Contracts and Claims Lead
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About the Role
Nesma Infrastructure & Technology seeks a Contracts and Claims Lead in Jeddah to manage contract administration, claims, and disputes for construction/infrastructure projects. Requires a Bachelor's in Engineering/QS/Law, strong FIDIC knowledge, and 8-13 years of experience.
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Responsibilities
- Ensure Contract Management activities comply with client objectives, strategies, policies, and regulations
- Implement best practices, methodologies, and strategies for contract management
- Identify opportunities for improvements and innovations
- Ensure proper and timely administration of contracts awarded by the client
- Manage contractual correspondence, issue timely notices/disputes/claims/replies
- Draft high quality and professional contractual notices
- Proactive approach to risk identification and change management
- Lead resolution of disputes and claims, formalize changes via variations
- Collaborate with engineering, technical and project management teams
- Assign tasks, provide support and guidance to subordinates
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering / QS / Law
- Strong FIDIC knowledge
- Postgraduate qualification in Construction Law preferred
- MRICS, MCIOB, or membership of a recognized engineering/claims institute desirable
- Minimum 8 13 years total experience in contracts and claims within construction/infrastructure
- Minimum 5 7 years in a senior/lead role handling complex contractual and claims matters
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Job Purpose
- To support the implementation of NIT’s Contract and Claims Management strategy by leading the preparation, administration, and monitoring of main contract and subcontract agreements.
- The role ensures proper contractual governance, proactive risk and change management, timely submission of claims and variations, and effective protection of NIT’s contractual and financial entitlements.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the Contract Management activities are undertaken in compliance with the client’s objectives, strategies, policies, plans, procedures, and applicable regulations / standards templates.
- Implement best practices, methodologies and strategies, as required.
- Identify opportunities for improvements and innovations.
- Ensure the proper and timely administration of contracts awarded by the client.
- Manage contractual correspondence to ensure it is handled in accordance with the highest standards by issuing timely notices / disputes / claims / replies by preserving the rights of NIT.
- Draft high quality and professional contractual notices.
- Proactive approach to risk identification and change management.
- Lead the resolution of disputes and claims and ensure all changes to contracts are formalized via. Variations by preserving the rights of NIT.
- Collaborate with the client to ensure thorough and timely contract management practices.
- Collaborate with engineering, technical and project management teams to ensure proper contract administration, payments certification, variations administration and claims management.
- Maintains active participation in related professional societies to keep abreast of relevant contractual issues.
- Assign tasks, provide support & guidance to the subordinates and review their work prior to circulation to the concerned stakeholder.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering / QS / Law degree + strong FIDIC knowledge
- Postgraduate qualification in Construction Law preferred.
- MRICS, MCIOB, or membership of a recognized engineering/claims institute desirable but not mandatory.
- Minimum 8 13 years total experience in contracts and claims within construction/infrastructure.
- Minimum 5–7 years in a senior/lead role handling complex contractual and claims matters.
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