Vacancy

Contract Administrator, Mining Projects

Turner and Townsend

Employer

Turner and Townsend

Location

Medellin, Colombia

Contract

Permanent

Level

Senior

Salary

Salary not published

Closes

Not stated

What the role covers

A contract administration post on mining projects in Medellin, covering the whole life of a contract from strategy through to close-out. Before award the holder analyses contracting strategies and the packaging of scopes, with the posting singling out fabrication and goods packages, prepares and reviews bidding documents while identifying exposures and risk, researches the market to build bidder lists, runs the bidding process, evaluates bids technically and commercially against criteria set beforehand, and carries out risk and SWOT analysis of the parties in line for award. After award the work is administration proper: kick-off and follow-up meetings with open actions tracked and closed, consolidation of the contractor's documents for contract initiation, monitoring of technical compliance with the engineering, construction and quality teams and of administrative compliance with project controls and health and safety, prompt notice of any non-compliance, analysis of schedule deviations with support for recovery planning, correspondence reviewed and answered against a maintained log, payment certificates approved or rejected, change requests processed under the contract terms, and the risk register kept current. The posting asks the holder to identify and escalate potential claims and to seek resolution within the contract framework. Requirements stated are a degree in civil engineering, construction management or equivalent, at least ten years on mining projects, and native Spanish, with English preferred but not required.

How to apply

Applications are made to the employer directly. The link below opens the employer's own posting, which is the only place this vacancy is published and the only place its terms are stated.

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The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 25-08-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.