Resident Engineer / Landscape & Architectural Lead
Role Overview
Acts as the contractually designated Engineer under FIDIC Conditions of Contract, administering the contract and making fair, impartial determinations on time, cost, and quality.
Combines Resident Engineer duties with contract administration, claims and commercial advisory, risk management, dispute avoidance, and technical oversight through supervision teams.
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Role overview
Acts as the contractually designated Engineer under FIDIC Conditions of Contract, administering the contract and making fair, impartial determinations on time, cost, and quality.
Combines Resident Engineer duties with contract administration, claims and commercial advisory, risk management, dispute avoidance, and technical oversight through supervision teams.
Contract and claims administration
- Issues instructions, determinations, and certifications; administers notices, submissions, approvals, responses, and contractual audit records.
- Assesses EOT, prolongation, and disruption claims; checks substantiation and compliance, prepares determinations, and works to limit dispute escalation.
- Administers variations and adjustments with commercial teams, assessing implications before instruction and controlling cost exposure.
- Develops claims strategies, interprets contracts, drafts notices and position papers, and supports negotiations and dispute resolution.
Risk, programme, and project oversight
- Monitors programme, cost, and delivery risks; maintains a proactive risk register and implements early mitigation and dispute-avoidance measures.
- Reviews contractor programmes and progress, including critical paths, delay analysis, recovery measures, and contractual milestones.
- Coordinates supervision and contract administration, converting site delays, NCRs, and changes into formal contractual actions.
- Leads contractual correspondence and maintains clear, traceable records through relevant EDMS platforms.
Close-out
- Administers Taking-Over and Performance Certificates and oversees snagging, testing, commissioning, and defects liability processes.
- Ensures contract close-out and resolution of outstanding matters.
Experience and qualifications
- Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management.
- 15+ years in FIDIC-based contract administration and construction supervision; experience as a Resident Engineer and/or Senior Contracts or Claims Manager on complex projects.
- Experience on large-scale hospitality, mixed-use, high-rise, or infrastructure developments; landscape project experience is essential.
- Expert knowledge of FIDIC Conditions of Contract, with Red Book knowledge essential.
- Strong claims analysis, EOT assessment, dispute avoidance, commercial awareness, and understanding of contractual cost implications.
Professional capabilities
- Able to make independent, balanced, defensible determinations and communicate contract matters excellently in writing and verbally.
- Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities; able to work under pressure on complex, fast-track projects.
- Expected to act impartially, maintain procedural compliance and timelines, document decisions, and promote risk management and dispute avoidance.
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