Contracts Director

Description

The role ensures that all contract requirements are implemented and maintained throughout the contract period, while providing contractual advice to engineering teams and reviewing contractual notices of claims. It involves interacting with client representatives, project management consultants, and contractors to address all contractual matters and reviewing contract documents to minimize ambiguities. The position also implements and updates the Risk Register, managing commercial risks by advising on potential claims and actions for claim avoidance.

Key duties include assisting with contract administration, monitoring contractor and consultant compliance, preparing correspondence, and facilitating contract changes and variation orders. The incumbent manages the change management process, oversees contract close‑out procedures, ensures warranties, bonds and guarantees are in place, and maintains claim logs and engineers' instructions. Additional responsibilities cover validating payment applications, supporting estimation and project control teams, organizing commercial meetings, and preparing monthly progress reports.

• Implement and maintain contract requirements throughout the contract period.
• Review contractual notices of claims and provide advice to engineering teams.
• Interact with clients, consultants, and contractors on all contractual matters.
• Update and communicate the Risk Register for ongoing commercial issues.
• Advise on potential claims, estimate rough order of magnitude, and recommend avoidance actions.
• Monitor contractor and consultant compliance with contract documents.
• Prepare and manage correspondence, records, and variation orders.
• Lead the change management process and initiate credit change orders.
• Facilitate contract close‑out, ensuring all terms are met before final payment.
• Ensure warranties, bonds, insurances, and guarantees are current and compliant.
• Maintain claim logs, engineers' instructions, and variation orders.
• Validate interim and final payment applications against contractual terms.
• Support estimation and project control teams on contractual implications of changes.
• Organize, chair, and record minutes of commercial meetings.
• Stay informed of Hill International’s quality, environmental, safety, and health policies.

Requirements

Qualifications require a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related field, and a minimum of 20 years of strong international experience. Membership in RICS, CIOB, or an equivalent professional body is desirable, along with extensive knowledge of FIDIC contracts, particularly design‑and‑build, and expertise in contractual and legal matters. Strong leadership, organizational skills, fluency in written and spoken English, and Arabic speaking ability are also valued.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance