Senior Contracts Engineer

JOB SUMMARY:

The Senior Contracts Engineer is responsible for the management of contracts by rendering contractual support in the form of drafting contractual correspondences, evaluation of changes/variations and on processing Change Requests, and issuing Variations/Amendments.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Review and study all contract conditions and provide contract analysis that includes summary reports to each concerned party (Technical, Cost, and Planning, etc.) to prepare the requirements needed to start the project.
2. Responsible for all the correspondence going back and forth between the client and the company, and provide a list of official letters with their current status in the form of a contractual log to keep track of the project progress, issues, and risks either for info or any action needed.
3. Administrate variation orders when  the client requests  Variations out of the contract’s  scope,  and discuss it with the procurement team for quotation and price breakdown.
4. Handle and submit claims when the project deviates from the original time schedule and budget, and prepare a notice of claim with a list of all delayed events to be issued according to the contract time bars to preserve the company's rights for extension of time and money.
5. Make necessary amendments to the contracts mutually with the client,
6. Monitoring Subcontracts:  issuance, signature, and Administration; through ensuring compliance of subcontract conditions (back-to-back basis) with the Main contract, drafting special conditions (if required), and preparation of deviation reports.
7. Present monthly project status report to the management that entails progress, variation, and claims log for comparison with the previous months for any needed precautions or actions.
8. Manage subcontracts in  assessing  claims and issuing correspondences  to  deliver quality  standards agreed upon in a timely manner.
9. Appraise Contractual Documents, Allocate Potential Risks, and Provide Legal/Contractual Countermeasures during the Tender Stage.
10. Ability to work with a team at all levels of the organization to develop Major Claims.
11. Monitor EMECO’s contracts and its obligations to 3rd parties.
12. Develop and institutionalize EMECO’s contractual legal know-how and capabilities
13. Perform any other related tasks as assigned.