About this role
The Contracts Management Department Manager – Central is responsible for establishing and leading the contracts management function, ensuring all contracts are administered in full compliance with client requirements, PMM procedures, and Saudi procurement regulations across the program. The role oversees the entire contract lifecycle, including performance, payments, change management, claims, and close-out, while supporting bid evaluations, contract formation, and maintaining approved contractor and supplier frameworks. With extensive experience, the position also focuses on team leadership, capability development, and knowledge transfer, while providing strategic oversight on contract risks, negotiations, and dispute resolution to ensure effective and consistent project delivery.
- Bachelor’s in engineering from an accredited university.
- Minimum 20 years’ experience in contract management, including overall responsibility for contract management on large-scale projects.
- Experience with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia procurement law.
- Direct experience in managing workload distribution, execution of work and personnel management. Formation and administration of (sub) contracts: pre-qualification, compilation of bid requests, receipt of bids, bid evaluation, award, monitoring contractor performance, back charges, resolution of claims and disputes. Technical and administrative knowledge of engineering/construction industry contracting practices, government and commercial procurement regulations and practices, policies, procedures and work practices.
- Demonstrated experience in pricing, contract law, contract drafting, administration and negotiation of change orders, effective correspondence, planning and scheduling.
- Thorough knowledge of prime contracts management administration as well as (sub) contract formation and administration, execution office and field procedures and documents relating to a multi-discipline construction project.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Arabic and English.
- Preferable Experience of working in KSA.