Contracts Administrator (PMC) - Rail

Sccsinternational; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Contracts Administrator for a major rail and infrastructure project. You will support contract administration and commercial management across the project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with FIDIC-based processes and internal governance.

The role calls for 8–12 years of experience in contract administration or quantity surveying on large infrastructure programs, with strong judgement, risk awareness, and ability to coordinate with legal, engineering and delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying and 8–12 years of contract administration experience.
• Experience on major infrastructure projects including rail, metro or large transportation works.
• Strong commercial and contractual judgement; Middle East/UAE experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support contract administration and commercial management across the project lifecycle.
• Prepare commercial reports, contract status updates and management summaries.
• Maintain contractual documentation traceability for audit.
• Identify contractual and commercial risks and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Monitor obligations, deliverables and milestones.

Skills

Contract administration

Contractual compliance

Commercial governance

Variations

Claims handling

Extension of time

Contract notices

Record keeping

Correspondence

Obligations monitoring

Risk identification

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

AECOM is seeking a Contracts Administrator for a project management consultancy role on major rail and infrastructure work in Abu Dhabi. The administrator supports contract and commercial management across the project lifecycle, with contract administration, contractual compliance and commercial governance at the centre of the job.

The posting asks for practical experience administering FIDIC contracts, including:

• support for the assessment and administration of variations
• claims
• extension of time submissions
• contractual notices
• maintaining contract records
• correspondence and registers
• monitoring obligations
• deliverables and milestones
• identifying contractual and commercial risks
• coordinating with commercial, legal, engineering and delivery teams

The administrator also prepares commercial reports, contract status updates and management summaries, and keeps contractual documentation traceable for audit. Applicants need a bachelor's degree in quantity surveying and eight to twelve years of experience in contract administration, quantity surveying or commercial management on major infrastructure projects, with rail, metro or other large transportation work expected.

AECOM asks for commercial and contractual judgement, the ability to interpret contract provisions and identify risk, and states that Middle East experience, particularly in the UAE, is an advantage.