Contracts Manager(Wind and Solar)
Market-related Salary
Cape Town
Purpose
The Contracts Manager is responsible for the management of various Contracts for multi-party renewable energy projects as well as the monitoring and processing of the required work scope which includes managing of variations and working closely with the project planning function.
Responsibilities
- Development and management of the Contract Management Schedule
- Draft contracts and amendments and bring continuous improvements to templates
- Analyse supplier contracts for possible improvement and optimisation for commercial leverage.
- Support contract negotiations
- Drafting of notices under the different Contracts
- Record keeping and maintaining of the Notice Register comprising of Notices to and from the Contractor
- Management of the cost allocated keeping track of all invoices and setting them off against the allocated budget
- Creating purchase orders for new Agreements
- Project Execution Follow-up: Manage changes, variations and claims in all contracts and subcontracts
- Providing input to the construction and maintenance reports
- Consolidating and providing input into the monthly report and the CTA reports
- Reviewing the monthly progress report from the Contractor and ensuring that the notice register provided corresponds to the internal register.
Qualifications and Experience
- Quantity Surveying Qualification or equivalent.
- Project Management / Administration Qualification advantageous
- 8-10 years of relevant experience in the Contracts Management field
- Knowledge and experience in renewable energies and energy sector and its regulation is a strong plus
- Good understanding of project lifecycles
- Strong experience dealing with contract and process claims
- Experience dealing with disputes
- Experience or exposure to ISO 9001 procedures advantageous
- Experience with implementing a document management system advantageous