Company Description

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our Purpose

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our Values

Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice

Job Description

Project office based in Guinea, Africa

• Understand and administer contracts to ensure the obligations and responsibilities are met in a timely, accurate, effective, and compliant manner.
• Prepare and organise construction package tender documents.
• Arrange to issue tender document and manager the tender process.
• Document all the tender clarifications and conduct tender evaluations.
• Organize price, terms, and conditions negotiations with preferred bidders.
• Prepare the request for Approval to award the contract.
• Issue letter of Award upon Approval and arrange kick-off meeting.
• Issue letter of appreciation to all non-successful bidders.
• Review claims to establish responsibility, prepare variations and extensions of time and organise approvals.
• Problem solve contractual queries and offer well thought out solutions for consideration.
• Coordinate/chair contractor meetings, take minutes and follow up action items to ensure they are closed out.
• Measuring and assessing payment claims. Ensuring invoices are approved and paid.
• Manage the resolution of contract inconsistencies and/or changes in terms and conditions via coordinated discussions and liaison with project management.
• Assist with expediting and logistics by regular contact with suppliers and working through any issues with them.
• Ensure insurances and securities are valid and maintained.
• Work closely with cost control, scheduling, expediting, doc control and construction supervisors and managers.
• Visit the construction site and attend progress meetings to understand progress, construction issues, minimise risk and promote safe work practices.
• Develop initiatives to improve internal processes and procedures.
• Report on periodic bases on contractual performance
• Any other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in relevant contracts administration and management role.
• A recognised Degree Qualification in Commerce, Quantity Surveying, Engineering or related fields.
• Ideally project experience in mining, infrastructure or downstream sectors.
• Substantial experience working within a Contracts, from an Operator and/or EPCM or Contractor perspective.
• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail.
• Team player with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong skills in analysing tender submissions and making recommendations to award Effective written skills (e.g. drafting concise award recommendations, drafting contract correspondence and variations)
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills with excellent communication skills and ability to manage multiple work packages and interface with internal customers.
• Excellent communication, both verbal and written, and co-ordination Chinese and English skills.
• Standard industry software skills are essential.
  
  

Note : potential candidate with less working experience will be consider for intermediate role.

Additional Information

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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