Talent pool – airport contracts engineers/administrators for Middle East projects
Focus on supporting contract administration, documentation, and compliance across complex aviation developments. Candidates are responsible for managing contract records, tracking variations, coordinating with stakeholders, and assisting in claims and procurement processes. This talent pool targets detail-oriented professionals with experience in contract management within large-scale airport or infrastructure projects across the region.
Key responsibilities:
- Providing accurate cost advice and reporting.
- Analyzing project data efficiently.
- Setting up and managing workshops to achieve the required cost savings.
- Providing ad-hoc high-level strategic proposals as required.
- Delivering projects, commissions, and professional assignments.
- Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for successful project completion; liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control.
- Undertaking commercial management services with limited supervision.
- Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner.
- Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating, and corresponding with stakeholders to maintain strong working relationships.
- Informs themselves of the relevant quality, environmental, safety, and occupational health policies, manuals, and procedures within the company and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.
Qualifications and experience:
- Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, engineering, or cost engineering from an accredited university.
- Minimum 10-15 years of experience in contracts management, including overall responsibility for contract management on large-scale projects.
- Preferably a chartered member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).
- Previous technical delivery experience gained within a global construction consultancy.
- Pre and post-contract experience.
- Experience of working in a variety of sectors and projects in the Middle East region.
- Experience in providing advice and administering contractual matters.
- Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external).
- Well-organized, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined, and commercially astute.
- A team player with a can-do attitude; outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful, and flexible.
- Direct experience of managing workload distribution, execution of work, and personnel management.
- Formation and administration of (sub) contracts: pre-qualification, compilation of bid requests, receipt of bids, bid evaluation, award, monitoring contractor performance, back charges, resolution of claims and disputes.
- Technical and administrative knowledge of engineering/construction industry contracting practices.
- Demonstrated experience in pricing, contract law, contract drafting, administration, and negotiation of change orders, effective correspondence, planning, and scheduling.
- Thorough knowledge of prime contracts management administration as well as (sub) contract formation and administration, execution office and field procedures, and documents relating to a multi-discipline construction project.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience of working internationally (preference for GCC).
About the company:
The company, with more than 4,300 professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. It is recognized as one of the largest program management firms in the world.
The company is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, focusing solely on protecting client interests. Free of any potential conflicts, the entire business is geared towards helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. The company is dedicated to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle and adapts to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions.
The company is part of a global infrastructure solutions group and is an equal opportunity employer supporting veterans and disabled individuals.
Note: This job description is intended to provide an indication of the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other essential functions to be carried out as part of fulfilling the role. Various other duties may be required.