Contracts Administrator

Digby Morris

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: KP107-39

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Contracts Manager – Civils Contractor - 5 day week
Abu Dhabi, UAE

The Company

Digby Morris’ client, is a long standing and major contributor to the development of major capital projects in the UAE. Employing in excess of 6,000 people from their principle head office in Abu Dhabi, the company is one of the UAE's premiere contracting companies engaged in engineering, procurement, civil, electrical, instrumentation, piping, mechanical, marine, irrigation and landscaping projects.

With a burgeoning order book for 2019 the company has identified a need for a Contracts Administrator/Senior QS to join the contracts team, reporting to the company Contracts Manager. The company is unwavering in its intentions to hire someone with the ability to operate independently and hit the ground running – this would be a largely unsupervised role with significant autonomy on a mixture of civils and infra based projects …

The Benefits

- Tax Free Package to AED45-50k per month (inclusive of basic, housing & car allowance) + gratuity, flights & medical

Additional Information

- 5 Day week
- Start is ASAP
- 1 day per week head office
- Between multiple sites Dubai & Abu Dhabi

Salary:
AED 40,000 to 50,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.
Additional benefits: All Inclusive

Requirements

The Person

- Degree in QS or similar
- British/Irish/South African/Australian or New Zealand national
- In the region of 10yrs qualified experience
- Currently QS/SQS/Managing QS or Contracts Administrator
- Experience in the Middle East is essential
- Contracting experience required
- Will consider any project experience but a preference for civil / utilities etc
- Claims exposure
- Cost and Value Management,
- Proven ability in Subcontract procurement and administration
- Ability to deliver to deadlines

About the Company

Digby Morris one of the first choice recruitment consultancies operating within the property and construction industry. Offering expertise in executive search & selection, contingency recruitment, interim management and contract placements as well as a comprehensive range of specialist consulting services, we understand that every clients requirement is different and tailor each project to our clients\\' needs.

We specialise solely in the placement of property and construction professionals from graduates to senior managers, partners and main board directors. To date our clients have included:

  • Private Practices
  • Retailers
  • Developers
  • Charities
  • Leisure Operators
  • Financial Institutions
  • Contractors
  • House Builders
  • Consultancies

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Contract Administrator salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 22,000

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