Purpose/Objective

Owns the live commercial position of assigned contracts the working contracts authority who protects the project's entitlements, controls change and keeps the commercial record defensible.
Manages claims and variations day-to-day and supervises the contract administration team.

Key Responsibilities of Role

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION & COMPLIANCE • Administer assigned contracts to their terms — notices, obligations, milestones and time-bars.
• Ensure correspondence and instructions are issued correctly and on time to preserve entitlements.
• Maintain the contract, correspondence and change registers as the commercial system of record.
CHANGE, CLAIMS & VARIATION MANAGEMENT • Assess, price and process variations and change orders; protect the project against unpriced scope creep.
• Build and defend the project's claims and counter-claims with evidence and contemporaneous records.
• Track contractor claims and manage exposure on extensions of time and prolongation.




COMMERCIAL RISK & RECOVERY • Monitor commercial risk — LDs, retention, guarantees, insurances and contractor solvency.
• Coordinate with CFMC so commercial positions are reflected correctly in the cost baseline.
• Support dispute avoidance, negotiation and, where needed, formal resolution.
TEAM SUPERVISION & STANDARDS • Plan and review the CAD team's work; uphold record discipline and turnaround.
• Be first escalation point and the interface to Legal, CFMC and site commercial teams.
• Standardise contract templates, registers and notice formats.

Technical Competencies

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's in Engineering / Law; contracts (FIDIC) / quantity surveying certification preferred 10-14 years in contract administration, claims and commercial management on large EPC / infrastructure projects, including supervisory experience

📌 Lead - CAD -Defence Project (Kanpur)
🏢 Adani Group
📍 Kanpur