Senior Consultant - Contracts Administrator

Turner & Townsend; Riyad Al Khabra; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking candidates for contract and claims management roles in Al-Qassim Province. The ideal applicant should possess a degree in quantity surveying, civil engineering, or construction management, with experience in FIDIC contracts and strong analytical skills. A commitment to inclusivity and best practices in project management is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a variety of construction sectors and project types.
• Experience of FIDIC and other standard form contracts.
• Demonstrable track record in contract and claims services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Contract Development and Management services.
• Provide claims and dispute management advice.
• Support Subject Matter Experts in the region.

Skills

Contract administration

Commercial management

Client facing environment

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Quantity surveying degree

MSc Construction Law or similar

Job description

Overview

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Responsibilities

Turner and Townsend Contract Services Team deliver Contract Development, Contract Management and Dispute Resolution and Claims Management Services across the region. With strong experience in a consultancy or contractor organization, you will have knowledge and demonstrate hands on experience of standard forms of contract, claims management, dispute avoidance and/or dispute resolution within the built environment sectors. With a ‘can do’ attitude and commercially astute you will be driven, results oriented with the ability to provide best in class claims and dispute management advice for our clients.

Individuals will have a quantity surveying, commercial management, engineering and/or legal background and have the ability to support our Subject Matter Experts in the region and aid the growth of our high performing Contract Services division.

• Experience in a variety of construction sectors and project type
• Strong contract administration experience
• Strong commercial management experience on major projects
• Experience of FIDIC and other standard form contracts and the relevant processes and procedures
• Experience of compiling claim reports
• Experience of arbitration and/or litigation processes
• Confident in a client facing environment, with good presentational skills
• Experience of performance forensics, whether from a quantum or delay background
• Application of methodical analytical skills, with a flexible and adaptable approach to service delivery under a number of challenging scenarios
• Experience of providing consultancy services on live contracts and projects in distress an advantage
• Able to prepare and support on major bid proposals

Qualifications

• Quantity surveying, civil engineering or construction management degree
• MSc Construction Law or similar desirable (or currently undertaking)
• MCIArb, MCIOB, MRICS or FRICS chartered preferred

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable track record of providing contract and claims services in the property sector.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to formally submit candidates for review via our ATS.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com

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