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**Job title**:Contract Administrator

**Sector**:Refinery

**Starting date**:ASAP

**Duration**:One Year

**Renewable**:Yes

**Location**:Grandpuits (77), France

**Status**:Resident

**Language**:Fluent in French and English (verbally and in writing)

**Activities**

During the project execution on site, the Contract Administrator will be responsible for the performance of the following tasks (list not exhaustive):

- Preparation and issuance of kick-off Minutes of Meeting (MoM) with Construction Contractors,
- Manage the administration of the Construction Contracts, supervise the filing of the various Construction Contracts correspondence, prepare answers to any Construction Contractor’s correspondence as requested by Contract Manager / Project Manager
- Analyze and check the contractual validity of all the justifying documents provided by the Constructions Contractors with their Variation Requests/Variation Proposals, for any extra works or claims
- Negotiate Construction Contractors ‘requests for compensation of extra costs presumably suffered by Construction Contractors, prepare claims defense strategies & related documents and settle the claims,
- Prepare the amendments/Variations to the Construction Contracts for Contract Manager / Project Manager’s approval,
- Preparation and update on a weekly basis of the Variations Log for all Construction Contractors
- Prepare any Notices of Default (Letters) for misperformance or non-performance of the works by Construction Contractors for approval by Contract Manager / Project Manager
- Review the pro-forma invoices and allow their formal issuance to COMPANY accounting department when the Construction Contractors have successfully achieved their contractual payment milestones
- Preparation and update on a weekly basis of the invoices Log for all Construction Contractors
- Prepare MoMs for the various meetings under the scope of responsibilities of Contract Administrator and attend other project execution meetings
- Administrative and financial closure of the Construction Contracts when the Provisional Acceptance of the works is achieved
- Store the Contract administration documents in the specific and dedicated area of the project sharepoint

**QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**

Preferably engineering degree + extensive experience in contract administration (more than 5 years)

Fluent in French and English (verbally and in writing)