Senior Contracts Specialist - Mining

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Senior Contracts Specialist to join a client of Hire Resolve, a mining operation located onsite in Rustenburg. The position is offered on an annual renewable contract basis. The specialist will be responsible for independently managing complex mining and procurement contracts through their full lifecycle, ensuring commercial rigor, risk mitigation, and operational excellence by engaging with contractors, vendors, and key internal stakeholders. **What you will do** Key responsibilities for this role include: * **Full Lifecycle Contract Management:** Managing and administering mining contracts from inception through execution, performance monitoring, and close-out. * **Contract Administration & Compliance:** Drafting, reviewing, interpreting, and managing contractual documentation, terms, and obligations. * **NEC & FIDIC Management:** Administering NEC and/or FIDIC contracts, which involves issuing notices, processing variations/compensation events, evaluating claims, and managing contractual changes. * **Performance & Commercial Review:** Monitoring contractor and vendor deliverables, performance, and compliance, as well as reviewing commercial submissions, pricing, payment claims, and supporting documentation. * **Risk & Governance:** Identifying, mitigating, and managing contractual, commercial, and procurement risks. * **Commercial Registers & Reporting:** Maintaining complete, accurate, and audit-ready contract registers, variation logs, claims trackers, and reporting systems. * **Vendor & B-BBEE Compliance:** Managing and supporting vendor management processes alongside B-BBEE compliance requirements. * **Negotiation & Close-Out:** Supporting contract negotiations, amendments, renewals, and final close-outs. * **Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Working closely with Mining, Engineering, Projects, Procurement, Finance, and external vendor/contractor teams. **Requirements (from the original advert)** Minimum requirements for this position are: * **Education:** Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field (Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Law, Supply Chain, or Engineering). * **Experience:** * Minimum 3 years of hands-on Contract Management experience. * Minimum 5 years of Procurement experience. * **Industry & Standards (Non-Negotiable):** * Practical Mining industry and project experience is strictly non-negotiable. * Practical experience with NEC and/or FIDIC contract frameworks is strictly non-negotiable. * **Technical Skills:** * Proficient in Microsoft Office (advanced Excel skills required). * Hands-on SAP system experience. * **Specialized Knowledge:** Demonstrated experience with B-BBEE compliance and vendor management. * **Key Attributes:** * Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. * Highly adaptable to working within a diverse, multi-cultural office environment. * Hardworking, resilient, and comfortable operating in a demanding, fast-paced onsite mining environment. * Detail-oriented, commercially astute, and capable of operating independently. **Who should apply** This role is suited for a seasoned professional with a relevant Bachelor's degree or higher, possessing a minimum of 3 years in contract management and 5 years in procurement. The ideal candidate must have practical experience within the mining industry and project environments, as well as practical experience with NEC and/or FIDIC contract frameworks. They should be proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly advanced Excel, and have hands-on SAP system experience. Demonstrated experience with B-BBEE compliance and vendor management is also required. Furthermore, the candidate should possess exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, be highly adaptable to diverse environments, hardworking, resilient, and comfortable in a demanding, fast-paced onsite mining setting. They must be detail-oriented, commercially astute, and capable of operating independently, seeking an annual renewable contract position. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/building-construction-mining/other-building-construction-mining/rustenburg/senior-contracts-specialist-mining-id-7582976 Source: jobmail

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• At least 5 years of experience.

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• SAP
• Agile / Scrum

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