Contract Manager

Fluor Arabia Limited is part of Fluor Corporation based in the U.S., a professional and technical solutions provider focusing on Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Maintenance (EPCM) with more than 45.000 employees and 34 offices in 50 different countries worldwide. Fluor offers Project Management and EPCM support in all phases of the project life cycle based on the following three business groups:
- Energy Solutions
- Urban Solutions
- Mission Solutions

For our office in Al-Khobar we have a position available for a Contract manager.
- As a Contract manager you will provide oversight for contract management activities on projects.
- This role assures, through assigned contract administrators, compliance with all statutes, regulations, and contract terms and conditions.
- The contract manager reports to project, department, and company senior leadership on the health of the assigned project(s); participate in developing and approving contracting strategies generally directly reporting through an intermediate senior contract manager.
- You will review and approve contract awards with their delegated authority, generally for mid to large contracts.
- Your main tasks and responsibilities:
- Administer moderately large and complex contracts
- Negotiate contract terms and conditions
- Analyze commercial sections of proposals and technical proposal evaluations
- Coordinate technical scopes of work including interface with all project disciplines
- Participate in proposal development activities including preparation of required proposal response
- Develop final proposal evaluations and prepare contract recommendations
- Present recommendation to project team and/or client
- Perform contract management post-award activities through evaluating and status of contractors’ productivity, schedule adherence, contract change management, invoicing and claims avoidance
- Perform closeout of contracts, finalize outstanding contract issues, issue of final modifications, invoices and coordinate completion of contractor performance evaluations
- Other duties as assigned

**Please Note**:

- This position is contingent upon contract award._

**Basic Job Requirements**
- Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study
- Minimum 12 years of work-related experience
- Or a combination of education and directly related experience equal 16 years if non-degreed;
- Ability to communicate effectively with audiences
- Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
- Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner

**Other Job Requirements**
- Prepare, maintain, retrieve, and communicate records, reports, or documents
- Interface with all levels of the project team
- Be proactive with contractors to ensure contract compliance
- Accept and successfully complete an international
- Provide consultative analytical, and contract management
- Protect the Company’s interests by enforcing warranties, mitigating risk, and providing oversight to project contract
- Ensure timely payment of contractors
- Protect the Company’s interests by enforcing warranties, mitigating risk, and providing oversight to project contract management teams
- Manage contract processes to avoid claims and participate in the equitable settlement of claims
- Develop a claims prevention program
- Perform Contractor resource survey Review contracts project set-up
- Audit other projects
- Execute portfolio assignments as requested, perform contract risk assessments, and formulate mitigation strategies
- Develop standard contract templates for a project, prepare Project Contract Procedures, and provide input to Project Final Report
- Coordinate the timely issue/distribution/response of documents to the Contractor
- Coordinate/maintain control of Site Instructions
- Maintain a working knowledge of the Company’s Contract Management Standards

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Advanced degree such as an Masters in Business Administration, Law degree (Juris Doctor)
- Experience developing negotiating contract terms and conditions specifically for contracts related to services, construction, engineering, materials and equipment installation
- Strong understanding of contracting principles and legal terms and conditions
- Broad understanding of the construction industry and contract language associated (EPFC/CM)
- Experience with administering the Request for Proposal/Request for Quotation
- Experience with government contracts for Government Group
- Extensive experience and knowledge in contract formation and contract administration required
- Domestic/international field assignment experience preferred; international project experience preferred
- Strong working knowledge of Contract Law
- Experience in accurately formulating multiple compensation structures
- Experience in work change and claims evaluation and negotiation
- Experience in creating Request for Proposal

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