Job Title: Site QS and Commercial Manager
Location: Dubai
Contract Start Date: 01/05/2025
Contract Finish Date: 31/10/2026
Working Hours: 50 hours per week (Sunday to Thursday)
Weekend Working: As required
Certifications:
- Extensive experience with Quantity Surveying
- Extensive knowledge and familiarity with contract terms of EPC and construction contracts and with allocation of risks in such relationships
- Experience in setting up and negotiating terms and conditions of subcontracts
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor would be advantageous (RICS / CICES)
- Competent negotiator
- Commercially competent including advanced understanding of principles of contract law
Other Requirements:
- Performs contract analyses with regard to opportunities and risks identification of Variation order and/or claim potential
- Ensures commercial requirements are met and client contractual rights and entitlements are protected
- Inputs into the Project Change and Claims Strategy and writes and implements the Contractor change and claims strategies
- Supporting the respective Package Manager and Site rep in contractual matters, e.g., supporting the contractual change order processes and reviewing and drafting of correspondence of contractual relevance
- Identifying, evaluating, and following up on all events relevant for incoming and outgoing claims
- Collecting, preparing, analysing, and managing relevant claim documents (including drafting of letters) and evidence in accordance with contractual deadlines & requirements
- Ensure timely contractual notifications are made
- Performing quantum and/or delay analyses in view of establishing causation for relevant events impacting the scope of works or project schedule
- Providing expert advice and support to project management and site management
- Pursuing or defending claims based on collection of and advising on relevant project records, documentation, and all relevant facts
- Ensures efficient communication with all relevant internal stakeholders, i.e., Planning, Quality Management, EHS, suppliers
- Supports Procurement and Logistics, if applicable
- Regularly participates in lessons learnt in relation to the supply chain conditions of contract
- Actively builds relationships with the Contractor commercial management
- Identifying relevant contractual aspects for developing and implementing project-specific claim strategies
Scope of Works:
- Commercial management of the Tier 1 Contractor
- Carrying out on-site verification of the Contractor’s applications for payment
- Performing initial evaluation of the Contractor’s Early Warnings and Variation proposals, and claims
- Liaising with the Contractor on demonstrating actual cost of variations
- Participation in meetings with the Contractor’s representatives on a daily and weekly basis as needed
- Providing weekly highlight reports to the Client Deputy/Package & Commercial Manager
- Monitor risks and raise alert to any perceived trends or issues
- Contribute proactively to the delivery of an inherently safe and quality wind farm that minimizes the cost of energy over the life of the project
- Liaise with other members of the relevant package and stakeholders as required
- Supporting project procurement by advising on administrative and commercial terms & conditions for subcontracts
- Reviews and evaluates the contract conditions including all attachments, incorporating tender knowledge from Legal
- Supports the Package Manager in identifying, evaluating, assessing risks & opportunities, strategies, and response
- Manages or participates in the final account settlements of the Contractor