Key Responsibilities

1. Contract Management &
- Administration

- Lead end-to-end contract administration from pre-contract through post-contract stages.

- Review, interpret, and administer construction contracts on behalf of the client.

- Ensure compliance with contractual terms, conditions, obligations, and project requirements.

- Review contract documentation, including agreements, general and special conditions, specifications, drawings, BOQs, and addenda.

- Demonstrate strong understanding of contract document hierarchy, order of precedence, and sequencing of contractual documents.

- Advise the client and project team on contractual risks, obligations, entitlements, and commercial implications.

- Manage contractual correspondence, notices, records, and documentation.

1. GMP Contract Management Mandatory

- Demonstrate strong hands-on experience in Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contracts.

- Review and administer GMP contract provisions, including scope definition, cost components, contingencies, allowances, and exclusions.

- Understand and evaluate GMP establishment, conversion, adjustments, and reconciliation mechanisms.

- Monitor contractor costs and commercial commitments against the agreed GMP.

- Review open-book costing, reimbursable costs, contractor fees, general conditions, contingency utilization, and cost transparency requirements.

- Assess change orders and their impact on the GMP.

- Review cost savings, shared savings provisions, and commercial risk allocation, where applicable.

- Support GMP negotiations, amendments, and final account settlements.

1. Pre-Contract &
- Tender Management

- Review tender documents, contract conditions, commercial terms, and procurement packages.

- Support development of appropriate contracting and procurement strategies.

- Evaluate different contract models, including Lump Sum, Item Rate, EPC, Design &
- Build, Cost Plus, and GMP contracts.

- Review commercial bid evaluations and contractor proposals.

- Participate in pre-bid meetings, commercial clarifications, and contract negotiations.

- Provide recommendations to the client on contractual and commercial matters.

- Support preparation and finalization of contract agreements.

1. Claims, Variations &
- Change Management

- Review and evaluate contractor claims, variations, and change-order requests.





- Assess contractual entitlement, supporting documentation, cost implications, and time impacts.

- Manage change-control procedures and maintain variation registers.

- Review Extension of Time (EOT) claims, delay-related claims, disruption claims, and additional cost claims.

- Coordinate with planning and cost management teams for claim assessments.

- Advise the client on claim mitigation, dispute avoidance, and contractual resolutions.

- Support commercial negotiations and settlement of contractual claims.

1. Contractual Risk Management

- Identify and assess contractual and commercial risks throughout the project lifecycle.

- Review risk allocation between the client, contractors, consultants, and vendors.

- Monitor compliance with contractual milestones, payment obligations, insurance, warranties, guarantees, and performance securities.

- Provide recommendations to minimize contractual exposure and commercial disputes.

- Maintain contractual risk registers and ensure timely escalation of critical issues.

1. Cost &
- Commercial Coordination

- Coordinate with the PMC Cost Manager and Quantity Surveying team on commercial matters.

- Review payment-related contractual provisions and support certification processes.

- Monitor contract values, approved variations, committed costs, and commercial exposure.

- Review contractor commercial submissions and contractual justifications.

- Support project cash-flow assessments, cost forecasts, and final account reconciliation.

- Ensure appropriate commercial governance and contractual compliance.

1. Data Center Project Contract Management

- Manage contractual interfaces between civil, structural, architectural, MEP, electrical, mechanical, HVAC, fire protection, and specialist data center packages.

- Review contractual obligations related to critical infrastructure systems and equipment.

- Coordinate contractual interfaces between multiple contractors, OEMs, consultants, and specialist vendors.





- Support contract administration for testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and project handover.

- Monitor contractual requirements for performance testing, warranties, defects liability, and project closeout.

- Ensure effective contract management across technically complex and schedule-driven construction packages.

1. Stakeholder Management &
- Reporting

- Act as the key contractual interface between the client, PMC team, contractors, consultants, and vendors.

- Attend commercial, contractual, and senior management review meetings.

- Prepare contract status reports, claims registers, variation summaries, and contractual risk reports.

- Provide contractual recommendations and commercial updates to the Project Director and client.

- Support timely resolution of contractual issues to maintain project progress.

Candidate Profile &

- Qualifications

Education

- B.E. / B.Tech in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

- Postgraduate qualification in Construction Management, Project Management, Contracts Management, or Quantity Surveying would be advantageous.

- Professional certifications such as MRICS, FIDIC training, or relevant contract management certifications would be an added advantage.

- 18+ years of overall experience in Contracts Management, Commercial Management, or Contract Administration.

- Hands-on experience in GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) contracts is mandatory.

- Solid experience in PMC / Project Management Consultancy / Client Representative roles is highly desirable.

- Experience in large-scale building construction projects, preferably Data Centers, Mission-Critical Facilities, Commercial Buildings, or Advanced Industrial Facilities.

- Prior Gulf region / Middle East project experience will be highly preferred.

- Thorough understanding of construction contract types, contract document sequencing, order of precedence, contractual clauses, and commercial risk allocation.

- Strong expertise in claims management, variations, EOT assessments, contract negotiations, and dispute resolution.

- Familiarity with FIDIC, bespoke construction contracts, and international contracting practices.

- Strong commercial acumen, analytical skills, stakeholder management, and negotiation capabilities.

📌 Contracts Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Turner
📍 Mumbai