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Here you will find an environment conducive to helping you make the most of your abilities and skills.\nThis Sector is looking for another talented professional to complement their team, in the form of a Contracts Manager.\nWe welcome your application if you believe you meet the requirements for this position.\nThe below listed responsibilities and requirements are assessed during the interview stages and will further be confirmed with the relevant professional references that you currently are or have reported to in your previously two positions.\nCore Purpose\nThe Contracts Manager is responsible for monitoring, managing, analysing, reporting and making recommendations on contractual, commercial, administrative and programme aspects of the Construction Works.\nKey Performance Areas\nAssist in the compilation of construction-related contractual correspondence, and draft responses to all such incoming correspondence, in co-operation with the responsible SM(s).\nResponsible for coordinating and compiling daily, weekly, monthly reports for progress, finance, construction progress, disputes, and claims.\nResponsible for coordination and submission of construction records to the Engineering Team for compilation of As-Built records.\nMaintain registers and ensure timely responses to all correspondence, claims, and queries from the Contractor.\nArrange for all site meetings and subordinate meetings including agendas, invitations, access to meetings, venues and production and distribution of minutes.\nEvaluate project events, variation notices and any other claims for entitlement and recommend appropriate action.\nResponsible manager for all Construction matters of the Construction Management team, including providing assistance to DRB (Dispute Review Board) process.\nEvaluate reports on progress vs programme with respect to Construction Works and make recommendations.\nMonitor, analyse, report and make recommendations on milestone achievement and payment certification with respect to current contractual issues relating to Construction Works\nIntegrate the efforts of the Contracts Management team with those of the Construction Assurance team, communicate contractual priorities and address CAM (Contract Administrative Management) contractual requirements.\nCo-ordinate the efforts of the Contracts Management team with those of the other relevant PST (Project Support Teams), including programming, variations, land, utilities etc. and communicate information requirements of Contracts Management purposes.\nInterface personally with SM’s (i.e. Chief Resident Engineers and Resident Engineers) on contractual issues and assist them in leading and directing the Section Contracts and Programme Engineers, including liaison on site admin structures and plans necessary for the commercial function.\nCoordinate with the Section Mangers in compiling the monthly development programme progress reports, check that their reporting is aligned across all Sections and that it covers contractual aspects.\nResponsible manager to collate, reconcile, co-ordinate and access from site construction records the specific information as required for Contract Management purposes, through Section Contracts and Programme Engineers (or their Section Managers). Regularly review and align record-keeping on site for Contracts Management purposes.\nIdentify construction-related contractual risk and recommend appropriate action.\nManage construction-related risks and bring them in line with the broader PST risk management process.\nDevelop and maintain a construction-related risk register.\nCompile ad hoc reports as required for approval by the Head of Contracts Management (i.e., FIDIC Engineer)\nRelay issues of concern to the Head of Contracts Management.\nGrow and develop site-based commercial staff, identify CPD (Continuing Professional Development) opportunities for them and self.\nRequirements\nJob Requirements\nQualifications:\nBSc/BEng, or B-Tech Degree in Civil Engineering or Quantity Surveying.\nProfessional registration with ECSA as a PrEng or PrTech or registration with SACPQSP would be advantageous \nExperience:\nA minimum of 10 years’ experience on major civil construction projects, 5 of which have been spent as a Quantity Surveyor or Contracts Engineer and/or Programming Engineer\nWorking knowledge of construction law.\nIdeally experienced in one or a combination of the following: construction of weirs, pipelines, roads, buildings and structures, and or heavy foundations and civil construction.\nPerson Requirements\nCore competencies:\nPossession of good computer and data base skills.\nLeadership skills with previous experience of multi-discipline and multi-cultural environments.\nExcellent communication skills.\nRisk management skills.\nDeadline driven.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4972,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-04T21:27:14Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":24,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.663,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":82,"expected_fill_days":46,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/gibb-contracts-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/gibb-contracts-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T07:39:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3368,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3894774},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3894774"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgibb-contracts-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgibb-contracts-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgibb-contracts-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/gibb-contracts-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgibb-contracts-manager"}]}