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You as a Senior Contract Manager, will be part of Power Grids, Grid Integration (PGGI), HVDC business based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. With analytical, hands-on, and autonomous approach, you contribute to the successful performance of Contract Management in the assigned project. You are a reliable partner, when it comes to the day-to-day contract administration and project execution, flow-down and preparation of contracts or subcontracts and ensuring contract and risk management activities are timely and accurately executed protecting Hitachi Energy ’s interests throughout projects lifecycle. Do you enjoy working in teams to enhance their performance through your competence? Are you looking for a position, where you can work and interface with various business and project disciplines and work as a part of a Contract Management team?  If so, we look forward to receiving your application.

Your responsibilities

  • Ensuring that own assigned portfolio of contracts or specific projects (back-office or at the site) in the business follow contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with applicable procedures.
  • Providing guidance and leadership on contract related matters to cross­ functional business team members and developing contract strategy based on Hitachi Energy ’s policies, customer requirements, and the overall executing strategy considering risk, pricing, scope, and schedule.
  • Identifying the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule, and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlighting areas of opportunities and potential risk.
  • Ensuring timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts or subcontracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.) and verifying that all parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding.
  • Assessing the success of the contract and determines if there are any lessons learned for future contracting and documenting and communicating to all relevant parties any deficiencies found as part of the closeout process.
  • Establishing and enforcing standard methodologies in portfolio of contracts to identify, notify, enforce, or defend changes or claims (passive or active).
  • Negotiation strategy and supports settlement to Hitachi Energy Legal in handling dispute resolution, litigation, and arbitration proceedings as they may arise and notifies and liaises with Hitachi Energy legal to report major claims and keeps updated on any critical development during project execution.
  • Supporting in the drafting of Subcontracts and Supply Contracts and ensures that relevant (supply or sub) contracts contain appropriate contract terms to protect Hitachi Energy's interest including flow-down of main contract terms.
  • Regularly analyzing the contract terms and conditions against project development as to proactively highlight areas of potential opportunity or risk and seeking advice from Hitachi Energy Legal to draft, negotiating and finalizing agreements during the Sales and Project Execution phases.
  • Developing and implementing risk mitigation and opportunity plans in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.
  • Ensuring insurance provisions within the contract are adhered to and coordinates with Insurance Risk Management regarding occurrences that may be covered by customer, or third party or Hitachi Energy provided insurance. Supporting Insurance Risk Management in producing damage reports.
  • Seeking advice from Hitachi Energy export control to ensure accurate handling of all export control matters regarding restrictions on exports, applicable destination laws considering countries, customers or products involved and the respective laws and Hitachi Energy regulations.
  • Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background             

  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, business administration, economics or law is required.
  • Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in EPC projects contract management within the fields of power transmission, substations, converter stations, grid integration, generation, or similar industrial plant (with an emphasis on civil and electrical installations interfaces).
  • Demonstrating successful experience in processing, managing, and administrating varying sizes, types, and complexity of contractual agreements during the execution and closing stages of the project lifecycle including consortia agreements.
  • Previous experience in the Saudi energy and power transmission or grid projects is highly desirable and in project’s change management, claim management and dispute resolution within project lifecycle.
  • Ability to interface and negotiate with customers and subcontractors regarding all matters related to contracts and projects including those related to the review and process of changes and to work in a corporate office and/or project site environment.
  • Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.

Ubicación Jeddah, Maddinah, Saudi Arabia
Tipo de empleo Full time
Experiencia Experienced
Función laboral Legal, Compliance & Audit
Contrato Regular
Fecha de publicación 2024-09-03
Número de referencia R0055692

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