Senior Claims/Contract Manager

Parsons; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons in Saudi Arabia seeks a senior contracts, claims and commercial professional to lead administration and management of major construction and infrastructure head contracts.

You will assess, negotiate, and resolve complex claims, apply delay and disruption analysis, instruct experts, and support formal dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration. The role requires 15+ years on large projects and strong leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• 15+ years on large-scale construction projects in senior contracts, claims, or commercial roles.
• Expertise in claims assessment, negotiation, resolution, and employer reporting.
• Knowledge of head contract administration under major forms (FIDIC, NEC, bespoke).
• Experience leading multidisciplinary commercial and contracts teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead administration and management of major construction and infrastructure head contracts.
• Assess, manage, negotiate, and resolve complex claims including delay and EOT, disruption, and variations.
• Review entitlement, causation, cost info, programmes, and supporting records.
• Apply delay/disruption analysis methods; instruct independent experts.
• Lead dispute avoidance, negotiations, and settlement discussions.
• Support formal dispute resolution processes, including DAB/DAAB, mediation, and arbitration.
• Prepare clear contractual assessments, position papers, and correspondence for Employer.
• Maintain registers and records; mentor a multidisciplinary team.
• Manage relationships with Employer, contractors, cost/design consultants, and stakeholders.
• Provide sound commercial advice balancing entitlement with delivery and relationships.

Skills

Head contract management

Claims assessment

Delay & disruption analysis

Negotiation & settlement

DAB/DAAB and arbitration

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

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Job Description:

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead the administration and management of major construction and infrastructure head contracts.
• Assess, manage, negotiate, and resolve complex claims, including delay and extension of time, disruption, prolongation, variations, Provisional Sum works, loss and expense, acceleration, and productivity-related claims.
• Review contractual entitlement, causation, responsibility, quantum, time impact, supporting records, programmes, and cost information.
• Apply recognised delay and disruption analysis methodologies, including the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol.
• Instruct and manage independent delay, planning, quantum, and other specialist experts.
• Lead issue resolution, dispute avoidance, commercial negotiations, and settlement discussions.
• Support and manage formal dispute resolution processes, including DAB/DAAB proceedings, mediation, and arbitration.
• Prepare clear, accurate, and formally defensible contractual assessments, reports, position papers, recommendations, and correspondence for the Employer and project leadership.
• Maintain claims registers, commercial risk registers, dispute logs, entitlement schedules, and contractual records.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of contracts, claims, and commercial administration professionals.
• Manage relationships with the Employer, contractors, cost consultants, design consultants, programme reviewers, legal advisers, and other project stakeholders.
• Provide sound commercial advice while balancing contractual entitlement, project delivery requirements, commercial objectives, and stakeholder relationships.
• Identify contractual and commercial risks and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Minimum of 15 years' experience on large-scale construction and infrastructure projects in a senior contracts, claims, or commercial role.
• In-depth, demonstrable expertise in claims assessment, negotiation, resolution, and project or Employer reporting.
• Detailed knowledge of head contract management and administration under major standard forms, including FIDIC, NEC, and bespoke Employer's contracts.
• Significant experience managing complex delay, extension of time, disruption, prolongation, variation, Provisional Sum, and loss and expense claims.
• Strong working knowledge of delay analysis methodologies and construction programme analysis.
• Experience instructing, managing, and interfacing with independent delay, planning, quantum, and other technical experts.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary commercial and contracts teams.
• Strong issue resolution, dispute avoidance, negotiation, and settlement skills.
• Experience with formal dispute resolution mechanisms, including DAB/DAAB, mediation, and arbitration.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-party relationships across major construction projects.
• Sound commercial judgement and the ability to balance strict contractual entitlement with project delivery and relationship considerations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prepare clear, concise, persuasive, and formally defensible written positions suitable for issuance without further rework.
• Strong analytical, organisational, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.

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

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