Description:
A global energy company operating in Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, playing a significant role in energy transition is looking to hire a Senior Contracts Administrator for their operations in Cape Town.
Minimum requirements:
• Degree in the built environment/engineering and/or construction law is desirable.
• Minimum 7 Years of Experience working with large complex projects in the Energy industry, preferably in the REIPPPP.
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in all facets of Contract Administration and Management within a large scale project.
• Ability to understand and analyse the details of non-contractual matters such as engineering, cost control, planning and construction in order to provide relevant contractual support.
• Basic understanding of scheduling/planning principles.
Your responsibilities will include:
• Assist in contractual aspects of executing the project including risk assessment. Identify and draw the Construction Contract Managers’ attention to the contractual risks.
• Have detailed knowledge of the Power Purchase Agreement, EPC Contract, O&M Agreement, DCUOSA, distribution and transmission self-build agreement and various Project Agreements/permits/consents and manage the stakeholders effectively in line with the contracts.
• Be able to draft contractual communications for these agreements, as applicable, for the review by the Construction Contract Manager and/or project team.
• Be familiar with the list of the Project’s Deliverables (obligation registers) for the various agreements listed above and actively monitor the documentation preparation to ensure that each deliverable is completed in a timely manner.
• Ensure that the Construction Contract Manager is fully aware of contractual obligations and how to discharge them properly, ideally through the medium of conducting meetings to explain what is set out in the Contract Summary.
• Ensure that the Project Manager and the Contract Manager aware of all claims and potential disputes as soon as they arise.
• Process documentation and change protocols associated with Contractor’s variations and claims.
• Assist in preparing and issuing pass-through claims regarding one of the Project Documents.
• Keep the Contract Manager and the Project Manager informed on all contractual claims and disputes arising between the Employer and Contractor and assist in compiling all the information/data necessary to be able to defend the Employer’s position.
• Draft ‘position papers’ regarding claims and variations for review by the Contract Manager.
• Attend and actively participate in internal and external meetings.
• Main and keep up-to-date registers for various matters, including bonds, contracts, variations, and claims.
Should you meet the above requirements, please send a detailed CV to engineering.jobs@mspstaffing.co.za or call the team on XXX-XXXX.