Contracts Engineer - EGY

Pre-Contract Responsibilities

• Prepare and review contract documents, including forms of agreement, general and particular conditions, scopes of work, specifications, and appendices.
  
• Ensure consistency among contractual documents and establish a clear order of precedence.
  
• Draft Particular Conditions and proposed amendments to FIDIC conditions to protect the company’s contractual interests.
  
• Review contractual provisions covering risk allocation, time bars, delay damages, payment terms, guarantees, insurance, termination, and dispute resolution.
  
• Prepare the contractual sections of tender documents.
  
• Respond to bidders’ contractual inquiries and clarification requests.
  
• Conduct contractual evaluations of submitted bids, including deviations, exclusions, qualifications, reservations, and compliance with contract conditions.
  
• Negotiate contractual terms with bidders and contractors.
  
• Identify contractual risks and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
  
• Draft and finalize contracts, letters of award, purchase orders, and non-disclosure agreements.
  
• Verify bonds, guarantees, insurance documents, authorized signatories, and counterparty registrations before contract signature.
  

Post-Contract Responsibilities

• Administer awarded contracts and monitor the contractual obligations of all parties.
  

• Track contractual notices, deadlines, and time-bar requirements.
  

• Review contractors’ contractual entitlements in interim and final payment applications.
  

• Assess retention, advance-payment recovery, deductions, delay damages, and set-off provisions against the contract and applicable regulations.
  

• Coordinate with the project team regarding the verification of executed quantities.
  

• Review variations and change orders to determine:
  

  • Whether the instruction was contractually valid.
    
  • Whether the instruction constitutes a variation under the contract.
    
  • Whether the contractor has a contractual entitlement.
    
  • The appropriate contractual basis for valuation, including FIDIC Clause 13.
    

• Maintain and regularly update the variations and change-order register.
  

• Assess contractors’ claims for extensions of time and additional cost under the applicable FIDIC provisions.
  

• Review compliance with contractual notice requirements, contractual basis, supporting documents, and entitlement.
  

• Prepare contractual responses, claim assessments, and counterclaims.
  

• Support the Engineer’s determinations under the applicable FIDIC provisions.
  

• Support dispute-resolution procedures, including dispute boards, arbitration, and court proceedings when required.
  

• Prepare contractual correspondence, notices, warning letters, and termination letters.
  

• Track the validity and renewal of bonds, guarantees, insurance policies, and retention arrangements.
  

• Manage contract close-out activities, including:
  

  • Reviewing final-account entitlements.
    
  • Releasing retention and guarantees.
    
  • Preparing final discharge documentation.
    
  • Documenting contractual lessons learned.
    

General Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and updated contract registers.
  
• Ensure proper document control and backup of all contracts in both physical and electronic formats.
  
• Coordinate with project management, the technical office, procurement, finance, and legal departments.
  
• Prepare periodic contract-status reports for the Contracts Manager.
  
• Contribute to the development of standardized contract templates, policies, and procedures.
  
• Ensure compliance with relevant Saudi regulations and the company’s delegation-of-authority matrix.
  
• Perform other related duties assigned by the direct manager within the scope of the position.
  

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in contracts, contract administration, or contract management.
  
• Previous experience working with a real estate developer, owner organization, engineering consultancy, or construction company is strongly preferred.
  
• Practical knowledge of FIDIC contract conditions, particularly the 1999 and 1987 Red Book editions.
  
• Good understanding of contractual provisions related to variations, claims, determinations, payments, delay, and termination.
  
• Familiarity with applicable Saudi regulations is preferred.
  
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
  
• Strong Arabic and English reading, writing, and communication skills.