DLP Specialist - Snagging and Handover

Parsons; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 179,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation is hiring a DLP Specialist - Snagging and Handover in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on defects liability management, snagging, asset handover, and operational readiness across complex assets.

The candidate coordinates with FM teams, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure defects are identified, recorded, rectified, evidenced, and closed safely and compliantly. The position requires a minimum of six years of relevant experience and a deep knowledge of defect

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Facilities Management or related field.
• At least six years in Defects Liability Period management, snagging, asset handover, or O&M.
• Experience coordinating contractors, consultants, service providers, and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support DLP activities across assets during the defects liability period.
• Coordinate snagging and defect close-out from identification to formal acceptance.
• Participate in inspections and walkthroughs with project and operational teams.
• Maintain defect records with evidence and assign priorities.
• Ensure timely closure and escalation of high-risk defects.
• Review O&M manuals, asset registers, and warranty information.

Skills

Defects Liability Period

Snagging

Defect management

Asset handover

Operational readiness

Warranty management

CAFM/CMMS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAFM/CMMS

Digital snagging platforms

Work orders

Job description

DLP Specialist - Snagging and Handover Job Snapshot Role: DLP Specialist - Snagging and Handover Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Facilities Services Function: Facilities Management-Maintenance Experience: Minimum 6 years Job Type: Full-time Position Overview DLP Specialist - Snagging and Handover in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Facilities Services opportunity focused on defects liability management, snagging, asset handover, operational readiness, warranty control, and defect close-out across complex operational assets. Parsons is hiring a Saudi National professional to coordinate contractors, consultants, FM teams, and internal stakeholders while ensuring defects are identified, recorded, prioritised, rectified, evidenced, and formally closed without compromising safety, compliance, asset reliability, maintainability, service continuity, or user experience.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: Facilities Services Function: Facilities Management-Maintenance Salary: 16000-24000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Saudi National Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The DLP Specialist will support the transition of completed assets from project delivery into stable operations by maintaining disciplined control over defects, snags, warranties, and outstanding handover obligations. The position will ensure that incomplete works and recurring defects are not allowed to migrate into operations without clear ownership, corrective action, evidence, and contractual accountability. Working across project delivery, Asset Management, Facilities Management, operations, consultants, contractors, and service providers, the role will provide the coordination needed to close technical and operational gaps before and during the Defects Liability Period. The specialist will also assess each defect from an operational perspective, considering safety, maintainability, statutory compliance, service quality, and the impact on residents, visitors, and public-facing assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Support daily management of Defects Liability Period activities across assigned assets.
• Coordinate snagging and defect close-out from identification through formal acceptance.
• Participate in inspections and joint walkthroughs with project and operational stakeholders.
• Identify incomplete works, defects, deficiencies, and operational readiness gaps.
• Verify that observations are clearly described and supported by appropriate evidence.
• Record each defect within the approved tracking system.
• Assign appropriate defect categories and priorities.
• Ensure every open item has an accountable owner.
• Establish target completion dates for rectification actions.
• Maintain clear escalation routes for overdue or high-risk defects.
• Track defect status throughout the full close-out cycle.
• Maintain formal records of completed and accepted closures.
• Conduct verification visits after contractor rectification.
• Confirm that completed repairs address the original defect effectively.
• Reject inadequate or incomplete rectification where supporting evidence is insufficient.
• Monitor recurring defects that indicate underlying asset or workmanship problems.
• Escalate repeated failures to the DLP and Snagging Manager.
• Track contractor response times against required performance standards.
• Monitor the quality of repairs completed during the DLP.
• Assess whether corrective work creates secondary defects or operational issues.
• Monitor outstanding contractor liabilities.
• Maintain visibility of unresolved warranty obligations.
• Coordinate warranty claims where defective equipment or materials require replacement.
• Track warranty expiration dates where relevant to outstanding defects.
• Ensure contractor obligations remain clearly documented throughout the liability period.
• Support asset handover inspections.
• Review readiness of completed areas before operational acceptance.
• Identify defects that could prevent safe or effective occupation.
• Support phased acceptance of assets where permitted.
• Review O&M manuals for completeness and operational usefulness.
• Verify that required asset registers are available and updated.
• Review equipment warranty information.
• Check testing and commissioning records required for operational acceptance.
• Review training records for transferred systems and equipment.
• Confirm applicable permits and compliance documents are available.
• Review defect closure evidence before final handover recommendations.
• Identify documentation gaps that could affect asset operation or maintenance.
• Coordinate outstanding handover information with responsible delivery teams.
• Support transition of asset data into operational systems.
• Use CAFM and CMMS platforms to control defect information where implemented.
• Maintain data integrity across snagging and maintenance systems.
• Create or track work orders associated with rectification activities.
• Maintain photographic evidence linked to individual defect records.
• Use digital snagging platforms to document inspections and closure verification.
• Maintain dashboards showing open, overdue, high-risk, and completed defects.
• Develop accurate status reports for management review.
• Analyze recurring defects using available system data.
• Identify patterns by asset, contractor, discipline, location, or defect type.
• Recommend escalation where recurring issues indicate systemic failure.
• Maintain evidence in a manner suitable for contractual and audit purposes.
• Assess each defect for safety consequences.
• Identify statutory or regulatory compliance implications.
• Consider asset reliability when determining defect priority.
• Evaluate accessibility and maintainability impacts.
• Identify defects capable of interrupting operational services.
• Consider public access and user safety risks.
• Assess potential effects on residents, guests, or visitors.
• Ensure high-risk defects receive appropriate escalation.
• Coordinate with hard services teams on mechanical, electrical, and building-system defects.
• Work with soft services teams where defects affect cleaning, access, hygiene, or service delivery.
• Coordinate road-related defects with relevant infrastructure teams.
• Support resolution of landscaping and irrigation deficiencies.
• Coordinate utility-related defects with responsible technical teams.
• Engage mobility teams on defects affecting circulation or transport operations.
• Coordinate public realm deficiencies across shared or public-facing spaces.
• Work with Security on defects affecting access control or public safety.
• Support event teams where open defects could affect venue or event readiness.
• Coordinate with FM service providers on defects transitioning into operational maintenance.
• Engage project delivery teams where responsibility remains with the contractor.
• Clarify cross-functional ownership where defects span multiple packages.
• Prevent closure of defects until all affected disciplines agree on satisfactory resolution.
• Participate in DLP governance reviews.
• Support operational readiness meetings.
• Provide accurate defect status for risk reporting.
• Highlight issues requiring management intervention.
• Contribute information to contractor performance discussions.
• Support commercial challenge where rectification responsibility is disputed.
• Assist with clarification of CAPEX and OPEX responsibility.
• Identify items that remain contractual defects rather than operational maintenance.
• Support basic interpretation of relevant contract and warranty obligations.
• Maintain records supporting liability decisions.
• Participate in discussions regarding cost impacts associated with unresolved defects.
• Support preparation of defect-related commercial evidence.
• Monitor SLA and KPI performance where service providers are involved.
• Participate in contractor and consultant performance reviews.
• Prepare defect close-out summaries.
• Maintain reliable snagging and DLP registers.
• Report overdue items and closure rates.
• Produce management dashboards and progress updates.
• Track high-risk defect categories separately where required.
• Prepare information for weekly and monthly reporting cycles.
• Maintain decision logs where responsibilities or closure requirements are disputed.
• Support audit and compliance reviews of handover and defect management.
• Provide clear evidence of closure governance.
• Capture lessons learned from repeated defects and handover weaknesses.
• Recommend improvements to future handover procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve inspection checklists.
• Contribute to improvements in contractor close-out requirements.
• Support stronger asset data and documentation standards.
• Promote better coordination between delivery and operations teams.
• Provide guidance to junior team members and site-based personnel.
• Reinforce consistent defect classification and reporting standards.
• Support staff in collecting appropriate photographic and technical evidence.
• Encourage evidence-based close-out decisions.
• Maintain disciplined follow-up of outstanding actions.
• Promote early identification of defects before operational handover.
• Support continuous improvement in DLP, snagging, and operational readiness processes.

Ideal Profile

The position requires a bachelor 's degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Facilities Management, Construction Management, Asset Management, Project Management, Building Services, or a related discipline. Candidates should have at least six years of experience in construction completion, Defects Liability Period management, snagging, facilities management, asset handover, operational readiness, or O&M. Experience in a senior professional or supervisory capacity is required. The role is reserved for Saudi Nationals. Candidates should have practical experience coordinating contractors, consultants, service providers, and internal stakeholders through defect identification, rectification, evidence capture, and formal close-out. Strong knowledge of asset handover and operational readiness processes is important. Candidates should understand acceptance criteria, completion inspections, warranties, O&M documentation, asset registers, and transition into steady-state operations. Experience with hard services, soft services, utilities, roads, landscaping, public realm, infrastructure, and building-service interfaces will strengthen suitability. The successful candidate should understand contractor governance, warranty administration, SLA and KPI monitoring, inspections, audits, and performance reporting. Proficiency with CAFM, CMMS, digital snagging platforms, dashboards, work order systems, and evidence management is highly desirable. Candidates should be able to identify recurring defect trends and distinguish between construction defects, warranty liabilities, and operational maintenance requirements. Awareness of HSE requirements, Permit to Work processes, statutory compliance, operational risk, and public access safety is important. Experience within master-planned communities, entertainment destinations, mixed-use developments, giga-projects, or large-scale infrastructure assets in Saudi Arabia or the GCC is desirable. Strong stakeholder coordination, escalation management, reporting discipline, meeting participation, and cross-functional problem-solving skills are required. Commercial awareness and basic contract interpretation capability are important when assessing liabilities, cost impacts, CAPEX and OPEX responsibilities, and warranty obligations. Professional qualifications relating to Facilities Management, Asset Management, Quality Management, Project Management, HSE, defects management, or contract administration will be advantageous.

Skills Set

Defects Liability Period DLP management Snagging Defect management Defect close-out Rectification coordination Asset handover Operational readiness Construction completion Completion inspections Joint walkthroughs Defect verification Snag registers DLP registers Defect prioritization Corrective actions Close-out evidence Photographic evidence Warranty management Contractor liabilities Warranty claims O&M manuals Asset registers Asset data Testing records Commissioning records Training records Compliance documentation Acceptance criteria Steady-state operations Facilities Management Asset Management Hard services Soft services Building services Roads Utilities Landscaping Public realm Infrastructure Mobility Security Operational risk Asset reliability Maintainability Service continuity Public access safety CAFM CMMS Digital snagging platforms Work order control Defect dashboards SLA monitoring KPI monitoring Contractor performance Contractor governance Consultant coordination Service provider management Inspection management Audit support Compliance reviews Contract interpretation Liability tracking CAPEX OPEX Commercial awareness HSE Permit to Work PTW Risk assessment Stakeholder coordination Escalation management Performance reporting Lessons learned Continuous improvement

Why Join Us

Successful asset handover depends on more than achieving construction completion. Defects, incomplete documentation, warranty responsibilities, poor asset data, and unresolved operational interfaces can create long‑term problems if they are not controlled during the transition into operations. This Riyadh role provides direct involvement in that critical phase, linking project delivery with Facilities Management, Asset Management, O&M, and operational teams. The position offers valuable exposure to complex asset portfolios, digital defect management, contractor governance, handover assurance, warranty administration, and operational readiness within major Saudi developments.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, program management, construction management, infrastructure, and operational support services across major developments. In Saudi Arabia, its teams contribute to asset handover, Facilities Management, operational readiness, defect close-out, infrastructure delivery, and the transition of complex projects into reliable long‑term operations.