FIDIC Contract Administrator - Arab Speaker

Role Objective:

• Responsible for the administration of construction contract across the group, inclusive of claims preparation and variation management.
• Actively supporting the business development and procurement units to assure proper contractual risk management.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Coordinates with Contracts Department in the preparation and adaptation of contractual best practices
• Provides Lessons Learned for risk areas to be avoided in future Contracts to the Contracts Department for implementation through all branches.
• Studies the Contract Documents to become thoroughly acquainted with exact contractual requirements.
• Advises the Site QS on the eligibility to raise a variation and/or claims.
• Issues all contractual notices on time as per the Conditions of Contract to avoid losing any contractual rights.
• Drafts all letters of contractual nature and the replies thereto.
• Cost claims preparation.
• Advises the General Manager/Contracts Manager/Project Manager in case of any anticipated contractual risk in the course of contracts execution and advise the appropriate methodology to avoid it or deal with it.
• Makes sure that disputes are avoided from early stage.
• In case disputes materialized, gets involved with the Project Manager/ Contracts Manager/General Manager in their resolution.
• Liaises with the Project Manager to make sure that project closing out is done incompliance with the Contract, and that a taking over certificate is obtained to clear our liability for care of the works.
• Liaises with the Project Manager to make sure that the defects liability certificate/final taking over is obtained after the expiry of the defects liability period to clear our liability for defects.
• Provides “Lessons Learnt” concentrating on contractual risk items that affected the execution/cost of the project and the way they were dealt with, and others strategies that should have been implemented, in case the deployed strategies proved to be improper.
• Educates project staff on the fundamentals of contracts.
• Advises on all addenda to the Contract, settlement agreements, JV agreements.
• Liaises with the Post-Contract Department in case of major disputes/claims.
• Liaises with the lawyer/arbitrator in case any dispute was referred to litigation/arbitration.
• Attends all meetings that might need his contractual expertise.
• Get acquainted with the applicable law of his country of operation.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Management.

Educational Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Architect, Civil, Electrical or Mechanical) or bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Construction Contracts management.
• Awareness of FIDIC, computer skills and communications skills in English language (read, write and speak).
• Arab Speakers are required.
• Excellent communication Skills, Professional development, teamwork, process excellence, execution excellence, negotiation, judgment, time management.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ﷼10,000.00 - ﷼18,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• How many days is your Notice Period (Mandatory)?
• How Much is your Salary Expectations (Mandatory)?

Education:

• Bachelors (Required)

Experience:

• FIDIC Contracts Administration: 3 years (Required)
• EPC Construction: 2 years (Required)

Language:

• Arabic and English (Required)

Location:

• Dammam (Preferred)