Contracts Administrator

Duties & Responsibilities:
- Ensure responsibilities are fulfilled with a high quality and in a cost-effective manner
- Provide expert contractual advice related to supervision contracts to supervision project teams, as needed
- Support Senior Contracts Specialist/ Contract Manager with the provision of contractual advice to Supervision Project Managers and supervision teams in settlement of claims, variation orders and disputes between contractors and clients
- Support contract manager with conducting detailed reviews of supervision contracts
- Closely work with Senior Contracts Specialists/ Contract Manager for the preparation/ review of contract terms and conditions, ensuring the safeguarding of Company interests
- Monitor and administer all ongoing supervision projects from a contractual aspect
- Support Senior Contracts Specialists/Contract Manger with the assessment of contractual implication of supervision project scope changes, including suitability of claims, variation orders.
- Support supervision teams with the settlement of large claims, variation orders and disputes between Company and clients related to supervision contracts in [Geography]
- Support supervision teams with the management of contractor claims, variation orders and contractual disputes on behalf of clients
- Closely work with Senior Contracts Specialists/Contract Manager for the analysis of Company's risk exposure on supervision contracts
- Implement risk management policies and procedures in the Contracts Section
- Implement corporate policies and procedures
- Develop and maintain an archive of contracts developed by Client
- Attend periodic training to develop relevant skills in contract administration

Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
- Experience in the Engineering Industry in a top tier regional / multinational engineering consultancy firm, specifically in a contracts administration role
- Familiarity with local laws regulating the engineering / construction sectors in KSA
- Knowledge of risk management strategies
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic
- Experience with standard conditions of contract, including such conditions as those developed by the FIDIC, AIA, EJCDC, ICE, etc.  Exposure to negotiating, writing, and interpreting terms, conditions, and requirements of contractual agreements
- Exposure to global best practices and trends in the Engineering Industry, in particular related to contracts