• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Contract Administrator


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 15 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  

Department: Advisory

Purpose of the job

• Site based role to manage and deliver Contract Administration services to meet client and business objectives.

Expectations

• In undertaking the role of Senior Contracts Administrator, Turner & Townsend have specific expectations to be met.


• The expectations will form part of your continuous development and performance measurement.  These are set out as follows:

Behaviour:

• You are expected to maintain at all times a professional and focused conduct when engaging with clients, competitors and colleagues.  At all times during your employment with Turner & Townsend, you should act as an ambassador of the global organisation.


• As a Senior Contracts Administrator you are responsible for supporting a positive and confident atmosphere within the Turner & Townsend offices. 


• Your business approach will influence your colleagues and team members and it is therefore important that you reflect the Turner & Townsend standards in your leadership, verbal and non-verbal communication, in your general conduct, your attire and your attitude.

 Confidentiality:

• You shall not (except so far as is necessary and proper in the ordinary course of your employment) make public or disclose to any person any information on Turner & Townsend business dealings or affairs.


• As Senior Contracts Administrator you will treat all client information that is not public knowledge as confidential. 


• You will not give any unauthorized people access to this information.  When working with particular clients you may be required to sign their specific Confidentiality Agreements.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare commercial information for contract and purchase approval documents


• Assist in the payment process of contracts and purchase orders


• Assist with the preparation of tender documentation and adjudication of tenders


• Create and maintain commercial registers


• Create and maintain financial data in SAP or other systems


• Insert data and maintain contracts module as per clients document control system


• Assist with the assembly and compilation of contracts (NEC, FIDIC, Employer Bespoke)


• Provide contracts assurance functionality for design consultants


• Ensure that tender and contract documentation is prepared in a way that minimises risks

Key Qualifications and Experience Required

• Tertiary Qualification or studying towards one


• Minimum of 15 years contract management experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment engineering


• Good understanding and knowledge of modern contracting strategies for major infrastructure projects including forms of contract, payment terms, incentive/penalty arrangements, innovative commercial models and securisation of performance


• Strong experience and skills in handing contractor, consultant progress claims, variation claims and other issues that arise during typical design, procurement and construction contracts


• Highly self-motivated, disciplined and have the ability to work efficiently


• Proven communication and presentation skills


• Ability to work under pressure


• Understanding of an EPCM project environment


• Matric or equivalent


• Strong procurement and project controls experience


• Attention to detail


• Good understanding and knowledge of modern contracting strategies for major projects including forms of contract, payment terms, incentive/penalty arrangements, innovative commercial models and securisation of performance


• Strong experience and skills in handing contractor consultant progress claims, variation claims and other issues that arise during typical design, procurement and construction contracts.