Hiring - General Manager - Contract - Real Estate Industry - Mumbai (Nariman Point)- Immediate joiner

Job Description:

Hiring: General Manager - Contract

📍 Location: Nariman Point, Mumbai
🕘 Timings: 9 AM – 7 PM 8Hrs| 🗓️ Mon–Fri (Weekends Off)
📅 Experience: 18+ Project Planning & Controls
💰 Salary: Best in Industry
Benefits: PF, Mediclaim, Paid Leaves

Key Responsibilities

Pre-Contract Management

• Review tender documents, BOQs, specifications, and contract conditions.
• Identify commercial and contractual risks during bid evaluation.
• Participate in tender negotiations with clients.
• Prepare contractual qualifications and commercial clarifications.
• Coordinate with estimation, legal, finance, and project teams.

Contract Administration

• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize contracts with clients, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Interpret contract clauses and advise project teams.
• Maintain contract documentation, amendments, and records.
• Monitor contractual deliverables and project milestones.

Subcontract & Commercial Management

• Develop subcontracting strategies.
• Float enquiries and evaluate subcontractor quotations.
• Negotiate commercial terms.
• Prepare work orders and subcontract agreements.
• Monitor subcontractor performance.
• Review subcontractor claims and payment certifications.

Claims & Variation Management

• Identify change orders and additional scope of work.
• Prepare Extension of Time (EOT) claims.
• Prepare cost claims and compensation events.
• Negotiate variation orders with clients.
• Minimize revenue leakage through effective claims management.

Risk & Commercial Control

• Identify contractual risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Maintain project risk registers.
• Coordinate with legal advisors on contractual disputes.
• Monitor project commercial performance.
• Review budgets, cost reports, and project profitability.
• Support billing and certification.
• Improve project margins.

Dispute Resolution

• Handle contractual disputes.
• Support arbitration and litigation processes.
• Coordinate documentation for legal proceedings.
• Negotiate settlements wherever possible.

Stakeholder Management

• Maintain relationships with clients, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Participate in commercial review meetings.
• Resolve contractual issues proactively.
• Support project delivery teams.

Compliance

Ensure compliance with:

• Contract conditions
• Company policies
• Statutory regulations
• Labour laws
• GST provisions
• Arbitration Act
• Safety and quality requirements

Team Leadership

• Lead Contracts Engineers and Commercial Managers.
• Develop departmental SOPs.
• Mentor and coach team members.
• Conduct performance reviews.
• Build contract management capabilities across projects.

Experience

• 18–25 years of experience in Construction, EPC, Infrastructure, or Real Estate.
• Minimum 8–10 years in senior Contracts/Commercial leadership roles.
• Experience handling high-value residential, commercial, industrial, or infrastructure projects.

Technical Skills

• Contract Drafting & Negotiation
• FIDIC, EPC, Item Rate, Lump Sum & Design-Build Contracts
• Tendering & Procurement
• Quantity Surveying (QS)
• BOQ Preparation & Analysis
• Claims & EOT Preparation
• Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
• Cost Control & Commercial Management
• GST & Taxation Basics
• Construction Law
• MS Excel
• ERP Systems (SAP / Oracle)
• Primavera
• AutoCAD (Basic Knowledge)

Authority Level

• Verify BOQs, measurements, rate analysis, contractor claims, and billing documents.
• Recommend RA Bill certification, variations, EOTs, and contractual deviations.
• Final approval of contract awards, payment releases, rate deviations, and legal waivers remains with the authorized approving authority.

Internal & External Coordination