K4- Contracts Engineer- Mumbai

SYSTRA; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA in Mumbai seeks a Contracts Engineer to manage commercial and contractual aspects of metro-rail packages, including civil works, stations, depots, and systems. You will oversee contract administration from tender support to final account closure, coordinating with planning, QA/QC, and finance teams.

Ideal candidate has strong negotiation and drafting skills, with experience in metro/rail projects and familiarity with Primavera P6 or MS Project.

Qualifications

• Commercial acumen and ability to interpret technical and contractual documents together.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, drafting, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work under time-sensitive notice requirements and maintain auditable records.
• Understanding of construction sequencing and interfaces across civil, architectural, track, traction power, signalling, telecom, AFC, E&M, and depot packages.
• Sound knowledge of applicable safety, quality, statutory, and metro-rail project requirements.
• High integrity, attention to detail, and ability to manage confidential commercial information.

Responsibilities

• Review tender documents, drawings, specifications, BOQs, conditions of contract, and employer requirements; identify commercial, technical, interface, and execution risks before bid submission or award.
• Assist in preparing bid clarifications, contractual deviations, pre-bid queries, tender comparisons, commercial evaluations, and subcontractor/vendor packages.
• Administer the main contract and subcontract agreements, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, notice requirements, milestones, quality provisions, safety requirements, and payment terms.
• Draft and maintain formal contractual correspondence with the client, engineer/PMC, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers.
• Track critical contractual dates, including notices, approvals, handover dates, completion milestones, defect-liability obligations, insurance, guarantees, retention, and liquidated-damages exposure.
• Identify, document, and pursue variations, change orders, additional items, scope changes, escalation, prolongation costs, disruption claims, and Extension of Time (EOT) claims.
• Prepare contractual notices for delay, access constraints, design changes, drawing delays, utility shifting, land/site handover issues, third-party interfaces, force majeure, and other employer-caused events.
• Coordinate with planning teams to establish delay events, critical-path impact, EOT entitlement, mitigation measures, and time-related cost implications using Primavera P6 or MS Project inputs.
• Review contractor/subcontractor bills, measurements, quantity reconciliations, rate analyses, price-adjustment calculations, deductions, retention, advances, and final-account statements.
• Maintain complete contemporaneous records, including daily reports, site instructions, meeting minutes, RFIs, approvals, drawings, correspondence, progress reports, photographs, inspection records, and cost backup for claims substantiation.
• Support resolution of contractual disputes through negotiation, mediation, dispute boards, arbitration preparation, and legal coordination where required.
• Monitor contractual and commercial risk registers; recommend mitigation actions to protect project cost, schedule, and contractual entitlement.
• Coordinate closely with construction, design, planning, QA/QC, billing, procurement, finance, legal, and project-control teams.
• Prepare periodic reports on contract status, claims register, variation log, payment status, risks, disputes, cost exposure, and recovery actions for project leadership.
• Support project close-out, including final measurements, final bills, no-claim certificates, defect-liability obligations, release of retention/bank guarantees, and final account settlement.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Negotiation

Analytical

Drafting

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Auditable records

Construction sequencing

Education

Post BTech

Post Diploma

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Job Description:

It has been more than 60 years since SYSTRA has garnered expertise that spans the entire spectrum of Mass Rapid Transit System. SYSTRA India’s valuable presence in India roots back to 1957, where SYSTRA worked on the electrification of Indian Railways. Our technical excellence, holistic approach and the tremendous talent provides a career that puts people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency.

Understand better who we are by visiting www.systra.in

Context

In India, the launch of the first line of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in 2002, put SYSTRA on the map as a key partner for mass transit lines in the country and initiated a longstanding partnership with DMRC. Since then, SYSTRA has been involved in more than 80% of metro projects in India in all major Indian cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Nagpur, Kochi and Hyderabad.

The collective team competence built up in the two decades in the metro business renders us capable of delivering innovative, reliable, cost-competitive Project Management solutions adhering to the highest standards of safety and quality.

We are seeking applications for the position of K4- Contract Engineer for MMRDA 10 & 12 . - Mumbai

Missions/Main Duties

Contracts Engineer – Metro Projects

We are seeking a detail-oriented Contracts Engineer to support the commercial and contractual management of metro-rail project packages, including civil works, elevated/underground structures, stations, depots, trackwork, MEP, electrical and systems interfaces. The role will manage contract administration from tender support through execution, variations, claims, payments, and final account closure.

Key Responsibilities

• Review tender documents, drawings, specifications, BOQs, conditions of contract, and employer requirements; identify commercial, technical, interface, and execution risks before bid submission or award.
• Assist in preparing bid clarifications, contractual deviations, pre-bid queries, tender comparisons, commercial evaluations, and subcontractor/vendor packages.
• Administer the main contract and subcontract agreements, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations, notice requirements, milestones, quality provisions, safety requirements, and payment terms.
• Draft and maintain formal contractual correspondence with the client, engineer/PMC, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers.
• Track critical contractual dates, including notices, approvals, handover dates, completion milestones, defect-liability obligations, insurance, guarantees, retention, and liquidated-damages exposure.
• Identify, document, and pursue variations, change orders, additional items, scope changes, escalation, prolongation costs, disruption claims, and Extension of Time (EOT) claims.
• Prepare contractual notices for delay, access constraints, design changes, drawing delays, utility shifting, land/site handover issues, third-party interfaces, force majeure, and other employer-caused events.
• Coordinate with planning teams to establish delay events, critical-path impact, EOT entitlement, mitigation measures, and time-related cost implications using Primavera P6 or MS Project inputs.
• Review contractor/subcontractor bills, measurements, quantity reconciliations, rate analyses, price-adjustment calculations, deductions, retention, advances, and final-account statements.
• Maintain complete contemporaneous records, including daily reports, site instructions, meeting minutes, RFIs, approvals, drawings, correspondence, progress reports, photographs, inspection records, and cost backup for claims substantiation.
• Support resolution of contractual disputes through negotiation, mediation, dispute boards, arbitration preparation, and legal coordination where required.
• Monitor contractual and commercial risk registers; recommend mitigation actions to protect project cost, schedule, and contractual entitlement.
• Coordinate closely with construction, design, planning, QA/QC, billing, procurement, finance, legal, and project-control teams.
• Prepare periodic reports on contract status, claims register, variation log, payment status, risks, disputes, cost exposure, and recovery actions for project leadership.
• Support project close-out, including final measurements, final bills, no-claim certificates, defect-liability obligations, release of retention/bank guarantees, and final account settlement.

Profile/Skills

• Post BTech - 7 years Post Diploma 10 years.
• Commercial acumen and ability to interpret technical and contractual documents together.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, drafting, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work under time-sensitive notice requirements and maintain auditable records.
• Understanding of construction sequencing and interfaces across civil, architectural, track, traction power, signalling, telecom, AFC, E&M, and depot packages.
• Sound knowledge of applicable safety, quality, statutory, and metro-rail project requirements.
• High integrity, attention to detail, and ability to manage confidential commercial information.

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency.

As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure.It’s not a job - it’s a career!

Workplace Type

On-site