Senior Contracts Engineer

Role Purpose

Senior Contracts Engineer

Key Accountabilities

• Administer contracts throughout the project execution and close-out phases.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, rights, and responsibilities.
• Interpret contract provisions and advise project teams on contractual matters.
• Maintain contract registers, notices, records, and documentation.
• Monitor contractual deliverables, milestones, and obligations.
• Manage the contractual aspects of variation orders and change requests.
• Ensure timely submission and agreement of variation claims.
• Identify potential claims arising from delays, disruptions, scope changes, and other contractual events.
• Prepare, review, and substantiate contractual claims.
• Coordinate with planning, cost control, and project teams to develop claim documentation.
• Evaluate contractor and subcontractor claims and prepare recommendations.
• Support negotiations to achieve favorable claim settlements.
• Review and assess delay events and entitlement under contract provisions.
• Maintain records supporting entitlement to time and cost claims.
• Draft and review contractual letters, notices, responses, and formal communications.
• Ensure contractual notices are issued within prescribed timelines.
• Maintain comprehensive records of all contractual communications.
• Administer subcontract agreements and monitor subcontractor compliance.
• Support commercial negotiations and dispute resolution with subcontractors.
• Support the resolution of contractual disputes through negotiation and commercial settlement.
• Prepare documentation and contractual analyses for dispute resolution processes.
• Liaise with legal advisors and management when required.

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in contract administration and commercial management of construction, infrastructure and/or building engineering.
• Proven experience in post-contract administration of large-scale projects.
• Demonstrated experience in claims preparation, EOT assessments, and variation management.
• Experience managing subcontract administration and commercial correspondence.
• Strong knowledge of FIDIC Conditions of Contract (Red Book, Yellow Book, Silver Book).
• Sound understanding of claims management principles and contractual entitlement.
• Knowledge of dispute resolution procedures and contract law fundamentals.