Senior Contracts Manager-Rail & transit

SENER is an independent engineering & construction firm. Established in 1956, today SENER employs 4000 people globally. Our mission is to serve our clients and the society by providing advanced, accurate and effective engineering solutions that improve our clients’ businesses and facilitate society’s access to competitive, safe, sustainable, and state-of-the-art services, equipment, and utilities.

Expanding our presence in Toronto and the Canada SENER aspires to incorporate people with the greatest talent and vocation, guiding their human and professional development through growing responsibilities and challenges. We believe in our professionals and support their performance, offering an environment with sufficient freedom to motivate individual initiatives that add value to our operations and improve SENER. We trust the best to lead, avoiding any discrimination and demanding not only professional aptitude and results but also exemplary conduct, teamwork, dedication, and commitment.

At SENER we know that, with the right people on board, everything is possible. Currently, we are looking for a Contracts manager with a Rail engineering project background to join our team on a perm basis. This role is hybrid and may involve some site visits with our clients. This role will require 3 days per week in our 130 Adelaide street office.

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 Design Engineers Project Managers, Project Director, Commercial Directors, Legal Counsel in all areas of contracts administration. This is a new role to an existing team.

• Monitor and foster compliance to contractual requirements by consulting with the project delivery team

• 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 the company 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

• 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

• Other duties as assigned

• Must have 10 plus years of experience in contract management

• Minimum of 10-12 years of experience administering / negotiating / managing contracts

• Must have both client and supplier experience

• Experience in the Rail or large Civil project industry preferred

• Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, including the ability to deal professionally with difficult individuals and problematic situations

• Engineering background is a plus but not mandatory

• Must be an Initiative-taking individual capable of working independently with minimal supervision, who is also a team player

• Must have the ability to comprehend and understand requirements, company policies particularly pertaining to contracts, insurance, bonding, and risk management

• Fluency in other languages like French and Spanish an asset but not mandatory

• Experience working on large projects in Rail and Infrastructure is mandatory

• Engineering background is not mandatory but an asset