Senior Project Contract Manager

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

 

Could you be the full-time Senior Project Contract Manager for our project in Bucharest we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your contract and project management expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Region Contract Management and work alongside dynamic,  professional and dedicated teammates.

You'll provide guidance and leadership to develop, implement, and drive contract/claim management and risk mitigation strategies in accordance with Alstom’s business objectives; including extensions of time (EoTs), variations orders, contract amendments.  You will ensure proper record keeping and file preparation in support of robust claim files. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (project management, engineering, industrial, quality, different support functions, etc).

 

We’ll look to you for:

• Put in place the appropriate contract management tools and processes, in particular regarding correspondences, notifications, insurances, EoT claims, and variation requests / orders and claims preparation files.
• Make sure the Contract Management Strategy Plans and Contract Management Days are implemented in due time
• Coordinate and animate the Cluster’s/Country’s Contract Management community, including KSCM.
• Anticipate events and risks, and propose various alternative proactive solutions in furtherance of Alstom’s business objectives.
• Define claim strategies for critical projects in Cluster/Country.
• Ensure that the projects within the Cluster/Country perform correct/accurate risk assessments, including supporting the Project Core Team Members in establishing and quantifying the project’s or the Region’s ”risk appetite,” i.e., the level of risk we are prepared to accept.
• Reporting on claim status and strategies to Management.
• Lead and support the Contract Management community in Cluster/Country in executing proactive contract management.
• Support delay analysis in EoT claims.
• Assist Finance in the presentation of costs within claims.
• Liaise with Sourcing for development of pass-through claims from suppliers to customers/partners.
• Ad-hoc support to Legal for tender assessment of contractual risks and opportunities.
• Drive claim preparation, claim strategies and claim roadmaps to protect the Cluster / Country P&L
• Ensure that PrCM, KSCM and PrCA together with Project Team implement tools for the reliable filing and easy access of the incoming and outgoing correspondence.
• Responsible to provide support to the Project Management teams in identifying any potential risks that may impact the projects or profitability of the company, including to assess threats and put plans in place to avoid, reduce or transfer risks as appropriate.
• Drive identification and preparation of offensive and/or defensive claims for critical projects in the Cluster/Country.
• Responsible for the implementation and achievement of the Cluster’s/Country’s contract management and claims strategies, including claims’ KPIs
• Responsible to consolidate appropriate repo