Department: Energy and natural resources
Company Description
At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference.
That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major general clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 108 offices in 45 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused.
Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver.
As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
The Contract Administrator will be responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of contract management, ensuring alignment with best practices and project objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Analyze contracting strategies, identifying pros and cons of proposed packaging approaches, especially for fabrication and goods-related scopes.
Prepare and review bidding documents, identifying potential exposures and risk areas.
Conduct market research to identify potential bidders and prepare bidder lists.
Lead bidding processes, manage communications, and coordinate internal stakeholders.
Perform rigorous technical and commercial evaluations of bids based on pre-established criteria.




Conduct risk and SWOT analyses of potential awardees.
Lead kickoff meetings and regular follow-ups, ensuring open actions are assigned and closed.
Review and consolidate contractor documentation required for contract initiation.
Monitor contractor's technical compliance in coordination with engineering, construction, and QA/QC teams.
Monitor contractor's administrative compliance, including reporting, in coordination with project controls and H&S; teams, and promptly notify any non-compliance.
Analyze schedule deviations and support recovery planning.
Review and respond to correspondence with support from technical or service specialists, maintaining an updated log and traceability of events.
Review and approve/reject payment certificates with input from technical and service areas.
Process change requests and resolve them in accordance with contractual terms.
Update risk registers throughout contract execution.
Identify and escalation internal alerts regarding potential claims, seeking resolution within the contract framework.
Maintain continuous, respectful, and professional communication with the contractor's counterpart.
Manage technical and financial close-out processes.
Conduct post-execution contractor evaluations.
Capture and document lessons learned.
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