Senior Contracts Administrator Saudi National

About the Role

Parsons is seeking a Senior Contracts Administrator to join their team in Tabuk, Tabuk. This full-time role is critical for supporting a major rail project and requires a Saudi National with over 10 years of experience. The successful candidate will provide expert advice on construction claims, including forensic planning, schedule delay analysis, acceleration, disruption, and productivity analysis, as well as general claims assessment and defense support.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake delay analysis on complex claims and disputes.
• Analyze extension-of-time claims and prepare recommendations on entitlement.
• Assess delay and disruption damages.
• Support major claims and contribute to dispute resolution strategies.

Claim Pre-qualification and Forensic Analysis

This role involves pre-qualifying claims received from contractors and conducting thorough forensic analysis. Responsibilities include:

• Checking that claims are submitted within contractual timescales.
• Confirming that initial substantiation provided by contractors is reasonable.
• Advising whether claims are administratively compliant with the contract.
• Reviewing contractors’ claims and potential claims.
• Liaising with the project team to obtain relevant background information and documentation.
• Investigating technical construction issues in detail.
• Undertaking delay analysis of the program’s critical path.
• Identifying any contractor-caused concurrent delay.
• Formulating the client’s defense and/or counterclaim, as appropriate.

Reporting and Documentation

The Senior Contracts Administrator will ascertain contractor entitlement and provide expert forensic planning input into reports. This includes:

• Writing clear and comprehensive claims reports.
• Confirming the results of forensic analysis of claims and potential claims.
• Preparing documents for review, analysis, and approval by Contract Administration peers.
• Supporting submissions to the Engineer for formal consideration.
• Developing summary presentations for key internal stakeholders.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in contracts administration, with a focus on construction claims.
• Demonstrated expertise in forensic planning, schedule delay analysis, and claims assessment.
• Must be a Saudi National.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Tabuk, Tabuk, supporting a major rail project. The role involves working within a team to manage complex contractual matters and contribute to dispute resolution.