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title: Contract Manager
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  - United Arab Emirates
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# Contract Manager

SYSTRA is one of the world’s leading engineering and consultancy groups
specialising in public transport and sustainable mobility. With over 10,300
employees, SYSTRA’s mission is to design safe and sustainable transport
solutions to bring people together, develop social inclusion and facilitate
access to employment, education and leisure throughout the world.

For 65 years, the Group has been working alongside cities and regions to
contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their
infrastructure and transport systems, throughout the life cycle of their
projects. SYSTRA is involved from the earliest stages of design through to the
testing, deployment and maintenance phases. The company provides all its
services in over 80 countries worldwide and generates 74% of its turnover
internationally. With its new services, SYSTRA supports its clients and partners
in their digital, ecological and energy transition, in order to invent the
mobility of tomorrow.

## Context

Reporting to the  Commercial Director, overall responsibility for contractual,
commercial and control activities
project-wide including those related to payment certificates, variations
(excluding technical scope), claims and notices in relation to contract
performance. He shall be responsible for the preparation and implementation of
procedures related to contract management (e.g. recording and follow-up of all
changes to contract scope, establishing of Variation Order register,
establishing of Disputes register and of register of Employer
claims/contra-charges).

## Missions/Main Duties

- Shall be responsible for the initiation of all outgoing contractual
  correspondence towards the
  Contractor and the vetting of all outgoing correspondence and meeting minutes
  which may have contractual ramifications. Shall equally be responsible for the
  drafting of responses to the Contractor’s contractual correspondence.
- Shall ensure the follow-up of guarantees and insurances provided by the
  Contractor and the increases
  and reductions in value of same as required by the Contract.
- Shall also carry overall responsibility for the satisfactory performance of
  the following functions:
- Supervise and guide the activities of the Quantity Surveyor to ensure timely
  and accurate measurement of work executed for progress payments and evaluation
  of work executed against
  provisional sums.
- Ensure close monitoring of progress and schedule adherence by the Senior
  Planning Engineer as
  support for variation and claims management in addition to generation of input
  for external and internal reporting purposes.
- Ensure meticulous maintenance of cost databases and risk registers as support
  for variation and claims
  management in addition to generation of input for external and internal
  reporting purposes.

## Profile/Skills

- Minimum Ten (10) years’ experience in the required field of expertise
  for similar projects.
- MRICS/FRICS qualified
- MCIArb/FCIArb is a plus
- LLM/MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution is desirable
- GCC experience is a plus
- Proven ability to perform independently in a commercial/contracts
  managers role, possess excellent written and oral communications skills
- Experienced in procurement under different forms of contract for
  major rail transit and/or transport projects
- Experience within railway systems is an added advantage

Systra is an equal opportunities company; this position is open to all
applicants.