Contract Manager

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman | Posted on 06/02/2026

• Work Experience Minimum 10 years of professional experience in contract management within construction, EPC or infrastructure project environments.
• Job Opening Status Open
• Industry Energy and Utilities
• City Muscat
• Country Sultanate of Oman

• The role is a Head Office position providingcontractual authority and governance across all active projects, includingutility-scale renewable energy developments (Wind, Solar PV and BESS) and industrial and commercial construction. The individual will act as the primarycontractual reference for the organisation, managing EPC and subcontractframeworks, driving proactive risk identification, safeguarding companyinterests through precise contractual communication, and leading claims and dispute processes. Close coordination with engineering, planning, commercial and legal functions is a core requirement.

Contract Governance & Lifecycle Management

• Own and govern the full contractuallifecycle for all construction and renewable energy contracts from pre-tenderthrough to final account close-out and performance certificate issuance.
• Lead contract review and negotiationduring the tender phase: identify contractual risks, ambiguities and gapsbefore contract award and propose protective amendments.
• Establish and maintain a structuredcontracts register covering all active EPC, subcontract, supply and service agreements across the project portfolio.
• Define and enforce contract management procedures, notice protocols and correspondence standards across the construction department.
• Ensure all contractual obligations,milestones, conditions precedent and hold-point requirements are identified,tracked and met throughout project execution.
• Lead contract close-out activities including final account settlement, defects liability management, performancesecurity release and lessons-learned documentation.

EPCContract Review & Management

• Conduct thorough review and risk analysis of EPC contract documents including conditions of contract, scope of work,technical specifications, payment schedules and performance requirements.
• Identify and document gaps,contradictions, ambiguities and risk allocations within EPC contract packages and present findings to senior management with recommended mitigation actions.
• Proactively identify and bridgecontractual gaps between Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), grid connectionagreements, EPC contracts and subcontract packages, ensuring alignment and protection of the Owner’s position throughout.
• Monitor EPC contractor compliance with allcontractual obligations on a continuous basis: programme adherence, qualityplan implementation, insurance and bond obligations, reporting requirements andnotification deadlines.
• Review and advise on EPC contractorcontractual entitlements, including variations, time extensions and financialclaims, ensuring the company’s position is protected at all times.
• Manage contractor-side deliverablesubmission schedules and ensure timely review and response to avoid deemedapproval or contract breach.

Claims Management

• Lead the preparation, substantiation and submission of all contractual claims on behalf of the Owner, including
  
  Extension of Time (EOT) claims, prolongation cost claims, disruption and lossof productivity claims, and acceleration claims.
• Manage the defence and rebuttal of claimssubmitted by EPC contractors, subcontractors and suppliers: assess entitlement,quantum and supporting evidence, and prepare structured counter-claim orrejection responses.
• Ensure strict compliance with FIDIC and contract-specific notification provisions for all claims: deadlines, form ofnotice, content requirements and supporting records.
• Maintain a comprehensive claims registercovering all active, pending and resolved claims across the portfolio, with regular status reporting to senior management.
• Coordinate with planning engineers on forensic delay analysis to support EOT claims and delay rebuttals:
  Time Impact Analysis (TIA), As-Planned vs. As-Built and Windows Analysis methodologies.
• Coordinate with cost controllers and quantity surveyors on claim quantum preparation, cost substantiation and financial exposure assessments.
• Maintain a structured notices and approvals tracker covering all contractual time-sensitive obligations acrossevery active contract.
• Proactively track, prepare and issue all required contractual notices within prescribed deadlines, including:
• Delay notices: immediate identification and notification of delaying events in compliance with FIDIC or equivalentcontract provisions.
• Extension of Time (EOT) notices: formalinterim and final EOT submissions with full supporting programme and narrativesubstantiation.
• Variation notifications: timelyidentification, notification and pricing of scope changes, instructedvariations and constructive changes.
• Claims submissions: preparation and timely submission of fully substantiated claims in compliance with contract notice and submission requirements.
• Suspension notices: identification…