams.
- Ensure procurement activities are aligned with the project master schedule.
- Support selection and appointment of contractors, consultants, suppliers, and specialist subcontractors.
- Prepare and review tender evaluation reports and award recommendations for client approval.
Contracts Management
- Draft, review, negotiate, and administer construction and consultancy contracts.
- Manage contractual correspondence, notices, bonds, guarantees, insurance, and contractual deliverables.
- Monitor contractor and consultant compliance with contractual obligations.
- Administer variations/change orders, extensions of time (EOT), claims, and contractual disputes.
- Review contractual entitlement and provide recommendations to the Project Director/client.
- Maintain variation, claims, and contractual correspondence registers.
- Support final account negotiation and contract close-out.
Commercial & Risk Management
- Identify contractual and procurement risks and recommend mitigation measures.
- Work closely with the Cost/Commercial, Planning, Engineering, and Project Management teams.
- Support assessment of contractor claims, delay events, and cost implications.
- Monitor procurement performance, contract status, commitments, and commercial exposure.
- Provide regular procurement and contracts reports to senior management and the client.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline.
- Typically 12–15+ years of relevant experience, with substantial experience in major construction, infrastructure, mixed-use, hospitality, or real-estate projects.
- Previous experience working within a PMC, engineering consultancy, cost consultancy, or client-side project management environment is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of FIDIC and other international forms of construction contracts.
- Strong understanding of tendering, procurement, contract administration, claims, variations, and commercial management.
- Experience managing large-value contractor and consultant packages.
- Professional certifications such as MRICS, MCIPS, PMP, or equivalent are an advantage.
Key Skills
- Procurement & contracting strategy
- Tender and bid management
- FIDIC contract administration
- Claims & EOT evaluation
- Variation/change management
- Contract negotiation
- Commercial and contractual risk management
- Contractor/consultant management
- Client-facing communication
- Reporting and stakeholder management
