Contracts Director

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-leading Design, Engineering and Project Management organization. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, we are a world-leading professional services and project management company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. Our teams are proud to deliver on some of the most prestigious projects across the world. It's thanks to our talented people and their diverse thinking, expertise and knowledge. Join us and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents and expertise. When it comes to work-life balance, AtkinsRéalis is a great place to be. So, let's discuss how our flexible and remote working policies can support your priorities. We're passionate about our work while valuing each other equally. Contracts Director Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the overall contract management working with AtkinsRéalis’s and Client’s core project team.
• Develop a commercial and contractual framework that aligns Client’s objectives with those of the Project participants.
• Verify that the way in which the Project participants are selected, organized and paid, and the conditions of contract used does not hinder these objectives.
• Review the tender documents as to sufficiency of performance specifications to enable tenders for the construction of the Project to be procured to the agreed risk profile.
• Manage the tender process, issuing out tenders, managing interview sessions, establish a pre-tender estimate, assessing market rate benchmarks against submitted bids, producing tender reports and recommendation for awards.
• Work with Employer’s and Client’s project and design team throughout the tender process ensuring professionalism and transparency, and compliance with Code of Conduct.
• Carry out peer review of the intended design commercial tender analysis and recommendations for selection.
• Control cost, time and risk components, providing sufficient transparency to check, challenge and validate these measures.
• During Project execution, check, challenge and validate the actual values of these components measured by the contractor.
• Provide Employer’s and Client’s Project Team with foresight to navigate around potential risks before they become problems.
• Manage the contractor and capture synchronous snapshots of cost, time and scope data, establishing effective data streams.
• Check, challenge and validate the periodic snapshots provided by the contractor.
• Manage Project risks and use forecasts to identify Project risks that are analysed and acted upon.
• Set up and maintain a Project risk register.
• Establish the Project Governance structure and develop the Project Execution Plan.
• Set up and manage the change control process to forecast actions needed to avoid undesirable compromises.
• Set up a project controls model depicting components of project definition and data streams defined by the project's Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Requirements

• A recognized university Degree ideally in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or equivalent.
• Ideally a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Civil / Structural Engineer or Project Manager.
• Minimum of 10 to 15 years’ post qualification experience, ideally with major building projects.
• Team / people management skills and experience and an ability to establish, maintain and develop working relationships in culturally diverse teams.
• Experience with commercial risk identification, assessment, and management.
• Experience with claims assessment.
• Be a confident, resourceful, articulate and clear communicator with the ability to influence others.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis? We at AtkinsRéalis are committed to developing its people both personally and professionally. Our colleagues have access to a high-ranging training portfolio and development activities designed to help make the best of individual’s abilities and talents. Meeting Your Needs To help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we offer employees ‘Total Reward’. Additional Information We are an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community. We value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.

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