Operations and Maintenance Contracts Engineer

DAR AL RIYADH; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR AL RIYADH seeks an experienced professional to administer dam O&M contracts from mobilization to close-out, ensuring compliance with technical specs, costs and schedules. You will monitor contractor performance, review variations, payments and deliverables, and coordinate across civil, mechanical, electrical and other disciplines.

The role requires 8+ years in engineering, O&M or contract administration, with dam facilities experience and strong reporting, analytical and coordination

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in engineering, O&M or contract administration.
• Dam facilities experience is required.
• Knowledge of dam civil/structural assets, mechanical equipment and control systems.
• Experience administering O&M, infrastructure or engineering contracts.
• Experience monitoring contractor performance and contractual deliverables.
• Experience reviewing payment certificates, quantities and supporting records.
• Ability to review project schedules and verify progress.
• Experience handling variations, claims, and change requests.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specs, bills of quantities and contract conditions.
• Strong technical-reporting, analytical, documentation and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer dam O&M contracts from mobilization through execution through close-out.
• Monitor O&M contractors and verify performance against contractual requirements.
• Review contract conditions, scopes, technical specifications, bills of quantities and deliverables.
• Coordinate technical reviews across civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, instrumentation and control.
• Verify contractors provide required personnel, tools, equipment, materials and spares.
• Monitor preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance activities.
• Review schedules and track progress against plans and milestones.
• Prepare contractual correspondence, technical assessments and recommendations.
• Monitor contractor KPIs and service-level performance trends.
• Attend site inspections, testing, commissioning and handover activities.

Skills

Technical reporting

Analytical skills

Documentation

Coordination skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Administer dam O & M contracts from mobilization through execution completion and close-out
• Monitor O & M contractors and verify performance against contractual requirements
• Review contract conditions scopes of work technical specifications bills of quantities and approved deliverables
• Monitor contractors compliance with approved work programs staffing requirements service levels and response times
• Review contractors technical submissions maintenance plans method statements and progress reports
• Coordinate technical reviews across civil structural mechanical electrical hydraulic instrumentation and control disciplines
• Verify that contractors provide the required personnel tools equipment materials and spare parts
• Monitor preventive predictive corrective and emergency maintenance activities
• Review daily weekly monthly and look-ahead schedules
• Track work progress and confirm delivery against approved plans contractual milestones and Client instructions
• Identify delays resource constraints incomplete works and emerging contractual risks
• Follow up recovery measures and corrective-action plans
• Review contractors payment certificates and verify completed quantities and supporting documentation
• Confirm that claimed work has been inspected accepted and properly recorded
• Coordinate payment verification with engineering planning cost control Finance and Contracts teams
• Review variations additional-work requests claims and change proposals
• Assess the technical cost and schedule impact of proposed changes
• Maintain contract registers covering payments variations claims correspondence deliverables and risks
• Prepare contractual correspondence technical assessments and recommendations
• Monitor contract values commitments expenditure and remaining balances
• Monitor contractor KPIs service-level agreements and performance trends
• Verify compliance with quality environmental safety and permit-to-work requirements
• Monitor defects non-conformances and outstanding actions through to closure
• Participate in site inspections testing commissioning and handover activities
• Review completion certificates as-built drawings O & M manuals warranties and close-out documentation
• Participate in contractor coordination progress technical and performance-review meetings
• Prepare technical contractor-performance and full-scope project reports
• Highlight contractual non-compliance schedule delays financial concerns and required management decisions
• Maintain complete and auditable records of instructions submissions approvals and completed work
• Prepare clear daily weekly monthly annual and technical reports as required by the assignment
• Coordinate with government stakeholders consultants contractors and multidisciplinary teams
• Attend meetings inspections and site visits anywhere in Saudi Arabia as required
• Comply with Saudi laws applicable codes Client procedures quality requirements and occupational health and safety obligations

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent relevant discipline, from a recognized university.
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in engineering, O&M or contract administration.
• Previous experience with dam facilities is required.
• Sound knowledge of dam civil and structural assets, mechanical equipment and control systems.
• Experience administering O&M, infrastructure or engineering contracts.
• Demonstrated experience monitoring contractor performance and contractual deliverables.
• Experience reviewing payment certificates, completed quantities and supporting records.
• Ability to review project schedules and verify reported progress.
• Experience handling variations, claims, contractual correspondence and change requests.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, bills of quantities and contract conditions.
• Strong technical-reporting, analytical, documentation and coordination skills.
• Relevant experience must be supported by verifiable employment records, project references, reports or studies when requested.