Lead Contract Engineer

Duration: 12 month Renewable contract Schedule: 28/28 Location: Afungi, Mozambique

This opportunity supports a major LNG development project in Mozambique, focused on high-value EPC contract administration within a complex onshore construction environment. The role offers broad exposure to contract management, change orders, claims, payment applications, and contractor interface across a large-scale oil and gas project. This position will play a key part in supporting project restart activities and protecting contractual performance across critical work packages.

Required Education:

• Master's qualification in Construction Law or Business

Required Experience:

• Significant experience managing EPC or EPCC construction contracts within oil and gas projects
• Strong background in contract administration from pre-award through to final account
• Proven experience in construction and installation contract management, ideally across offshore or subsea packages
• Minimum 10 years in a similar contract management position
• Experience supervising contract engineers and quantity surveyors in a site-based project environment

Required Skills:

• Strong knowledge of construction law
• Contract administration, negotiation, and monitoring of EPC or EPCC oil and gas projects
• Experience preparing, reviewing, and validating change orders and amendments
• Ability to manage contractor claims and prepare counterclaims in collaboration with project teams
• Experience coordinating contractual correspondence, logs, guarantees, insurances, and payment applications
• Leadership capability in managing direct reports and shared resources
• Strong problem-solving, coordination, and control skills
• English language proficiency

Preferred Qualifications:

• Qualification in Engineering or Construction Science
• Experience on offshore or subsea packages

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.