Senior Contracts Engineer

Duration: 12 months Renewable contract Schedule: Resident Maputo Location: Mozambique

This opportunity sits within a major project-focused environment and will support contract strategy, tendering, negotiation, contract administration, claims evaluation, and close-out activities. The role is suited to professionals with strong Contracts and Procurement expertise, experience working with standard forms of contract such as FIDIC, and the ability to manage complex commercial and contractual matters across project delivery. This position offers broad exposure to procurement strategy, bid analysis, contract execution follow-up, and stakeholder coordination within a technically demanding operating environment.

Required Education:

• Master’s degree or diploma in a relevant discipline

Required Experience:

• 10–15 years of professional experience, including at least 2 years in the technical contracts domain
• Experience in Contracts and Procurement within a project or operations environment
• Experience in contract and sub-contract administration
• Exposure to commercial and contractual bid analysis, negotiation, contract execution follow-up, and contract close-out
• Experience evaluating and managing contractor claims, amendments, and contract renewals

Required Skills:

• Advanced Contracts and Procurement technical competency
• Strong knowledge of standard forms of contract, including FIDIC and bespoke contract models
• Strong knowledge of claims evaluation and change order preparation
• Ability to propose contracting and procurement strategy aligned to project requirements
• Ability to support call for tender activities, define evaluation criteria, and manage tender documentation
• Ability to assess and mitigate contractual risk
• Strong negotiation, planning, organising, coordinating, and problem-solving capability
• Good written and verbal communication in English
• Ability to support and train newly recruited Contracts and Procurement personnel

Required Certifications:

• Advanced certification in Contracts and Procurement tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Engineering education
• International experience

About Airswift:

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.