Senior Commercial Contracts Manager

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

We are looking for ambitious and driven Senior Commercial / Contracts Manager to be part of our successful infrastructure team in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate should have experience in managing the full contract and commercial lifecycle of a major high-speed rail project.

Main Responsibilities

• Management of all the commercial aspects of executing the programme management consultant’s role on a major high-speed rail project
• Manages the monitoring and reporting of contracts administration performance by Consultants, Construction Supervisors and Contractors
• Interface with other teams to meet overall program deliverables
• Assists in the development of the contracts and procurement strategy, standards, policies, procedures and best practices
• Establishing and maintaining procedures for award and administration of Project contracts where this role is in a pre-contract position
• Provides support to the pre-contracts management team to ensure that they meet the Project objectives by establishing contracts and securing materials, equipment and related services on time and within budget, in an ethical manner at all times, in accordance with procedures
  
  

• Minimum of 15 years post graduate experience with experience in major high speed rail project
• Degree holder in Quantity Surveying, or related field (Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering.
• Professionally qualified in MRICS, MCIOB or equivalent is preferable
• Sound knowledge of the contract administration aspects of a major rail project with substantial experience in contract administration
• Experience in managing large teams of up to 15 people
• Experience in international contracting mechanisms e.g. FIDIC
• Experience in the assessment of claims and variations on major infrastructure projects.
• Experienced user of MS Office, contract administration software and project management software
• Undergraduate degree or membership of a recognized International Professional Body e.g. MRICS
• Previous experience in the Middle East is an advantage
• Fluency in English language both written and spoken