Contract Manager

Location:

Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

Job ID:

R0056695

Date Posted:

2024-07-24

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Profession (Job Category):

Legal, Compliance & Audit

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

Mission Statement:

Responsible for all aspects of contract management from tendering to the final execution, keeping to internal standard procedures and current market trends to attract new business.

Your Responsibility :

• You must ensure the portfolio of contracts in the business follows contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with internal standard procedures. 
• You must review and comments on commercial and technical tender terms and conditions. Develops contract strategy based on Hitachi’s policies, customer requirements, and the overall execution strategy taking into account risk, pricing, scope, and schedule. 
• You must identify the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk.  Ensures timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.).
• You must establish and enforces standard change methodologies in portfolio of contracts to identify changes and quantify the additional time and compensation due to Hitachi per the contract, defines approval requirements and communicates changes to the customer.
• You must enforce and defends Hitachi's contractual interests against customer and suppliers during the whole of a project life cycle, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations, as well as defending and enforcing claims. In concert with Legal, develops the negotiation strategy and supports negotiations. Supports Legal handling formal dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration. Notifies and liaises with Legal to report major claims and keeps Legal updated of any critical development during project execution. 
• You will support drafting of Purchase Orders, Contracts and Subcontracts and ensures that relevant (sub) contracts contain appropriate contract terms to protect Hitachi’s interest, including flow-down of main contract terms. 
• You must analyze prime contract terms to highlight areas of potential opportunity and risk, such as ambiguities, omissions and conflicts, as work proceeds.  Seeks advice from Legal to draft, negotiate and finalize agreements during the Sales and Project Execution phases.  Develops and implements risk mitigation and opportunity plan in concert with Project Manager and/or Sales Manager or FES Manager. 
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• Bachelor's degree.
• 10-15 years in a Contract Management role (or similar), preferably with an EPC or major electrical manufacturer and supplier.
• Knowledge of relevant local contracting Standards and International standards.
• Very good communication & networking & drafting skills. 
• Legal or QS background will be looked highly upon but not essential.