Contracts Director - FIDIC Management

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia seeks a Contracts Director - FIDIC Management to direct portfolio contract administration, claims management, and commercial governance across major infrastructure programs.

The role requires overseeing variations, claims, payments, and final accounts under FIDIC Red, Yellow, and Silver Book arrangements, with senior stakeholder interactions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline.
• Approximately 20 years of progressive contracts management and leadership experience.
• Extensive experience on major infrastructure or large construction programs.
• Strong background administering FIDIC-based contracts.
• Experience in international environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the portfolio contracts management strategy.
• Establish governance procedures, approval routes, templates, controls, and reporting standards.
• Ensure consistent administration of FIDIC Red, Yellow, and Silver Book contracts.
• Interpret client-specific conditions, amendments, and contract obligations.
• Provide strategic contractual advice to the client, leadership, and FIDIC Engineer.
• Lead contract administration across design, procurement, construction, commissioning and close-out.
• Oversee contract notices, instructions, determinations, certifications, amendments, and correspondence.
• Oversee payment certification and progress valuation processes.
• Lead negotiations and commercial risk management with stakeholders.

Skills

FIDIC contract mgmt

FIDIC Red Book

FIDIC Yellow Book

FIDIC Silver Book

Contract administration

Claims management

Commercial governance

Final accounts

Payment certification

Extension-of-time

Delay analysis

Disruption analysis

Dispute resolution

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Project controls

Cost and schedule

Document control

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Document management

Contract management systems

Reporting tools

Job description

Contracts Director - FIDIC Management

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: Civil Engineering

Function: Contracts Administration

Job Type: Full‑time

Experience: Approximately 20 years

Job Overview

Contracts Director - FIDIC Management in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a senior Civil Engineering opportunity responsible for directing portfolio‑wide contract administration, claims management, commercial governance, project controls coordination, and document control. The role is to support the FIDIC Engineer across major infrastructure, mixed‑use development, and construction packages within the Master Development Unit Projects portfolio. The position will establish consistent contractual governance across design and construction contracts while protecting the client’s commercial and legal interests. The successful candidate will oversee variations, claims, payments, extensions of time, contractual notices, risk management, final accounts, and contract close‑out under FIDIC Red, Yellow, and Silver Book arrangements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the portfolio contracts management strategy.
• Establish governance procedures, approval routes, templates, controls, and reporting standards.
• Ensure consistent administration of FIDIC Red Book, Yellow Book, and Silver Book contracts.
• Interpret client‑specific conditions, bespoke amendments, employer requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Provide strategic contractual advice to the client, Delivery Partner leadership, and FIDIC Engineer.
• Lead contract administration throughout design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and close‑out.
• Review and endorse contractual notices, instructions, determinations, certifications, amendments, and correspondence.
• Ensure employer and contractor obligations are identified, assigned, monitored, and enforced.
• Maintain contractual compliance across multiple projects, work packages, consultants, and contractors.
• Oversee the assessment and administration of variations and change orders.
• Review contractual entitlement, scope changes, time implications, cost impacts, and supporting records.
• Lead the identification, assessment, defence, negotiation, and resolution of contractor claims.
• Identify and pursue employer entitlements where contractually justified.
• Direct the preparation of contractual position papers and commercial recommendations.
• Oversee delay, disruption, concurrency, and extension‑of‑time assessments.
• Direct quantum evaluations and verify the adequacy of supporting commercial evidence.
• Advise on acceleration, mitigation, liquidated damages, prolongation, and schedule‑related contractual matters.
• Coordinate claims strategy with legal, commercial, project controls, and technical teams.
• Oversee payment certification and progress valuation processes.
• Confirm that interim payments are supported by verified progress and contractual entitlement.
• Implement safeguards against overpayment, duplicate recovery, unsupported claims, and unauthorized commitments.
• Review final accounts, settlement proposals, release documentation, and contract close‑out requirements.
• Lead contractual and commercial risk management across the portfolio.
• Establish and maintain the portfolio‑level contracts risk register.
• Identify exposure related to scope, time, cost, performance, interfaces, and contractor default.
• Recommend mitigation strategies, contingency actions, and escalation measures.
• Align contractual information with project schedules, cost reports, risk registers, and change logs.
• Work closely with Project Controls and Commercial teams on forecasts, claims exposure, and contractual milestones.
• Ensure schedule and cost information supports contractual determinations and negotiations.
• Coordinate with Document Control to maintain complete, accurate, and traceable contract records.
• Ensure notices, submissions, approvals, instructions, and determinations are issued within contractual timescales.
• Act as the senior contact for contractual and commercial matters with clients, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders.
• Lead executive‑level negotiations and contractual resolution meetings.
• Participate in governance boards, steering committees, commercial reviews, and executive reporting sessions.
• Present contractual risks, claims status, financial exposure, and recommended decisions to senior leadership.
• Lead and develop contract managers, claims specialists, quantity surveyors, commercial professionals, and administrators.
• Allocate responsibilities according to project priorities, workload, risk, and contractual complexity.
• Provide mentoring, technical guidance, performance feedback, and professional development.
• Promote ethical practice, confidentiality, professional judgement, and consistent contract administration.
• Drive continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and lessons learned across the contracts function.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor ’s degree in law, quantity surveying, civil engineering, construction management, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 20 years of progressive contracts management and commercial leadership experience.
• Extensive experience on major infrastructure, mixed‑use development, or large‑scale construction programs.
• Strong background administering FIDIC‑based contracts.
• Experience working within a FIDIC Engineer, project management consultancy, Delivery Partner, client, or international consultancy environment.
• Detailed knowledge of FIDIC Red Book, Yellow Book, and Silver Book conditions.
• Strong understanding of bespoke contract amendments and client‑specific conditions.
• Proven success leading complex contractor claims and employer entitlement assessments.
• Advanced experience with delay analysis, disruption evaluation, concurrency, and extensions of time.
• Strong capability in quantum assessment, variation valuation, and final account negotiation.
• Comprehensive understanding of contract administration, procurement, commercial management, and financial governance.
• Experience managing payment certification and preventing unsupported commercial exposure.
• Good knowledge of project controls, including scheduling, cost control, risk, progress measurement, and change management.
• Ability to interpret technical, commercial, contractual, and programme information together.
• Strong negotiation and dispute‑resolution capabilities.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
• Ability to prepare contractual position papers, executive reports, determinations, and formal correspondence.
• Confident senior stakeholder management across clients, contractors, consultants, legal advisers, and executive teams.
• Demonstrated success leading and developing multidisciplinary contracts and commercial teams.
• Strong analytical, strategic, and decision‑making abilities.
• High standards of integrity, confidentiality, accountability, and professional judgement.
• Proficiency in contract management systems, Microsoft Office, document management platforms, and reporting tools.

Skills Set

• FIDIC contract management
• FIDIC Red Book
• FIDIC Yellow Book
• FIDIC Silver Book
• Contract administration
• Claims management
• Commercial governance
• Contractor claims
• Employer entitlements
• Extension‑of‑time assessment
• Delay analysis
• Disruption analysis
• Concurrency assessment
• Quantum assessment
• Variation management
• Change‑order administration
• Payment certification
• Final accounts
• Contract close‑out
• Liquidated damages
• Acceleration assessment
• Contractual notices
• Contract determinations
• Commercial risk management
• Contracts risk register
• Project controls coordination
• Cost and schedule integration
• Document control
• Contract negotiations
• Dispute resolution
• Executive reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Team leadership
• Financial governance
• Contract management systems

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia
City: Riyadh
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Contracts Administration
Salary: 55,000‑75,000 SAR per year (Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.)
Gender: Any
Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full‑time