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About the Opportunity

Parsons Corporation is seeking an experienced Document Controller (Saudi National) to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves supporting the Program Management Office (PMO) on a significant, multi-disciplinary infrastructure program. The successful candidate will be responsible for the comprehensive control, tracking, and governance of project documentation across various stakeholders, including PMCMs, designers, contractors, and internal PMO teams.

Role Context and Purpose

This is a hands-on, client-side PMO position critical for maintaining the integrity of project information. The Document Controller ensures that all project documentation is accurate, traceable, compliant with established procedures, and audit-ready. This function is vital for enabling reliable reporting and informed decision-making throughout the program lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Register, track, control, and distribute all project documentation, including drawings, submittals, correspondence, RFIs, and reports.
• Ensure strict compliance with approved document control procedures, naming conventions, and distribution matrices.
• Maintain rigorous revision, version, and status control across all project documentation.
• Support the daily operation of the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS), such as Aconex, Unifier, SharePoint, or Primavera PCM.
• Monitor submission timelines, review cycles, and approval workflows in alignment with PMO governance.
• Track overdue documents and coordinate necessary follow-ups and escalations.
• Perform periodic checks and audits to ensure document completeness, accuracy, and audit readiness.
• Support archiving, handover, and close-out processes in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Act as the primary document control interface between the PMO, PMCMs, designers, and contractors.
• Coordinate with planning, cost, commercial, and technical teams to ensure alignment between documents, schedules, and baselines.
• Support system inductions and procedural briefings for PMCMs and contractors.
• Maintain comprehensive document registers, logs, and trackers.
• Prepare regular document status reports and compliance metrics for PMO management.
• Support ad-hoc client and PMO requests related to document traceability and records.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline (preferred).
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in document control or information management on large infrastructure or construction programs.
• Demonstrated experience in PMC / PMCM / PMO or client-side environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) platforms, including Aconex, Primavera PCM / Unifier, SharePoint, or equivalent.
• Experience working in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) / GCC project environments.

Desired Skills and Attributes

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to document integrity.
• Clear understanding of document control as a PMO governance function, beyond clerical support.
• Proactive, hands-on, and delivery-focused approach to work.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to perform effectively under pressure.
• Good English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Confidence in interfacing with PMCMs and contractors, demonstrating strong teamwork capabilities.

Application Information

This full-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to a significant infrastructure project in Riyadh. We invite qualified Saudi Nationals to apply.