Contracts Specialist

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description: To provide insightful and high-quality contract management and review services including advice on proposed language changes to mitigate risks.

Role accountabilities:

The main responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

• Providing detailed legal reviews and corresponding advice and support during the pursuit of new contracts, or updates to existing contracts, provided through the pursuit to award operational phases;
• Applying Arcadis risk standards to potential contracts or updates to existing contracts to identify risk issues, categorize their impact, propose alternative language aligned with Arcadis' desired risk profile, and perform minor contract revisions/drafting or negotiation (with oversight from Commercial Contracts Senior Manager or Arcadis Legal Counsel, as needed);
• Working closely and proactively with Commercial Contracts Senior Manager as needed to promote the set-up of opportunities in, use of, and administration of, contracts in Arcadis' internal contract management database;
• Providing sound and insightful advice on a variety of matters such as contract review and administration to relevant personnel on same;
• Promoting and upskilling relevant Arcadis personnel in identification and mitigation of legal and commercial risks, negotiation skills and similar contract management tools;
• Working effectively with other Arcadis enabling functions and operations leadership to ensure consistency in contract management processes and awareness;
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by the Commercial Contracts Senior Manager.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Solid business knowledge with tertiary qualifications in a law or legally related discipline, with a preference for contract law.
• At least three (3) years of relevant work experience, with longer years of work experience as an advantage, including transactional based legal reviews, risk analysis, contract drafting; ideally with broad based industry experience (experience with the various roles and phases associated with large or more complex engineering and construction projects, as well as international contracting exposure an advantage).
• Contract and performance/risk management experience in all general aspects of environmental consulting or civil engineering; construction industry also valued and an advantage.
• Experience reviewing and drafting U.S. industry forms (DBIA, AIA, EJCDC) an advantage.
• Post graduate qualifications an advantage.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to support collaboration and operate effectively in a team environment.
• Must be able to work independently, managing time and deadlines without extensive supervision. Must be able to manage multiple tasks, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced business environment, managing a very high-volume of work.
• Client-focused, entrepreneurial, proactive, pragmatic and highly adept at problem-solving.
• Motivated to learn things he/she is not familiar with, and adaptable to take that learning experience into good use.
• Has an eye for both company interests and legal principles, combined with high standard of integrity.
• Has global and international mindset; and
• Excellent command of the English language (spoken and written).