Contract Specialist
Working Location
Doha
Contract Type
Contract role until 30/03/2028
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree: Engineering or equivalent.
Experience & Skills
- Minimum eight (8) years' experience in Contract Award & Administration along with Planning, Control/Operations.
- Proven experience working in challenging environments and within multinational teams.
- Strong command of English, both written and spoken.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including facilitation skills.
- Demonstrated analytical ability, creative/innovative problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Multitasking and strong prioritisation ability.
- Self-starter with the drive and ability to work independently without close supervision.
- Resilient under pressure (internal and external).
- Proven capacity to deal effectively with competing priorities and complex issues.
- Expertise in MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint) and standard contract administration programs, including but not limited to SAP.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, manage, and administer contracts for the EPRS Division. Oversee the entire tendering process, continuously update technical specifications and requirements, enforce contractual obligations, and monitor contractor performance-including application of relevant contract provisions and liquidated damages where necessary.
- Develop tender strategies and all related documentation for the "Tendering and Contracting" process within the EPRS Division.
- Monitor contractor performance through periodic progress reports.
- Liaise with all relevant parties to ensure full contractual compliance, enforcing contractual clauses and liquidated damages to assure delivery as specified in the Scope of Work.
- Ensure timely and high-quality execution and analysis of both routine and ad-hoc contractor performance reports, including KPI tracking for monitored processes.
- Proactively identify process issues related to contractual compliance, risks, and bottlenecks; conduct root cause analysis; propose resolutions; and assist in developing solutions and mitigation plans.
- Review and analyse contract documents, gather and assess relevant data and information, and provide expert commentary and insights.
- Identify improvement opportunities, revising scope of work and technical specifications for future contracts to optimise resource utilisation.
- Take active part in planning activities (such as cost and budgeting) and related contract management efforts by creating, consolidating, and presenting insights and information to management.