Chief Expert- Contract

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📍 New Delhi - Faridabad, HR, INCONTRACTOR

About this role

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specializing in public transport and mobility solutions. For over 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop by creating, improving and modernizing their transport infrastructure and systems.

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water & Environment for public and private organizations.

Our engineers work with passion to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and made-to measures solutions allowing end users to move seamlessly.

SYSTRA’s unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Thanks to our know-how of our employees spread across India, we are present at all stages from upstream studies to operation and maintenance. We provide a comprehensive solution to manage all kinds of missions: Detailed Design Consultant, Project Management, Independent checking services.

SYSTRA India’s comprehensive know-how and expertise in Railways provides a wide spectrum of solutions for any challenge (Building a new rail link, doubling the capacity, gauge conversion, upgrading a network, improving the performance of existing lines, etc.).

Our extensive experience encompasses, Bridges, station buildings, Depots, Earthwork & Track Works, Power Supply and Transmission, Signaling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock, Utilities diversion and yard re-modelling etc.

Our services cover the entire life cycle of the project implementation.

Currently, we are bidding for High Speed Rail projects across India. The position of

Chief Contract Expert is the key position in these BIDs.

Missions/Main Duties

  • Preparation of detailed integrated schedule for the entire Scope aligning with the Project schedule.
  • Review and monitor the work plans and schedules of various stakeholders and ensure consistency with the overall schedule.
  • Managing overall procurement life cycle till closure of contract.
  • Ensuring proper risk analysis, and recommending risk mitigation measures.
  • Assistance in entire Contract administration, including dispute resolution, contract terminations, contract renegotiation, exit strategies, establishing standard procedures & tools etc.
  • Assessment of project long term financial statements and preparation, submission and disbursement of claims to multi-lateral funding institution(if applicable).
  • Preparation of cost breakdown structure, creation of baseline project cost (under its scope), budget and cashflow schedule.
  • Establishing procedures for any changes in the project criteria/scope.
  • Assistance in legal matters.
  • Any other roles and responsibilities required to be performed to complete the project as assigned by PD and Client.   

Profile/Skills

  • Age:
    • Less than 60 Years (preferred)
    • Must be below 70 years
  • Educational Qualification:
    • Postgraduate / Doctorate in relevant field (preferred)
    • Graduate Engineering degree in relevant field (minimum)
  • Experience:
    • Overall more than 25 years of experience in Railways / Metro / Roadways / Airways / Telecommunication / Power and Energy sector projects.
    • More than 15 years of experience in contract management in Railways / Metro projects funded by Bilateral / Multilateral Development Banks / Agencies.
    • More than 5 years of experience during construction phase as in-charge of contracts division in Railways / Metro. 
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    We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!

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    This Chief Expert- Contract role at systra is based in New Delhi - Faridabad, HR, IN. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
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    This Chief Expert- Contract position at systra was posted on Aug 22, 2025. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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