Contract & Cost Manager - Data Center

Our Client is a world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.

To boost the Italian team in the Data Center Sector, we are now looking for a Contract & Cost Manager.

You will be responsible for delivering highvalue and high-quality contract management services for Data Center projects .

You will work closely with both clients and internal teams, ensuring that all contractual and administrative activities meet the required quality standards and the specific needs of each project.

By proactively managing building contracts, you will provide expert advice on commercial, risk, and compliance matters, supporting the project’s success from inception through to closeout.

The role requires strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills,

as well as a regular on-site presence to review progress and quality with

contractors and other project stakeholders.

Main Responsibilities

• Management of the entirety of the Building Contracts.

• Provide contractual support and advice on potential change orders,

cost impacts, risks, utility requirements etc

• Advise on Client liability regarding any claims from the Contractor

(preliminary advice only).

• Discuss the adjusted contract sum (final account) with the Contractor.

Agree with client the authorisation to the adjusted contract sum.

• Manage and track the closeout of claims in collaboration with the project

team. Analyse and report on the Contractor’s losses and expenses

claims.

• Prepare documentation and/or provide advice to support proceedings:

adjudication, mediation, arbitration, litigation, RFP, final Contract,

Exhibits finalization, interim payment certification, etc.

• Overview document management in order store all relevant

correspondence and Documents, and which is to be accessed by all

stakeholders

Qualifications & Experience:

• At least 10 years of working experience in similar roles and/or international companies.

• Excellent knowledge of English language (B2/C1) and a good level of Italian (B1/B2).

• A degree in Engineering is a strong plus.

• A previous experience in the Data Center sector will be considered a strong plus.

Ability to travel autonomously is a must.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Available to travel domestically around 80% of the time.

• Frequent presence on-site will be requested. Projects are based in the Milan hinterland, mainly east and south of Milan.

Location – Milano

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