Senior Contracts Engineer - Projects
Posted date [2026-06-25]
(ID: 47009)
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Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a leading diversified energy group, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Our network of fully integrated businesses operates across the energy value chain, helping us to responsibly meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market.
Already in the top tier of the lowest carbon intensity oil and gas producers in the world, we are taking significant steps to make today’s energy cleaner while investing in the clean energies of tomorrow, strengthening our position as a reliable and responsible global energy provider. We are allocating an initial $23 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions, investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to enable our net zero by 2045 ambition and our commitment to zero methane emissions by 2030. ... |
Job Description and Requirements
Senior Contracts Engineer - ProjectsJob Snapshot
Role: Senior Contracts Engineer - Projects
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Contracts Administration
Experience: Minimum 6 years
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Senior Contracts Engineer - Projects in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy opportunity focused on procurement, tendering, contract formulation, and post-award administration for major technical and capital projects. ADNOC Group is hiring an experienced contracts professional to manage procurement activities, evaluate commercial and contractual risks, support EPC contractor purchasing, and safeguard project objectives throughout the contract lifecycle.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Contracts Administration
Salary: 22000-34000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Senior Contracts Engineer - Projects supports the
commercial delivery of major and technical projects through direct procurement and procurement performed by engineering, procurement, and construction contractors. The role covers prequalification, enquiry preparation, tender evaluation, negotiation, contract award, administration, variation management, claims assessment, material follow-up, and contractual close-out.
The position works closely with engineering, project management, legal, finance, quality, logistics, inspection, and supply chain teams. Its contribution is essential to controlling contractual exposure, maintaining material availability, reducing claims, and ensuring that procurement decisions remain aligned with project schedules, budgets, technical standards, and UAE legal requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide accurate and timely input for the development of project procurement and contracting strategies.
* Align contractual approaches with project scope, schedule, budget, technical requirements, and execution plans.
* Prepare, review, update, and amend project contracts, purchase agreements, and related commercial documents.
* Develop terms and conditions that protect company interests and address operational, financial, legal, schedule, and third-party performance risks.
* Conduct procurement activities from supplier prequalification through tendering, evaluation, negotiation, and recommendation for award.
* Prepare enquiries, requests for quotation, tender packages, commercial schedules, and bidder instructions.
* Coordinate enquiry issuance and manage bidder communications throughout the tendering period.
* Review scopes of work and technical documentation to identify ambiguity, omissions, inconsistencies, and potential contractual exposure.
* Recommend scope clarifications that reduce misinterpretation, variations, disputes, and claims during project execution.
* Conduct commercial and contractual evaluations of supplier, vendor, contractor, and subcontractor proposals.
* Identify qualifications, exclusions, deviations, exceptions, and commercial risks within tender submissions.
* Coordinate technical and quality evaluations with engineering, project, inspection, and user departments.
* Develop evaluation summaries and recommendations for contract or purchase order award.
* Support commercial negotiations with contractors, vendors, suppliers, and service providers.
* Prepare negotiation strategies covering pricing, delivery, liability, warranty, guarantees, payment, schedule, and contractual risk.
* Participate in the preparation of formal contractual responses to bidder and contractor queries.
* Administer awarded contracts and monitor compliance with agreed terms, milestones, deliverables, and commercial obligations.
* Evaluate changes, variations, claims, extension requests, and compensation proposals submitted during project execution.
* Determine contractual entitlement and recommend strategies that minimize cost, schedule, and legal impact.
* Maintain accurate records of contractual correspondence, notices, instructions, approvals, and negotiated agreements.
* Coordinate with procurement teams to ensure timely placement and delivery of equipment, materials, and project commodities.
* Follow up on vendor documentation, manufacturing progress, inspection, expediting, shipping, customs clearance, and site delivery.
* Monitor EPC contractor procurement activities against approved project procurement plans and contractual obligations.
* Review supplier and subcontractor selection processes performed by EPC contractors.
* Verify that procured materials comply with project specifications, industry codes, quality standards, and approved vendor requirements.
* Coordinate material control activities to support accurate receipt, storage, allocation, and availability for construction.
* Support contract completion, final account settlement, release of guarantees, issuance of completion certificates, and close-out documentation.
* Ensure procurement and contract activities comply with company policies, HSE procedures, UAE laws, and applicable industry standards.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering.
* Minimum 6 years of experience in procurement and contracts for oil and gas projects.
* Practical experience across both pre-award and post-award contract phases.
* Strong background in enquiry preparation, enquiry management, tender evaluation, contract formulation, negotiation, and administration.
* Proven experience implementing contract management activities for capital or major technical projects.
* Understanding of standard industry contracting forms and the practical effect of their provisions.
* Strong knowledge of contract terms, commercial principles, legal issues, and risk allocation.
* Ability to identify contractual risks and develop effective mitigation measures.
* Experience assessing variations, claims, contractor correspondence, and contractual entitlement.
* Familiarity with purchasing, inspection, expediting, shipping, freight forwarding, customs, and material control.
* Thorough understanding of equipment, materials, and commodities used in the oil and gas industry.
* Knowledge of project procurement plans, vendor management, subcontractor evaluation, and expediting requirements.
* Familiarity with international oil and gas codes, standards, and supply chain practices.
* Understanding of UAE laws and regulations affecting contracts, procurement, and project execution.
* Strong commercial judgment, attention to detail, planning, organization, scheduling, coordination, and record-keeping skills.
* Ability to work effectively with engineering, legal, finance, HSE, quality, logistics, contractors, and suppliers.
Skills Set
* Project contracts
* Procurement management
* Contract formulation
* Contract administration
* Pre-award contracts
* Post-award contracts
* Tender preparation
* Enquiry management
* Supplier prequalification
* Tender evaluation
* Commercial evaluation
* Contract negotiation
* Contract risk assessment
* Terms and conditions
* Scope of work review
* Variations management
* Claims evaluation
* Change management
* EPC procurement
* Project procurement plans
* Vendor management
* Subcontractor evaluation
* Material procurement
* Material control
* Equipment procurement
* Inspection coordination
* Expediting
* Freight forwarding
* Shipping
* Customs clearance
* Contract close-out
* Completion certificates
* Oil and gas materials
* Industry codes and standards
* UAE contract regulations
* HSE compliance
Why Join Us
This role provides exposure to complex procurement and contracting activities supporting major oil and gas developments in Abu Dhabi. The position combines commercial analysis, contract risk management, supplier coordination, material delivery, and project execution support within a highly structured energy environment.
The successful candidate will contribute to cost control, schedule performance, contractual protection, and reliable project delivery while developing expertise across the complete procurement and contract lifecycle.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is an integrated energy organization operating across exploration, production, processing, refining, logistics, trading, and industrial development. Its project and supply chain teams manage major investments through disciplined procurement, robust contracting practices, qualified suppliers, and rigorous technical and commercial governance.
The position works closely with engineering, project management, legal, finance, quality, logistics, inspection, and supply chain teams. Its contribution is essential to controlling contractual exposure, maintaining material availability, reducing claims, and ensuring that procurement decisions remain aligned with project schedules, budgets, technical standards, and UAE legal requirements.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide accurate and timely input for the development of project procurement and contracting strategies.
* Align contractual approaches with project scope, schedule, budget, technical requirements, and execution plans.
* Prepare, review, update, and amend project contracts, purchase agreements, and related commercial documents.
* Develop terms and conditions that protect company interests and address operational, financial, legal, schedule, and third-party performance risks.
* Conduct procurement activities from supplier prequalification through tendering, evaluation, negotiation, and recommendation for award.
* Prepare enquiries, requests for quotation, tender packages, commercial schedules, and bidder instructions.
* Coordinate enquiry issuance and manage bidder communications throughout the tendering period.
* Review scopes of work and technical documentation to identify ambiguity, omissions, inconsistencies, and potential contractual exposure.
* Recommend scope clarifications that reduce misinterpretation, variations, disputes, and claims during project execution.
* Conduct commercial and contractual evaluations of supplier, vendor, contractor, and subcontractor proposals.
* Identify qualifications, exclusions, deviations, exceptions, and commercial risks within tender submissions.
* Coordinate technical and quality evaluations with engineering, project, inspection, and user departments.
* Develop evaluation summaries and recommendations for contract or purchase order award.
* Support commercial negotiations with contractors, vendors, suppliers, and service providers.
* Prepare negotiation strategies covering pricing, delivery, liability, warranty, guarantees, payment, schedule, and contractual risk.
* Participate in the preparation of formal contractual responses to bidder and contractor queries.
* Administer awarded contracts and monitor compliance with agreed terms, milestones, deliverables, and commercial obligations.
* Evaluate changes, variations, claims, extension requests, and compensation proposals submitted during project execution.
* Determine contractual entitlement and recommend strategies that minimize cost, schedule, and legal impact.
* Maintain accurate records of contractual correspondence, notices, instructions, approvals, and negotiated agreements.
* Coordinate with procurement teams to ensure timely placement and delivery of equipment, materials, and project commodities.
* Follow up on vendor documentation, manufacturing progress, inspection, expediting, shipping, customs clearance, and site delivery.
* Monitor EPC contractor procurement activities against approved project procurement plans and contractual obligations.
* Review supplier and subcontractor selection processes performed by EPC contractors.
* Verify that procured materials comply with project specifications, industry codes, quality standards, and approved vendor requirements.
* Coordinate material control activities to support accurate receipt, storage, allocation, and availability for construction.
* Support contract completion, final account settlement, release of guarantees, issuance of completion certificates, and close-out documentation.
* Ensure procurement and contract activities comply with company policies, HSE procedures, UAE laws, and applicable industry standards.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering.
* Minimum 6 years of experience in procurement and contracts for oil and gas projects.
* Practical experience across both pre-award and post-award contract phases.
* Strong background in enquiry preparation, enquiry management, tender evaluation, contract formulation, negotiation, and administration.
* Proven experience implementing contract management activities for capital or major technical projects.
* Understanding of standard industry contracting forms and the practical effect of their provisions.
* Strong knowledge of contract terms, commercial principles, legal issues, and risk allocation.
* Ability to identify contractual risks and develop effective mitigation measures.
* Experience assessing variations, claims, contractor correspondence, and contractual entitlement.
* Familiarity with purchasing, inspection, expediting, shipping, freight forwarding, customs, and material control.
* Thorough understanding of equipment, materials, and commodities used in the oil and gas industry.
* Knowledge of project procurement plans, vendor management, subcontractor evaluation, and expediting requirements.
* Familiarity with international oil and gas codes, standards, and supply chain practices.
* Understanding of UAE laws and regulations affecting contracts, procurement, and project execution.
* Strong commercial judgment, attention to detail, planning, organization, scheduling, coordination, and record-keeping skills.
* Ability to work effectively with engineering, legal, finance, HSE, quality, logistics, contractors, and suppliers.
Skills Set
* Project contracts
* Procurement management
* Contract formulation
* Contract administration
* Pre-award contracts
* Post-award contracts
* Tender preparation
* Enquiry management
* Supplier prequalification
* Tender evaluation
* Commercial evaluation
* Contract negotiation
* Contract risk assessment
* Terms and conditions
* Scope of work review
* Variations management
* Claims evaluation
* Change management
* EPC procurement
* Project procurement plans
* Vendor management
* Subcontractor evaluation
* Material procurement
* Material control
* Equipment procurement
* Inspection coordination
* Expediting
* Freight forwarding
* Shipping
* Customs clearance
* Contract close-out
* Completion certificates
* Oil and gas materials
* Industry codes and standards
* UAE contract regulations
* HSE compliance
Why Join Us
This role provides exposure to complex procurement and contracting activities supporting major oil and gas developments in Abu Dhabi. The position combines commercial analysis, contract risk management, supplier coordination, material delivery, and project execution support within a highly structured energy environment.
The successful candidate will contribute to cost control, schedule performance, contractual protection, and reliable project delivery while developing expertise across the complete procurement and contract lifecycle.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is an integrated energy organization operating across exploration, production, processing, refining, logistics, trading, and industrial development. Its project and supply chain teams manage major investments through disciplined procurement, robust contracting practices, qualified suppliers, and rigorous technical and commercial governance.
