Assistant Manager-Contracts & Legal

Key Responsibilities:  

• Assume responsibility for all project contractual activities from Hand Over from BD/Proposal Group until all relevant contractual obligations are complete and all relevant contractual issues are resolved/settled.
• Oversee major functions of contract management, including drafting, evaluation, negotiation and execution of subcontracts in liaison with Central Procurement & Contracts and Legal Team.
• Identification of Customer/Consortium and other third party obligations and development and implementation of the Project Contract Commercial Plan, including Project Claim Strategy.
• Liaise with Project Planning Manager to ensure Contract Programme and appropriate schedules for subcontracts are produced and maintained, to support Project Claim Strategy.
• Support project risk and opportunity identification and analysis.  Support the management of risks and opportunities by development and implementation of appropriate Project Contract Commercial Plan.
• Preservation of company’s rights and entitlements as provided in the Contract.  Ensure proper notices are given in line with contract requirements.  Management of claims to/from customers and consortium partners, subcontractors, vendors.  Support the management of claims to/from Contractors and Suppliers as required.
• Ensuring appropriate recovery from third parties.
• Management of customer Variation Requests/Change Orders.
• Management of Project Insurances in liaison with Finance / Insurance Department.  Assist the Concerned Team for submission, monitoring and settlement of insurance claims in accordance with the policies.
• Establishment and implementation of project specification contractual procedures, particularly regarding claims, insurance, variation orders, correspondence and notifications for both main contracts and subcontracts.
• Monitor transaction compliance (milestones, deliverables, invoicing, etc.).
  Handle on-going issue and change management.
  Monitor contract close-outs, extensions and/or renewal.
• Support and guidance to Project team on general contractual issues. Clarification of contractual/legal queries, if required by referring to HO Contracts Cell.
• Providing Contract Management support as required in the event of a (potential) dispute.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on relevant country business norms, legal conditions, and customs, and ensure this information is incorporated in contract agreements as required.
• Undertaking any other contractual/commercial tasks as instructed/requested by Project Director and/or Functional Management.
• Coordinate closely with HO Relevant Discipline staff to secure additional technical, financial, contract, and legal support as needed.
  Develop and implement procedures for contract management and administration in compliance with company policy. As appropriate, contribute to or influence said policies.
• Provide regular reviews and updates on the status of ongoing contracts to Project Director and HO Contracts & Legal Cell.

Qualification And Experience:-

• B.E / B. Tech (Electrical / Mechanical / Civil) with Post Graduation in Project Management from NICMAR, Pune. LLB is preferred though not essential.
• Experience in large complex capital EPC projects, Power Projects and preferable exposure to Site Construction Projects in India & overseas.

Technical Competencies:-

• Strong fundamentals and understanding of Contract Law, Arbitration Laws Statutory Requirement applicable to such Contracts.
• Technical understanding about, Term Sheet, EPC Contracts (FIDIC Based or other International Contract Forms), Service Contracts, Supply Contracts, Quantity Surveying.
• Experience of high level negotiations.
• Proficient ability in Computers, Microsoft Word, Excel, Presentations and project/supply chain management software, if any.

Location:-

• Mumbai, Maharashtra

Company Overview:-

A business partnership born out of friendship and mutual respect in the 1920s between Shapoorji Mistry Sr. and Mehervan Daruvala, the latter’s company Wilson Electric Works served as an electrical contractor for Shapoorji Pallonji Construction, working on some of India’s biggest commercial and residential projects.

As the relationship blossomed, Wilson Electric Works joined forces with Sterling Investments of the SP Group in the year 1973, to form the engineering behemoth that is Sterling and Wilson.

Starting from delivering large-scale projects in the middle-east in the 1970s, we quickly expanded our presence across Asia and subsequently across the globe, our projects spanning 8 different verticals.