Change Coordinator
City : Windsor
Category : See posting on Fluor site
Industry : Engineering
Employer : Fluor Canada
This position is responsible for commercial/claims management of a broad array of project design and construction issues related to the project prime contract, with the goal of identifying and establishing entitlement to applicable changes, processing change appraisals, and defending claims.
Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
This position provides oversight and coordination for change and claims management activities on the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project. This role is responsible to ensure that the Construction Contractor meets its obligations in the Project Agreement, assuring notice, support documentation, analysis, and impact validation meet all requirements to successfully identify and progress changes and defend prime contract related claims with the client.
The position requires an understanding of how to manage prime contract claims in a P3 environment, normally gained from a combination of experience and education. The position requires liaising with functional project areas in a joint venture setting (such as with project controls, finance, legal, construction management and executive management) and further requires the application of knowledge of the project, the prime contract, related agreements, the related organizations including the client and joint venturers, budgets, project policies, procedures, work practices and compliance requirements (including quality, health, safety and to the project agreement).
Key responsibilities include:
• Identifying key priorities and escalating issues
• Maintaining status updates of changes (for the functional area)
• Knowledge of key issues / details of each potential change
• Establishing activity plans for all potential changes, aligned with the path forward based on known details of the specific scenario and the potential impacts on upcoming project activities:
o Establishing target timelines
o Maintaining due dates on activity plans (keeping current).
o Holding contributors accountable for their responsibilities on planned activities
• Responding to change related correspondence from the Client, in conformance with the Project Agreement timelines.
• Facilitating meetings to resolve issues and provide updates involving the client and project leadership.
• Document management: consolidating, organizing, and protecting all relevant documents associated with each (potential) change / claim.
• Process effectiveness:
o Process alignment (internally and with Client) – provide training as required
o Process improvement - identify lessons learned / debrief notes / implement improvements to the process.
• Achieving target objectives
• Knowledge and experience of schedule systems on large infrastructure projects
• Knowledge, experience and comfort reading/understanding contractual language
• Contract administration experience in a large design-build setting
• Effective organization skills
• Ability to quickly synthesize complex information
• Claims experience
• Project Management experience and ability to effectively use Excel, Word, SharePoint and Primavera
• Financial background / costing systems
• Document management
• Ability to effectively communicate, having strong writing and verbal skills.
Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
This position provides oversight and coordination for change and claims management activities on the Gordie Howe International Bridge Project. This role is responsible to ensure that the Construction Contractor meets its obligations in the Project Agreement, assuring notice, support documentation, analysis, and impact validation meet all requirements to successfully identify and progress changes and defend prime contract related claims with the client.
The position requires an understanding of how to manage prime contract claims in a P3 environment, normally gained from a combination of experience and education. The position requires liaising with functional project areas in a joint venture setting (such as with project controls, finance, legal, construction management and executive management) and further requires the application of knowledge of the project, the prime contract, related agreements, the related organizations including the client and joint venturers, budgets, project policies, procedures, work practices and compliance requirements (including quality, health, safety and to the project agreement).
Key responsibilities include:
• Identifying key priorities and escalating issues
• Maintaining status updates of changes (for the functional area)
• Knowledge of key issues / details of each potential change
• Establishing activity plans for all potential changes, aligned with the path forward based on known details of the specific scenario and the potential impacts on upcoming project activities:
o Establishing target timelines
o Maintaining due dates on activity plans (keeping current).
o Holding contributors accountable for their responsibilities on planned activities
• Responding to change related correspondence from the Client, in conformance with the Project Agreement timelines.
• Facilitating meetings to resolve issues and provide updates involving the client and project leadership.
• Document management: consolidating, organizing, and protecting all relevant documents associated with each (potential) change / claim.
• Process effectiveness:
o Process alignment (internally and with Client) – provide training as required
o Process improvement - identify lessons learned / debrief notes / implement improvements to the process.
• Achieving target objectives
• Knowledge and experience of schedule systems on large infrastructure projects
• Knowledge, experience and comfort reading/understanding contractual language
• Contract administration experience in a large design-build setting
• Effective organization skills
• Ability to quickly synthesize complex information
• Claims experience
• Project Management experience and ability to effectively use Excel, Word, SharePoint and Primavera
• Financial background / costing systems
• Document management
• Ability to effectively communicate, having strong writing and verbal skills.