Position Overview:
Protect the Client's commercial interests through programme-level contract administration, commercial governance, change management, claims management, and disciplined oversight of contractual obligations across all project packages.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer programme-level contract and commercial management processes across all project packages, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and governance requirements.
- Maintain contract registers, notice trackers, correspondence protocols, commercial action logs, and contractual records for effective contract administration.
- Review and assess variation orders, extension of time (EOT) requests, claims submissions, compensation events, and payment-related matters for contractual completeness and consistency.
- Advise the Program Director on contractual entitlements, commercial exposures, risk allocation, dispute avoidance strategies, and resolution approaches.
- Coordinate with Planning teams to evaluate delay events, schedule impacts, critical path implications, and entitlement substantiation.
- Coordinate with Quantity Surveying (QS) teams to validate measurements, quantities, valuation records, and commercial evidence supporting contractual assessments.
- Monitor commercial risks, unresolved contractual matters, claims trends, and potential disputes, ensuring timely escalation and mitigation.
- Support negotiations with contractors, consultants, suppliers, and stakeholders on commercial matters, variations, and contract amendments.
- Ensure compliance with contractual notice requirements, change management procedures, and governance approval processes.
- Review payment applications, commercial forecasts, cost impacts, and contractual commitments to support informed decision-making.
- Prepare programme-level contractual briefings, commercial assessments, decision papers, and recommendations for Client leadership.
- Maintain accurate records of contractual communications, claims history, commercial decisions, and dispute resolution activities.
Principal Client-Facing Outputs
- Contract Compliance and Notice Management Tracker.
- Variation and Change Assessment Recommendations.
- Extension of Time (EOT) and Claims Evaluation Reports.
- Commercial Risk Register and Mitigation Report.
- Contractual Entitlement Assessment Papers.
- Executive Commercial Dashboard and Decision Register.
- Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Recommendations.
- Programme Commercial Status and Exposure Reports.