Contracts Engineer

Role overview

Procurement and contracts

• Develop procurement strategies for equipment, subcontractors, and technical services aligned with projects and business objectives.
• Prepare RFQs, RFPs, and tenders; evaluate technical and commercial bids, supplier capability, costs, and risks.
• Negotiate supplier terms, pricing, delivery schedules, and payment terms; draft and manage purchase orders, supply agreements, framework contracts, and subcontracts.
• Prepare commercial reports and forecasts; monitor project performance against approved budgets and baselines.
• Identify cost overruns, contractual risks, and margin erosion early.

Variations, administration, and controls

• Manage variation orders, claims, and change requests from preparation through negotiation and close-out; assess impacts from changes, delays, acceleration, and scope revisions.
• Administer client contracts, subcontracts, supplier agreements, purchase orders, and commercial correspondence.
• Ensure contractual notice requirements and commercial obligations are met; identify and escalate risks, liabilities, and exposures.
• Draft commercial correspondence and notices; review subcontractor payment applications and certify valuations.
• Maintain commercial trackers for costs, variations, risks, payments, procurement, and subcontract status.
• Coordinate cost reporting with schedules and support stronger commercial governance and reporting systems.

Stakeholder coordination and reporting

• Coordinate with Project Managers, Engineers, Procurement, Finance, Site teams, and other functions on commercial reporting and procurement alignment.
• Attend project reviews, provide commercial updates, and support client-facing commercial discussions as required.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, cost, and service; resolve issues through corrective action.
• Track procurement KPIs, maintain ERP records, and report spend, savings, and supplier performance.
• Ensure procurement complies with company policies, ISO standards, local regulations, and HSE requirements.

Qualifications and experience

• A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field with at least 5 years of experience; alternatively, 5–8 years in a similar Contracts & Procurement Engineer role within the last 12 years.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain processes and contract administration, with experience managing high-value technical equipment procurement.
• Experience working under FIDIC or similar contract forms.
• Power generation EPC and maintenance project experience, or data center project experience, is an advantage.
• UAE or GCC location and strong English proficiency are preferred; English fluency is stated as essential.

Skills and competencies

• Strong understanding of contract law, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Strong presentation, meeting facilitation, contract negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong reporting and forecasting capabilities across multiple projects.
• Proficiency in ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle, and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Knowledge of power generation technologies and suppliers is an advantage.
• Organized, proactive, adaptable, solutions-focused, and able to work independently or with a team under deadlines.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed.

Key deliverables