Contracts Lead - Airport Infrastructure

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 290,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Contracts Lead for airport infrastructure projects in Riyadh. The role focuses on day‑to‑day contractual leadership across airfield works, utilities, fencing, and access roads, ensuring accurate documentation and timely communications within contract provisions.

You will support multiple packages, maintain compliance, and protect commercial positions while coordinating with project teams to address delays, disruptions, and technical issues through established contractual

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline; minimum 10 years in contract management/administration.
• Strong experience drafting contractual correspondence and converting site events into formal notices.
• Knowledge of FIDIC or NEC contract forms desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract administration across airport/airfield packages.
• Draft letters, notices, responses, and change-related correspondence.
• Translate delays, disruptions, and technical matters into contractual communications.
• Maintain logs, deadlines, and records; monitor contractual obligations and milestones.
• Support claims management, variation/change management, and closeout documentation.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, Engineers, and Commercial teams on contractual positions.

Skills

Contract administration

Contract management

Airport contracts

Airfield infrastructure

FIDIC

NEC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Law, Business Admin, Engineering (or related)

Job description

Job Snapshot

Contracts Lead - Airport Infrastructure Job Snapshot Role: Contracts Lead - Airport Infrastructure Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function: Contracts Administration Experience: Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: Construction Function: Contracts Administration Salary: 26000-40000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Contracts Lead will sit within the Commercial and Contracts function and provide day-to-day contractual leadership across airfield and airport infrastructure works. The position will connect project delivery teams with commercial management by ensuring that delays, disruptions, technical issues, instructions, and construction events are captured accurately and addressed through the correct contractual mechanisms. The role will support multiple packages involving airfield works, utilities, fencing, access roads, and infrastructure operating within airport constraints. Strong written contract administration will be central to protecting commercial positions, maintaining compliance, preserving entitlement, and reducing the likelihood of avoidable disputes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead contract administration activities across assigned airport and airfield infrastructure packages.


• Draft contractual letters, formal notices, responses, instructions, and claims-related correspondence.


• Convert site events, delays, disruptions, and technical matters into clear contractual communications.


• Ensure contractual correspondence is accurate, consistent, timely, and aligned with applicable contract provisions.


• Review incoming contractual notices and determine required response actions.


• Maintain correspondence logs and monitor deadlines for formal responses.


• Track contractual obligations, milestones, deliverables, notices, and commercial requirements.


• Support contract execution from active construction through completion and closeout.


• Maintain visibility of contractor and consultant compliance with contractual responsibilities.


• Coordinate with Project Managers and Engineers to establish factual records supporting contractual positions.


• Review site information before preparing formal contractual responses.


• Address issues arising from airfield works, fencing, utilities, access roads, and airport operational constraints.


• Identify contractual implications of construction delays, access restrictions, interface issues, and disrupted work.


• Prepare notices or responses where site conditions may affect cost, time, or responsibility.


• Support variation and change management across multiple project packages.


• Review change events and verify that supporting documentation is complete.


• Assist with assessment of entitlement associated with variations and instructed changes.


• Maintain accurate records of change events, contractual positions, and outstanding actions.


• Support claims management involving delay, disruption, additional cost, and other contractual matters.


• Review contractor claims and supporting substantiation for compliance with contract requirements.


• Coordinate claims input with Planning, Project Controls, Engineering, and Commercial teams.


• Support preparation of formal claim assessments and contractual recommendations.


• Participate in negotiations concerning claims, changes, disputed matters, and commercial settlements.


• Prepare structured written positions to support negotiation discussions.


• Help prevent disputes through early identification and clear documentation of contractual issues.


• Support dispute resolution activities where matters cannot be resolved through normal administration.


• Liaise with contractors, consultants, clients, and internal project teams on contractual matters.


• Attend coordination and commercial meetings involving active contract issues.


• Ensure significant meeting outcomes are captured in formal correspondence where required.


• Maintain alignment between verbal discussions, agreed actions, and contractual documentation.


• Review applicable FIDIC, NEC, or other contract provisions relevant to project issues.


• Ensure notices and responses comply with prescribed contractual procedures and timelines.


• Support interpretation of contract clauses where responsibilities or entitlement are unclear.


• Identify risks arising from incomplete notices, inconsistent instructions, missing records, or delayed responses.


• Advise project teams on contractual risk exposure and appropriate mitigation measures.


• Maintain audit-ready contract files, correspondence records, registers, and supporting documentation.


• Ensure contract records comply with project governance and document control requirements.


• Support internal and external contract audits when information or evidence is required.


• Maintain consistency in contractual language and interpretation across the project team.


• Review draft letters prepared by junior contracts personnel.


• Guide junior staff on structure, clarity, tone, and contractual reasoning.


• Promote accurate use of contractual terminology across project communications.


• Support management of multiple high-value contracts and concurrent commercial priorities.


• Escalate significant contractual exposures to senior commercial management.


• Maintain close coordination with the Commercial and Contracts Department on emerging issues.


• Support contract amendments, closeout documentation, and final contractual records where required.


• Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement in contract administration practices.

Ideal Profile

The position requires a bachelor 's degree in Law, Business Administration, Engineering, or another related discipline. Candidates should have at least 10 years of professional experience in contract management or contract administration, preferably within infrastructure, civil engineering, aviation, or airport projects. The successful candidate should have strong experience drafting contractual correspondence and translating construction events into formal notices, responses, and commercial positions. Proven capability in contract negotiation, administration, compliance, and risk management is essential. Candidates should understand how construction activities, delays, disruptions, access restrictions, and technical issues affect contractual rights and obligations. Experience managing large-scale or high-value project contracts involving multiple stakeholders will be important. Knowledge of FIDIC or NEC contract forms is highly desirable. Airport or civil aviation project experience will strengthen suitability, particularly where works are undertaken around operational constraints. Experience with claims management, dispute avoidance, and dispute resolution is valuable. Candidates should be commercially aware and capable of balancing contractual protection with practical project delivery requirements. Professional certifications such as CPCM, CCM, or equivalent credentials are preferred. Strong writing, negotiation, stakeholder management, analytical thinking, and record-keeping skills are essential.

Skills Set

• Contract administration


• Contract management


• Airport contracts


• Airfield infrastructure


• Airport infrastructure


• Contractual correspondence


• Contract notices


• Contract responses


• Claims correspondence


• FIDIC


• NEC


• Contract negotiation


• Contract compliance


• Commercial risk


• Contractual risk


• Claims management


• Variation management


• Change management


• Delay events


• Disruption


• Entitlement assessment


• Construction contracts


• Infrastructure contracts


• Airfield works


• Airport operations


• Fencing works


• Utility works


• Access roads


• Civil engineering


• Contract obligations


• Contract milestones


• Contract deliverables


• Correspondence logs


• Commercial documentation


• Contract registers


• Audit-ready records


• Dispute avoidance


• Dispute resolution


• Claims negotiations


• Contract interpretation


• Contract governance


• Project governance


• Commercial management


• Stakeholder coordination


• Contractor coordination


• Consultant coordination


• Client coordination


• Technical correspondence
  
• Risk mitigation


• CPCM


• CCM

Why Join Us

Airport infrastructure contracts require precise administration because construction work must often progress alongside security, access, operational, safety, and interface constraints that can create significant contractual exposure. This Riyadh role provides direct involvement in those high-value issues across multiple airfield and infrastructure packages. The position offers strong experience in contractual strategy, formal correspondence, FIDIC and NEC administration, claims, negotiations, and airport project risk management while providing a pathway toward senior commercial and contracts leadership.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, construction management, program management, and infrastructure services across major transportation and aviation developments. In Saudi Arabia, its teams support airport and airfield programs through expertise in contracts administration, commercial management, engineering, project controls, construction supervision, and integrated project delivery.