Senior Construction Contracts Lead

Dar Al Riyadh Group; Medina; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Dar Al Riyadh Group in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced Contract Administrator to manage, monitor, and optimize contractor agreements on major projects. You will oversee notices, variations, EOT, and entitlement assessments, coordinating with planning, commercial, and engineering teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and 5–8 years GCC/KSA contract administration experience, with strong documentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• 8–12 years total professional experience.
• 5–8 years in contract administration roles.
• 5–8 years GCC/KSA experience.
• Experience administering construction contracts in PMC/engineering consultancy/client-side environments.
• Experience with Design & Build (D&B) infrastructure and major development contracts.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, correspondence, notices, variations, claims and EOT processes.
• Understanding of interfaces between contracts, commercial, planning, construction and engineering.
• Excellent documentation, analytical, communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Saudi Arabia/GCC project experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer and monitor contractor contractual obligations and compliance.
• Review contractor contractual correspondence, notices, submissions and formal communications.
• Prepare and review contractual notices and formal correspondence for PMC/Client.
• Maintain claims, variations, notices, correspondence and contractual registers.
• Monitor deliverables, obligations, milestones and submission requirements.
• Support interpretation and implementation of contract provisions and requirements.
• Review contractor variations and change requests from a contractual perspective.
• Support evaluation of claims, EOT submissions and contractual entitlements.
• Coordinate contractual matters with Planning, Commercial, Construction, Engineering and other PMC functions.
• Maintain contemporaneous records supporting contractual decisions, claims, and notices.
• Identify potential contractual exposure, risks and obligations; advise PMC management.
• Track contractual actions, approvals, notices, outstanding decisions and responses.
• Support final account preparation, contract close-out and project handover.

Skills

Contract administration

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Contract interpretation

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Dar Al Riyadh Group in Saudi Arabia seeks an experienced Contract Administrator to manage, monitor, and optimize contractor agreements on major projects. You will oversee notices, variations, EOT, and entitlement assessments, coordinating with planning, commercial, and engineering teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and 5–8 years GCC/KSA contract administration experience, with strong documentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.