Role & responsibilities

- Pre-Award and Tendering:
- Review tender documents, conditions of contract and particular conditions; identify and quantify commercial, legal and technical risks.
- Prepare risk registers, clarification and deviation lists, and contractual inputs to bid submissions.
- Support negotiations and contract finalisation with the Employer/Client.

- Contract Administration
- Draft, review and execute contracts and subcontracts (works, supply, service and lumpsum/item-rate/EPC formats).
- Maintain a contract compliance matrix covering notices, time bars, milestones, payment terms and obligations of both parties.
- Ensure timely issue of contractual notices, correspondence and replies to the Employer/Engineer.
- Manage statutory and contractual compliances: performance and advance bank guarantees, insurances (CAR/EAR, marine cargo, third-party, nuclear liability where applicable), labour licences, PF, GST and registrations.
- Change, Variation and Claims Management
- Identify change events early; issue change notices and prepare variation and change order proposals with supporting records.
- Prepare and submit Extension of Time (EOT) and cost compensation claims, including delay analysis, hindrance and prolongation cost.
- Maintain variation trackers, claim registers, hindrance registers and financial summaries.
- Respond to Engineer's/Employer's determinations and submit notices of dissatisfaction/disagreement within contractual time limits.
- Review and assess subcontractor claims and back-to-back claims against the Employer.

- Subcontract and Supplier Management
- Prepare award notes, budget approvals and contract award recommendations.




- Ensure back-to-back alignment of subcontracts with the main contract; review subcontract terms and conditions.
- Process and certify running and final bills in line with measured quantities and contract rates.
- Disputes, Arbitration and Closure
- Manage dispute escalation: DAB/DAAB, amicable settlement, conciliation, arbitration and litigation.
- Coordinate with Legal, external counsel and experts; compile evidence, chronology and records.
- Drive final account settlement, release of retention and guarantees, and formal contract closure.

- Reporting and Coordination
- Prepare monthly contract MIS, commercial dashboards, cash-flow and exposure reports for senior management.
- Coordinate with planning, engineering, procurement, QA/QC, finance and site teams for contemporaneous record keeping.

- Experience
- 15 - 20 years in contracts and claims management on large infrastructure and EPC projects, with experience on both Contractor and Client sides.
- Hands-on submission and settlement of EOT, variation and cost claims, and exposure to dispute resolution.
- Experience in any of: ports/marine, roads/bridges, railways, offshore/oil and gas, nuclear/power.

- Technical and Contractual Knowledge
- FIDIC Red, Yellow, Silver and Blue books; familiarity with NEC, MoRTH/NHAI, Indian Railways/DFCC and CPWD/Government of India contract forms.
- Indian Contract Act, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Limitation Act and Sale of Goods Act; knowledge of GST and labour-law compliance.
- Delay analysis methods (time impact, windows, as-planned vs as-built) and quantum assessment.
- Quantity surveying, measurement, rate analysis and interim/final billing.

📌 Contracts Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Cemindia Projects
📍 Mumbai