Senior Contract Administrator - Saudi National

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible. Job Description: Parsons is looking for an exceptionally talented Senior Contracts Administrator to join our team. In this role, you will provide contract administration and commercial support throughout the project lifecycle, safeguarding the client’s contractual and commercial interests and ensuring effective management of contractual obligations, changes, claims, and commercial risks. What You'll Be Doing: - Administer construction, consultancy, design contracts. - Monitor contractual compliance, notices, obligations, milestones, bonds, insurance and other key requirements. - Manage variations and change control from identification through assessment, negotiation, approval and implementation. - Review PVNs, PVRs, Change Orders, Variation Orders and supporting substantiation. - Assess contractual entitlement, cost and programme impacts of variations and claims. - Review claims, including EOT, disruption, prolongation, acceleration and additional costs. - Identify scope overlap, duplication, double counting and other commercial risks. - Review payment applications and coordinate with QS/Cost Management teams on certification. - Support commercial negotiations and prepare contractual assessments and recommendations to the Client. - Draft contractual notices, letters, instructions and commercial correspondence. - Maintain contract, variation, claims and action registers and provide regular commercial reporting. - Coordinate with contractors, consultants, designers and other project stakeholders. - Support contract amendments, extensions, close-out and final account activities. What Required Skills You'll Bring: - 15+ years of relevant contract administration/commercial experience. - Experience working with a PMC, Client, consultant or major contractor. - Strong knowledge of FIDIC and bespoke construction/consultancy contracts. - Proven experience in variations, claims, EOT, payment, negotiations and contractual risk management. - GCC/Middle East experience - Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, any Engineering field, Quantity Surveying, or related field What Desired Skills You'll Bring: - Strong contractual and commercial judgment. - Excellent knowledge of contract administration and change management. - Strong analytical, negotiation and stakeholder management skills. - Ability to independently manage complex contractual matters. - Excellent written and verbal communication. - Strong attention to detail and contractual record keeping. - Ability to manage multiple contracts and competing priorities in a fast-paced project environment. 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—APPLY TODAY! Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.