Contracts Manager / Lead

Company Description 

• Work with an outstanding team of specialist consultants
• Advise major clients on large scale programmes and flagship projects
• Challenge themselves in a market leading global business
• Develop and drive business relationships with an existing client base

• Supporting the management team in business operations with focused attention to the strategic growth of our Contract Services division in line with our Vision 2025
• Uganda based.
• A sound understanding of national and international construction contracts and the relevant processes and procedures
• Extensive experience working with FIDIC suite of contracts and specifically the MDB Harmonized Edition 2010
• Wide-ranging experience of roles and positions within the construction industry including roles with clients and contractors/subcontractors
• Demonstrate a level of expertise in adjudication, arbitral, or ligation processes
• Strong commercial management experience on major projects
• Confident in a client-facing environment, with good presentational skills and natural gravitas
• Capable of conducting detailed project reviews with support from the wider team
• Solid experience of compiling audit reports for an internal and external client base
• Experience of performance forensics, whether from a quantum or delay background
• Application of robust and methodical analytical skills, with a flexible and adaptable approach to service delivery under a number of challenging scenarios
• Confident in approach, with the ability to lead claims
• Experience of providing consultancy services on live contracts and projects in distress
• A natural in business development, both internally and externally, with a track record of success

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Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in construction or legal related discipline or similar
• Minimum 20 years’ experience in the handling and management of claims and disputes on major projects at an international level
• Professional accreditation and membership of industry leading and internationally recognised institute(s)
• African experience a must, ideally within East Africa
• Experience on high dollar value contracts
• The ability to share examples of specific areas of contract they were successful in arguing in arbitration or court
• Experience in FIDIC, JBC and bespoke contracts

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