Principal Consultant - Contract Management

Sccsinternational; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner and Townsend seeks a Principal Consultant - Contract Management in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role is a senior, on-site advisory position focusing on contract development, contract management, disputes handling, and claims management across the region.

The candidate should have hands-on experience with standard forms, strong commercial management skills on major projects, and familiarity with FIDIC. Arbitration or litigation exposure is advantageous for advancing regional contract services.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with standard forms of contract and claims services in major projects.
• Strong contract administration and commercial management on large schemes.
• Exposure to arbitration or litigation processes and dispute avoidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide contract development and contract management advice across the region.
• Support subject matter experts in expanding contract services within the employer’s team.
• Assist in preparing and supporting major bid proposals for distressed or live contracts.

Skills

Contract management

Commercial management

FIDIC knowledge

Claims management

Dispute resolution

Arbitration/Litigation exposure

Bid proposals

Analytical thinking

Education

Quantity surveying degree

Civil engineering degree

Construction management degree

MSc in construction law

Chartered membership (MCIArb/MCIOB/MRICS/FRICS)

Job description

Principal Consultant - Contract Management

Turner and Townsend

Employer Turner and Townsend Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Contract Permanent Level Senior Salary Salary not published Closes Not stated

What the role covers

A contract services appointment in Riyadh on the employer's regional team, which the posting says delivers contract development, contract management, dispute resolution and claims management across the region. The work is advisory rather than site based.

The holder is expected to bring hands-on experience of standard forms of contract, claims management and dispute avoidance or resolution in the built environment, and to support the employer's subject matter experts as its contract services division grows.

The posting asks for strong contract administration and commercial management experience on major projects, working knowledge of FIDIC and other standard forms and the procedures under them, experience of compiling claim reports, and exposure to arbitration or litigation. Performance forensics from either a quantum or a delay background is named, as is analytical method applied across varied and difficult project circumstances.

Consultancy experience on live contracts and on projects in distress is described as an advantage, and the holder is expected to help prepare and support major bid proposals. Qualifications sought are a quantity surveying, civil engineering or construction management degree, with an MSc in construction law desirable or currently being taken, and chartered membership preferred, whether MCIArb, MCIOB, MRICS or FRICS.

The employer asks for a demonstrable record of contract and claims services in the property sector. Full time and permanent, at mid to senior level. No salary and no closing date are published.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 29-08-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.