Contracts Administrator

Job description / Role

Contracts Administrator (Dammam)

- Prepare, issue, arbitrate, and award contracts with consultation of the construction and engineering team
- Review and process interim payment claims from the subcontractor
- Settle and close final accounts in accordance of the project legislation
- Prepare and agree any project variations
- Review all contractual obligations and ensure all work is completed in conformance
- Monitoring compliance of contract requirements
- Oversee and manage proposal planning and administration of contracts
- Prepare contract briefs and summarize contractual requirement and budgets
- Formulate contract change notices, review contractor performance including reporting and deliverables
- Maintain an audit file for each contract including the original contract, all communication/correspondence, changes/deviations, payment schedules and amendments
- Analyse and mitigate risk associated with the contract and project
- Interpret contract provisions to help resolve claims

Requirements

The ideal candidate holds an Academic or Bachelor’s Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or any relevant discipline.

The candidate has a minimum of 10 to 15 years’ experience within commercial and contract management and administration. Experience within real estate developments is essential.

Required experience and competencies for this role:
- Excellent verbal and written skills;
- Strong business acumen;
- Strong understanding of the business to include their business drivers for success, process and approaches to business models;
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills and experience:
- Ability to lead remote and local subordinates, communicate directions and ensure the demands and responsibilities of a distributed workforce are being met;
- Ability to deal with people in a manner which shows sensitivity, tact, and professionalism;
- Builds and maintains strong professional, trusted relationships with management, peers and staff;
- Provides guidance, persuades and influences decision makers;
- Enthusiastic and committed attitude toward work and task completion;

Main working contacts: TBC

About the Company

ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design & consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 28,000 people that generate more than 3 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world.