Contract Administrator

Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Incorporated; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm is hiring a Contract Manager in Riyadh. The role involves managing the contracts lifecycle from pre-award to post-award. Candidates should have 5-10 years of relevant experience, a Bachelor's degree, and effective communication skills in English. Knowledge of contract regulations, especially in the Middle East, is preferred. Join a team dedicated to delivering successful project outcomes.

Benefits

Robust benefits to ensure employee well-being

Opportunities for career advancement

Supportive and diverse work environment

Qualifications

• Requires 5-10 years of relevant work experience.
• Intermediate knowledge of contracting regulations, policies, and practices.
• Experience of Middle East/Saudi Arabia is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Forms and manages contracts and agreements.
• Monitors and ensures management is aware of change events.
• Develops and issues contracts and other agreements.

Skills

Effective English written and oral communication skills

Awareness of law, negotiations, or cost engineering

Organized in documenting and record keeping

Competency in MS Office suite

Flexibility in adjusting to workload and priorities

Education

Bachelor's degree or international equivalent

Job description

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• Relocation Authorized:National - Single
• Telework Type:Full-Time Office/Project
• Work Location:Riyadh

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Expo 2030 Riyadh is a global platform where countries, organizations, and individuals will come together to collaborate. Under the theme “Foresight for Tomorrow,” the Expo promotes sustainable development, innovation, and transformative thinking. The event will be held from October 2030 to March 2031 and is expected to welcome over 40 million visits.

The 6 km² Masterplan outlines a comprehensive framework for participation and infrastructure at the Expo. The exhibition space, totaling 491,100 m² GFA, can accommodate up to 197 participating countries and 29 international organizations. Working collaboratively with our customer, Expo 2030 Riyadh Company (ERC), Bechtel will manage the infrastructure program which comprises early works, utilities, and publicly accessible spaces like streets and parks. Our scope on the six-square-kilometer site will transition into a mixed-use legacy development to serve the community after the six-month event is over. The project’s master plan leverages international sustainability standards for urban afforestation, treated water, and energy sources.

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Job Summary:

Forms and manages less complex to moderately complex contracts and agreements. Maintains a continuous review of the progress of each contract and or agreement and provides management with information regarding any commercial difficulties. Prepares correspondence, trackers, minutes, presentations, variation orders, and amendments, in addition to other necessary documents and gains management approval on the same. Additionally, performs other duties as assigned.

Job Dimensions:

• Coordination with other Departments and Customer.
• Perform activities as required to support the project and achieve milestones whilst seeking and receiving guidance from lead and or management.
• Monitors and ensures lead and or management is aware of change events, claims, and disputes; proposes resolution of the same fairly; coordinating with lead and or management.
• Awareness of commercial matters, makes resolution recommendations, and collaborates with lead and or management to define strategy and actions.
• Team player able to receive guidance and feedback.
• Reports to the assigned team lead.
• Receives guidance from managers and leads.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Major Responsibilities:

Pre-Award:

• Develops and issues contracts and other agreements documents as assigned.
• In accordance with procedures, provides input to and prepares supporting tender documents through the process from beginning to end; forming and issuing tender packages, tracking and closing queries.
• Prepares and organizes meetings and workshops.
• Prepares contract documents for execution with Customer’s team.
• Prepares and maintains control and status reporting documents.
• Prepares pre-award reports, presentations and other programmatic documents in support of EXPO2030’s vision.
• Performs other pre-award duties as required.

Post-Award:

• The implementation of Contract & Commercial Management Procedures for the administration of the Contract.
• The review of Contract general terms and conditions to identify and monitor areas of risk, ambiguities, conflicts or deviations from the scope of work and the actions required.
• The development and management of appropriate mechanisms to monitor compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Identification and recommendation of resolution of Contract claims as they develop.
• Obtaining all contract deliverables for timely work handover and close-out of contracts.
• Prepares post-award reports, presentations and other programmatic documents in support of EXPO2030’s vision.
• Performs other post-award duties as required.
Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 5-10 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

Required:

• Effective English written and oral communication skills.
• Awareness of law, negotiations, or cost engineering.
• Developed business writing skills, with a strong command of the English language.
• Organized in documenting and record keeping.
• Adaptability to differing environments.
• Competency in MS Office suite.
• Flexibility in adjusting to workload and priorities.

Preferred:

• Intermediate knowledge of contracting regulations, policies, and practices.
• Specialized courses or experience in pricing, contract law, negotiations, and accounting.
• Experience of Middle East / Saudi Arabia.
• Degree in Business, Quantity Surveying, Law or Engineering.
• Contract formation and administration/claims experience.
• Ability to draft and or revise T&Cs.
• Experience in lump sum, unit price and cost-plus type contracts.
• Experience in construction, design, services, and O&M forms of contracts.
• Comfortable interacting in a multi-national team environment.

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