Contract Manager

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 118 offices in 46 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

**Job Description**:
We are looking for a **Contract Manager **with significant **claims experience** who will be part of our Contract Services Team, working at the client project site offices in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Our people are the key to our success and are our most important asset. As a Contract Manager you will be providing services that help our clients devise strategies to deliver successful business solutions prior to sanction, achieve confidence around project delivery, ensure project risk are effectively managed & controlled and facilitate the capture and transfer of knowledge.

The role will be based in a remote location; hence food, accommodation, and transportation will be provided on top of competitive salary.
- Contract Execution - Convert defined scope, deliverables, and fee structures into templated contract formats. Review contracts for accuracy and completion, route contracts for approvals and upload to contract repository. Liaise with the in-house Legal team regarding contract compliance.
- Contract Tracking - Track all contracts and facilitate business and legal approvals; proactively follow up with approvers during contract life cycle. Ensure contracts are submitted through correct workflow.
- Project Funding - Collaborate with the project team to ensure projects have sufficient funding to execute work.
- Review of project correspondence and identify key risks to programme and budget, working closely with project management team and senior management to identify mitigations and action plans.
- Prepare / review contractual correspondence and notices where required ensuring that all carried out in accordance with the contract requirements.
- Review of claim notices and submissions and preparing assessments of the exposure of the client to under the contract to additional costs and budgets, working closely with the project team and consultants.
- Invoice Issue Resolution - Assist in resolving issues related to invoices, purchase orders and payments by working closely with vendors and internal Accounts Payable (AP) team.
- Invoice Tracking - Track invoices from submission for review through to payment, ensuring vendors follow invoice submission requirements and AP processes the invoices correctly.
- Reporting - Assist in compiling monthly reports for Client approval.

**Qualifications**:

- Extensive experience in reviewing and assessing claims.
- A post graduate degree in Law either a LLB or LLM and a bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying.
- Must have experience working in consultancy.
- Minimum 15 years of working experience on a senior level.
- Strong communication skills.

Additional Information
- Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change._
- We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance._

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