Deputy EDMS Manager

Parsons; Tabuk; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia seeks a Deputy EDMS Manager to own the lifecycle of engineering, commercial and legal records for a mega infrastructure program. You will establish governance, enforce SOPs, and ensure flawless data integrity with strict access controls across project entities.

Lead a multinational team of document controllers, oversee EDMS deployment and metadata compliance, and produce status metrics and reports for Senior Project Directors to identify bottlenecks and drive

Qualifications

• 20+ years of progressive experience in document control and records management on mega-scale programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; professional certifications in Information Governance or Records Management are a plus.
• Strong leadership, data governance, and QA skills for multi-national teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and enforce program-wide document control policies, SOPs, and taxonomies.
• Oversee EDMS deployment, configuration, and metadata compliance across projects.
• Lead a multinational team of document controllers and perform regular quality audits.
• Maintain strict data confidentiality and access control per client and Parsons standards.
• Produce status metrics and reports for Senior Project Directors to flag bottlenecks.

Skills

Leadership

Technical English

Document control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Management, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Aconex

ProjectWise

PMWeb

Job description

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking an authoritative and highly systematic Deputy EDMS Manager to establish, govern, and lead the overarching information management framework for a multi-billion-dollar program in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. This role requires an expert to take absolute ownership of the life cycle of all engineering, commercial, and legal records across massive infrastructure packages, ensuring flawless compliance, data integrity, and strict access control across all project entities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Framework & Governance Setup: Establish, update, and enforce program-wide document control policies, numbering taxonomies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Parsons teams, contractors, and subcontractors.

• EDMS Management & Supervision: Oversee the deployment, optimization, and daily administration of the Enterprise Document Management System (EDMS), ensuring metadata compliance and seamless system configuration.

• Team Leadership & Quality Assurance: Manage a multi-national team of document controllers, running regular quality audits to eliminate indexing errors, backlog delays, or missing revisions.

• Security & Access Control: Maintain absolute data confidentiality and security protocols in strict alignment with client requirements and Parsons data privacy standards, safeguarding sensitive or restricted project files.

• Reporting & Progress Tracking: Generate specialized document status metrics, turnaround-time analytics, and engineering submittal reports for Senior Project Directors to flag workflow bottlenecks.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Minimum of 20 years of progressive experience in document control and records management on world-class, mega-scale construction and infrastructure programs, with a proven track record in a leadership or managerial capacity.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Management, Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited institution. Professional certifications in Information Governance or Records Management are a significant asset.

• Technical Expertise: Advanced, expert-level proficiency with major industry-standard EDMS platforms (such as Aconex, ProjectWise, or PMWeb). Deep understanding of engineering drawings, design stages, and contract closeout documentation workflows.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Direct experience managing complex information systems for Saudi Arabian giga-projects (such as NEOM, Trojena, Oxagon, or Red Sea Global) is heavily weighted.

• Communication & Precision: Exceptional organizational capability, meticulous attention to detail, and a flawless command of technical English. The role demands strong leadership to guide contractors and maintain rigid compliance under aggressive program timelines.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest

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