QatarEnergy is hiring a Senior Contracts Engineer in Doha, Qatar. This is a contract position. The role supports sponsoring departments on all tendering and contractual matters, from the start of a project until its contracts are formally closed out.
Key responsibilities
- Advise and support sponsoring departments on tendering and contract matters at every stage of a project.
- Review and finalise procurement strategies, work and service scopes, and tender documents, including pricing mechanisms.
- Prepare tender bulletins and clarifications, take part in tender evaluations, and write evaluation reports for tender committees.
- Lead commercial clarifications and negotiations with bidders, and prepare letters of award.
- Prepare contract documents that reflect all clarifications, negotiations and qualifications.
- Manage contracts by drafting contract correspondence, assessing variations and change requests, issuing amendments, evaluating claims, resolving disputes and closing out contracts.
- Make sure strategies, tenders, contracts and variations follow QatarEnergy’s procurement regulations and the Contracts Department procedures.
- Maintain strict confidentiality and high ethical standards in all contractual matters.
- Promote and maintain a zero harm culture.
Requirements
- 10 to 15 years of multi-disciplinary experience, including at least 5 to 8 years in the oil and gas industry or in major industrial structures, working on pre-contract award activities such as preparing, evaluating and negotiating tenders and contracts.
- Strong skills in business correspondence, contract wording and report writing, with good analytical, negotiation and problem-solving abilities.
- Solid experience reviewing scopes of work and services, building suitable pricing structures and contract strategies, and breaking scopes into schedules of prices with pricing preambles and notes.
- A general understanding of EPCM and LSTK delivery methods, maintenance and operation services, and work execution programmes.
- A careful approach to contracting that avoids conflicts of interest and meets high business ethics standards.
- Good computer skills for contract analysis and for evaluating historical and projected statistical data.
- A focus on quality and HSE, and the ability to work well in a team.
- A bachelor degree in an engineering discipline, quantity surveying or an equivalent qualification.
Desirable
- Experience with SAP transactions.
- A sound knowledge of contracts law.
- A postgraduate qualification in contract management or project management.
About the role
Contracts engineers in this sector usually work across the full life of a project, from procurement planning and tender preparation through to negotiation, contract management and close-out. The work involves a lot of written reporting and careful attention to rules, so clear writing and accurate records are important.
Source: the official careers page of QatarEnergy, checked on 3 November 2026. Apply only through the employer’s official link in “How to apply”. Genuine employers never ask for money to hire you.
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