Senior Contracts Engineer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Administer contracts from review and award through execution, close-out, and final settlement; review and evaluate contracts, subcontracts, purchase agreements, and related documents.
• Interpret FIDIC conditions, monitor obligations and deadlines, identify contractual risks, and advise project teams and management.
• Lead variation, change-order, and additional-work assessments, including cost and time impacts; prepare and evaluate EOT, prolongation, disruption, and other claims.
• Manage notices, correspondence, submissions, claims, and variations involving clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Coordinate project records with project managers, planners, quantity surveyors, finance, and procurement; assess schedules, progress, and site records for delay and entitlement.
• Negotiate with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers; monitor contract performance and support dispute resolution.
• Maintain contractual records, registers, reports, and risk information; support contract close-out and final account settlement.

Key requirements

• Strong construction contract administration and FIDIC knowledge; proven claims, EOT, variation-assessment, and contractual-correspondence experience.
• Understanding of construction law, contractual risk, dispute resolution, planning, project controls, cost management, and delay analysis.
• Ability to interpret contract clauses, technical specifications, drawings, schedules, and commercial documents; experience negotiating and administering main, subcontract, and supplier agreements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word. Primavera P6, MS Project, and AutoCAD are advantageous.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, leadership, communication, and report-writing skills; able to work independently, manage multiple matters, and meet deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree qualification is indicated; the description is truncated after listing Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, and Construction.