QS/Contracts Manager (Marine Civil Works)
Recognized Bachelor Degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering
10 years of relevant experience in marine and/or coastal projects
Involved from pre-contract to post-contract stage
The primary focus of this role is to manage and prepare cost estimates for marine/coastal tender projects. This position involves value engineering and determining service pricing. Additionally, it provides project support to ensure timely and advantageous client claims, monitors contractual status, updates project budgets, and ensures accurate and timely payment responses to subcontractor claims.
Job Description:
Tender:
• Manage and prepare cost estimates for marine-related tender projects, including value engineering and determining service pricing.
• Analyze upstream contract terms for risks and opportunities, compute quotations, and support complex contract negotiations.
Commercial & Contracts:
• Prepare claims and advise on contract disputes, extensions, and equitable adjustments.
• Provide reporting on defense against claims, disputes, conflicts, and contractual non-compliance issues.
Others:
• Ensure timely and advantageous client claims, report major contractual status changes, update project budgets, and verify accurate and timely payment responses to subcontractor claims.
- Draft, review and/or negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements in the area of construction matters
- Advise on contractual matters
- Monitor and advise on possible legal risk and provide mitigation strategies
- Support the projects/department in managing any litigation or contentious matters
- Coordinate and liaise with external counsels
- Interpret laws, rulings and regulations for construction transactions
- Manage regulatory and compliance-related services
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in law with at least 5 years practice in a law firm and proven legal skills, combined with a strong reputation for providing commercial solutions, and excellent transactional and management skills
- Has good knowledge in construction/contract law & different standard forms of contracts eg. PSSCOC, SIA, LTA, REDAS, FIDIC, NEC, etc
- Prefer candidates with good experience in handling construction disputes and their proven record
- Prefer candidates with a valid legal practicing certificate
- Reporting to the Head of Contracts Division
