CONTRACTS ENGINEER (ARABIC SPEAKER)
Role Overview
Support the organization in protecting contractual rights, maximizing cost recovery, and minimizing financial and legal exposure throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Support the organization in protecting contractual rights, maximizing cost recovery, and minimizing financial and legal exposure throughout the project lifecycle.
Contract administration and claims
- Review, draft, and administer main contracts, subcontracts, and supplier agreements; interpret terms and advise project teams on rights and obligations.
- Monitor compliance, maintain contract registers and document systems, and manage contractual correspondence within required timelines.
- Prepare extension-of-time, loss-and-expense, and variation claims; assess subcontractor and supplier claims and maintain supporting records.
- Negotiate and settle claims and disputes.
Commercial, risk, and coordination duties
- Prepare and certify interim payments, final accounts, and subcontractor payment certificates; track budgets, cost reports, and cashflow forecasts.
- Conduct cost analysis and value engineering; assist with tenders, bills of quantities, and commercial proposals.
- Identify contractual and commercial risks and support adjudication, arbitration, or expert determination; liaise with legal counsel.
- Coordinate with project, site, quantity surveying, finance, and legal teams; liaise with clients, consultants, and contractors.
- Attend progress, site, and contract review meetings and ensure compliance with Qatar regulatory requirements.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or equivalent.
- At least 5–8 years of contracts engineering or administration experience, preferably in Qatar or the GCC.
- Strong knowledge of FIDIC, NEC, or other standard contract forms; Qatar project-sector experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with Qatar construction law and regulatory authorities; UPDA/MME registration is advantageous.
- RICS, CIOB, or similar membership is preferred.
- Proficiency in MS Office, Primavera P6, and contract management software.
- Fluency in English and Arabic is required; Arabic is specifically mandatory.
- Must be locally available in Qatar with a valid transferable visa; a Qatar driving license is preferred.
Work location
- Work location is in person.
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