Prime Contract Manager

**Requisition ID**:82623

**Job Category**:Project Controls

**Location**:Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 65 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally.

Join our Project Delivery Group (PDG), a dynamic team of professionals passionately committed to world-class project delivery across the globe. With expertise in sustainable studies, asset building and operations, and industry-leading efficiencies, our best-in-class team leverages methodologies, governance and systems that are unparalleled in the engineering space. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

**Prime Contract Manager**

Looking to take the next step in your career? Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated **Prime Contract Manager** to join our **Project Delivery Group (PDG)** in Johannesburg.

PDG helps clients reach their business goals through a range of strong technical capabilities. We ensure world-class project delivery through the skills of our people, methodologies, governance, and systems. Our engineering and project management and construction disciplines ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable delivery of projects globally across the metals and mining, infrastructure, and energy sectors.

We manage our clients’ entire project lifecycle from studies to building assets, operating the assets, and developing efficiencies. Join our team and become part of a community that strives for positive change-providing the best solutions for our clients’ toughest challenges.

PDG helps clients reach their business goals through a range of strong technical capabilities. We ensure world-class project delivery through the skills of our people, methodologies, governance, and systems. Our engineering and project management and construction disciplines ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable delivery of projects globally across the metals and mining, infrastructure, and energy sectors.

We manage our clients’ entire project lifecycle from studies to building assets, operating the assets, and developing efficiencies. Join our team and become part of a community that strives for positive change-providing the best solutions for our clients’ toughest challenges
- Contract (Management) Stage:

- Establish proper commercial management structure for each large project depending on the complexity of each project and structure of prime contract including other relevant agreements such as joint venture and consortium agreements
- Implement the agreed contract payment terms and conditions into ‘Invoicing Guidelines’ and verify compliance by other groups issuing invoices and collecting payments during project life cycle to avoid invoicing errors and delayed payments resulting in potential write‑offs
- Ensure proper project set up and reflection of contract payment terms onto existing Hatch systems (SAP, iPas PM, etc.) to ensure proper revenue recognition and to minimize potential loss of profits
- Implement prime contract pricing and inflationary adjustments during all project phases including rate schedule adjustments, escalation adjustments, labour costs and other expenses and track project receivables with the aim to expedite payments, resolve conflicts and minimize Client disputes
- Develop, with the Project Controls Manager and the support of CET, the contractual relationships with sub-contractors that are taking on any part of the Hatch EPCM scope
- Review the commercial terms and conditions under project trade contracts such that they consider, where appropriate, Prime Contract liabilities, project insurance, cash flow and other payment related issues
- Implement change management strategy working with the Project Manager and Controls Manager to ensure maximum positive utilization of changes within the contract provisions to minimize potential budget overruns
- Review insurance policies provided by Clients for compliance with the Prime Contract insurance requirements and monitoring such insurance policies throughout the life of the project
- Contact (Closeout) Stage:

- Issuance of final invoices, adjustments, account closeout and collection of outstanding payments
- Resolution of outstanding contractual disputes including pending insurance claims in coordination with CET
- Coordination of final certificates and releases of performance bonds, letters of guarantee, release of liens, etc
- Coordination and issuance of commercial section under the final Project Closeout Report including lessons learned.

**You bring to the role**:

- University degree at Bac