Contract Management & Claims Specialist

About the role

The Contract Management & Claims Specialist provides technical contract‑management support for installation and construction contracts, reviewing correspondence, claims and variations, and delivering objective analyses and recommendations for the client.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support for installation, construction, supply‑and‑install and commissioning contracts.
• Maintain contract registers, notice, variation, claims and extension‑of‑time logs.
• Review contract documents, specifications and schedules to identify obligations and commercial risks.
• Assess entitlement and causation for claims, variations and extension‑of‑time submissions.
• Prepare independent technical evaluations, recommendation memoranda and claim chronologies for the client.
• Coordinate with project, engineering, planning, cost, procurement and HSE teams to assemble reliable records.
• Support contract meetings, negotiations, dispute avoidance and resolution processes.
• Assist in contract close‑out, final‑account reviews and lessons‑learned documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Law or related field; Master's or professional qualification preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of international engineering or construction contract‑management experience.
• At least 7 years on power, energy or comparable infrastructure projects with contracts of US$10 million+.
• Proven experience in claims analysis, variations, extension‑of‑time assessments and dispute support.
• Familiarity with FIDIC or comparable EPC, design‑build contracts.
• Experience in East Africa or internationally financed infrastructure programmes is an advantage.

Required skills

• International construction contract administration (FIDIC, EPC, design‑build)
• Claims entitlement analysis and causation assessment
• Variation and change‑control management
• Extension‑of‑time and delay analysis (critical path, concurrency, mitigation)
• Contractual notice management and audit‑trail control
• Contemporaneous record management and evidence preservation
• Technical evaluation report writing