Senior Contract Engineer

MENA HR Solutions LLC (IBD Group); Muscat; On-site; OMR 12,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

MENA HR Solutions LLC (IBD Group) in Oman seeks a Senior Contract Engineer to oversee construction and civil engineering contracts across pre-award to close-out, including tendering, commercial evaluation, and awarding decisions.

You will manage procurement governance, track costs, progress, and changes, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with local procedures and regulations, while promoting ICV and Oman-sourced goods and services.

Qualifications

• Manage ongoing contracts and associated processes in line with company procedures.
• Conduct tendering and commercial evaluation, bid analysis and award recommendations.
• Support negotiations for claims, variations, changes and disputes, coordinating with end users and Legal.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Project Management on contract administration needs and objectives.
• Ensure compliance with procedures, policies and relevant standards.
• Demonstrate procurement and contracts management expertise, including cost, processes and financial impact.
• Manage tender communications, prepare bid documents and respond to clarifications.
• Develop commercial evaluation models and participate in technical evaluation.
• Maintain interfaces with Facilities, Operations, Finance, Legal, HR and IT.

Skills

Contract management

Tendering

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Procurement governance

GCC experience

ICV implementation

Tools

ERP systems

Tendering trackers

Job description

Senior Contract Engineer - Construction and civil engineering contracts

Industry : Manufacturing, FMCG Processing , FMCG Manufacturing

• End-to-end contract management pre-award through post-award and close-out.
• Tendering and commercial evaluation tender documents, bid analysis and award recommendations.
• Claims, variations and negotiations managing contractual changes and disputes.
• Contractor and stakeholder management performance, payments, progress and cross-functional coordination.
• ICV and local sourcing especially relevant to the Oman operating environment.
• Procurement systems and governance ERP agreements, trackers, procedures and compliance.
• GCC Experience.
• Contract Period Duration : One Year

Core role and purpose

• Manage ongoing contracts and associated processes in line with the company s Contract Management Plans and approved procedures.
• Ensure contractual obligations are fulfilled according to agreed standards.
• Protect the customer s commercial interests and minimize contractual risk.
• Coordinate contract administration activities and interfaces across the organization.

2. Key responsibilities A. Contract administration and management

• Coordinate with the Project Management team on contract administration needs and objectives.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, policies and relevant standards.
• Demonstrate comprehensive procurement and contracts management expertise, including cost, processes, financial impact and operational requirements.
• Manage tendering communications, prepare bid documents, respond to bidder clarifications and ensure timely bid submissions.
• Develop commercial evaluation models and participate in technical evaluation.
• Liaise with end-user departments and support functions, including Facilities, Operations, Finance, Legal, HR and IT.
• Formulate tendering and contracting strategies and present award recommendations to the Tender Committee Board.
• Support negotiations relating to claims, variations, changes and disputes, coordinating with end users and Legal.
• Prepare and issue purchase/service agreements through the ERP system.
• Manage the complete contract lifecycle, including planning, execution, contractor performance, work completion, SRN, invoice payments and contract close-out.
• Conduct market analysis and benchmarking to develop sourcing plans and outsourcing recommendations.
• Maintain contracts and tendering trackers.
• Monitor vendor compliance with agreed contract terms and conditions.
• Track costs, performance, progress, payments, reporting and change orders.
• Conduct monthly business reviews with end users to anticipate changing business requirements.

3. In-Country Value (ICV)

The JD Places Significant Emphasis On ICV, Including

• Developing and maintaining ICV policies, governance and strategy.
• Integrating ICV requirements into project designs and operational activities.
• Identifying capable Omani suppliers and promoting Omani goods and services in regional and international markets.
• Conducting capability and capacity gap analyses.
• Monitoring ICV commitments against actual delivery.
• Supporting Omani workforce development, training and succession planning.
• Increasing local sourcing through tendering, long-term business agreements and business development.