Contract Manager

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

We are looking for a Contract Manager to join our Legal and Contracts team.

The Contracts Manager ensures that proper contract procedures are implemented, administered and maintained in accordance with the company's policies and procedures and the specific project requirements.

You will provide support to Project Managers, Project Director, Commercial Directors, Legal Counsel/Contracts Director and other corporate departments in all areas of contracts administration, claims, risk and para-legal matters relating to active projects and bid proposals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the project delivery team and manage issues
  
• Monitor and foster compliance to contractual requirements by liaising with the project delivery team (i.e., Project Manager, Scheduler, Procurement, Technical Leads, etc.) in order to provide clarity on the company's contractual obligations and to manage issues arising out of potentially noncompliant areas of delivery
  
• Contribute to the development and implementation of any risk mitigation plan, including the drafting of formal project communications
  
• Review, draft, and negotiate end customer & supplier agreements
  
• Lead, in tandem with other colleagues (e.g., Sales, Procurement, etc.), the development of contractual arrangements between Hitachi and its customers or suppliers
  
• Advise on contractual structures and risks emanating from the envisioned transaction
  
• Ensure that project delivery interests are being advanced and coordinate inputs from support functions within company (e.g., Finance, Insurance, etc.) with emphasis on infrastructure-type and technology contracts
  
• Manage contract change order process
  
• Proactively work to ensure that contract requirements for realizing change orders are submitted in a timely fashion and contain all required information, including sufficient supporting documentation
  

Claims management

• Lead the management of claims, including but not limited to those associated with out-of-scope work and extension of time, in consort with internal stakeholders (e.g., Project Manager, executive management, etc.) by ensuring that all required contractual steps are professionally managed
  
• Direct involvement with negotiation of claims
  

Risk and compliance assessments

• Assess, at all stages of the bid/project lifecycle, key risks arising from the contract
  
• Work with the bid or project delivery team, as applicable, to contextualize such risks and to implement appropriate mitigation measures
  

Report and present to executive management

• Regular presentation to senior management on key elements of contract and bid files; presentations will require written support materials (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  
• Routine (less formal) reporting to management of the Legal and Contracts Department also required
  

Formal dispute resolution process

• Manage claim files as they progress into more formal forum for resolution (e.g., litigation, arbitration, mediation)
  
• Liaise with in-house and external counsel in the development of the claim file
  

 

Required Skills and Experience:

• Post-graduate degree in law and/or have significant experience in contract management
  
• Minimum of 2-3 years' experience administering / negotiating / managing contracts, both client and supplier, in an international environment
  
• Fluent in English
  

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, including the ability to deal professionally with difficult individuals and problematic situations
  
• Excellent written skills, to ensure a proper level of professionalism with respect to correspondence to clients
  
• Knowledge of FIDIC/NEC contracts is an asset
  
• Engineering background is a plus
  
• Self-motivated individual capable of working independently with minimal supervision, who is also a team player
  
• Strong organizational ability and problem-solving capability
  
• Ability to understand requirements and company policies particularly pertaining to contracts, insurance, bonding and risk management
  
• Fluency in other languages will be an asset
  

#LI - Hybrid

This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible, or able to obtain authorization, for such access.

Ce poste exige un accès direct ou indirect au matériel informatique, aux logiciels, à la technologie ou aux données techniques contrôlés en vertu de la Liste canadienne des marchandises et technologies d'exportation contrôlée ou en vertu de la réglementation américaine Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Tous les candidats doivent être admissibles à cet accès ou en mesure d'obtenir une autorisation pour un tel accès.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers .

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