Job summary
Parsons is hiring a Senior Claims/Contract Manager in Riyadh to lead administration of head contracts for major construction and infrastructure projects. The role focuses on assessing and resolving complex claims, directing delay analyses, managing expert consultants, and mentoring a multidisciplinary contracts and commercial team.
Key responsibilities
- Manage administration of major construction and infrastructure head contracts.
- Assess, negotiate, and resolve complex claims including delays and variations.
- Apply recognised delay and disruption analysis methods (eg. SCL Protocol).
- Engage and manage independent delay, planning, and quantum experts.
- Lead dispute avoidance, commercial negotiations, and settlement discussions.
- Support formal dispute resolution: DAB/DAAB, mediation, and arbitration.
- Prepare defensible contractual assessments, reports, and position papers.
- Maintain claims registers, commercial risk logs, and entitlement schedules.
Requirements
- Minimum 15 years on large construction and infrastructure projects in senior contracts/claims roles.
- Proven expertise in claims assessment, negotiation, resolution, and reporting.
- Detailed knowledge of head contract management under FIDIC, NEC, and bespoke contracts.
- Experience managing delay, EOT, disruption, prolongation, variations, and loss/expense claims.
- Strong working knowledge of delay analysis and programme evaluation.
- Experience instructing and managing independent technical experts.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor multidisciplinary commercial/contracts teams.
- Experience with DAB/DAAB, mediation, and arbitration processes.
Skills
Claims assessmentContract administrationFIDICNECDelay analysisDispute resolutionNegotiationStakeholder managementCommercial reportingTeam leadership
Source: Workday. Last checked as open: 13 Nov 2026. You apply directly with the employer.
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