At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Procurement

• Oversight and management of Long Lead Equipment Procurement Process with Contractor to ensure compliance to Client requirements
• Facilitate Meetings between Contractor and Client stakeholders, including Design team to support LLE Procurement Process, including follow up with respective stakeholders for their input
• Review Contractor LLE Procurement Plan and scope demarcation of packages
• Monitoring and tracking of LLE Procurement Plan and reporting of status and risks
• Support identification of issues between the Design drawings and Vendor Equipment Drawings and manage differences, driving clear direction on most onerous requirements with Contractor.
• Support identification of issues with global equipment meeting local requirements with Contractor.
• Support identification of buildability issues including safety-in design, spatial requirements, fire rating issues, future connectivity, and local standard compliance with Contractor.
• Monitoring and tracking of equipment schedule post-PO issue to ROJ and reporting of status and risks
• Manage and Identify Risk Issues with each item, including time or cost impacts.
• Oversight and management of Contractor to produce list of LLE close-out deliverables in accordance with Client’s requirement for tracking and close-out
• Document lessons learned for future projects

Contracts

Key Role Statement

• The vendor Contracts Manager is a support role to the Client Project Manager and Client Contracts Manager providing project supports in the areas of supply chain management, contract services and equipment procurement, contract execution and contracts management. The Vendor Contracts Manager will be an extension of the Client Contracts Manager to provide the tactical project execution reporting to the Client Contracts Manager.
• Support the Sourcing & Procurement of GC’s, AE’s, Commissioning Agents, QA/QC, LLE, PM, Project Controls and Site Selection Due Diligence services. Also support any other “goods” and “service” needed by the project that is paid out of the capital project (specialist consultants).

Responsibilities and Deliverables

Supply Chain Management

• Manage the Contract Procurement Plan and regularly report out on performance of same.
• Facilitate project / campus level vendor oversight and performance management.
• Provide audit and oversight of the GC trade subcontract procurement plan including the recommendation of client nominated bidders.

Contract Services/LLE Procurement

• Own the site / campus specific RFP & Contracting Processes.
• Maintain a diversified supply chain, mitigate supplier capacity and schedule risks
• Perform supplier sourcing, prequalification, bid list process for new suppliers
• Onboarding of new Regional/Site suppliers
• Manage drawdown of services/LLEs from Regional Frameworks.
• Critically appraise contracts documents to ensure requisite quality of the package prior to RFP / Contract.
• Manage contractual exceptions process in consultation with Client Legal team.

• Contract Execution

• Draft contract documents in strict accordance with Client Legal team approved contract templates.
• Work closely with the Client to ensure effective and timely document processing and management of contract documents.
• Review and sign off on all Change Orders.

• Contracts Management

• Draft Contractual Notices for the Client Team.
• Administer the claims management process.
• Monitor Contractor’s delay/claim notices and draft responses as required.
• Monitor changes on the project and flag any potential impact to the project.
• Manage the Dispute Resolution Process as appropriate in support of Client Legal.
• Manage the Stage 2 Lump Sum / GMP process and engage Project Controls team as appropriate.
• Manage insurance related matters for the project
• Provide on job contract advice to the Client Project Management team.

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 10 - 15 years' international experience working on a range of projects.
• Experience from consultancy background is preferred. 
• Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiation, influence and persuade others
• Excellent contract and cost negotiation skill
• Excellent verbal and written business communication skills, experience in preparing contractual and legal documents

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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