Senior Contracts Administrator - Utilities

Job Snapshot

• Role:
  Senior Contracts Administrator – Utilities
• Location:
  
  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Industry: Utilities
• Function:
  Contracts Administration
• Experience:
  
  Minimum 6 years contracts or commercial experience
• Job Type: Full-time

Senior Contracts Administrator – Utilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Utilities opportunity with Parsons Corporation for a commercially focused professional who can support contract administration, variations, claims, subcontract management, cost reporting, and commercial risk control across medium-to-large utility projects. The role supports Contracts Managers, Project Directors, procurement teams, design teams, finance teams, and site delivery teams by ensuring contractual obligations are tracked, notices are managed, commercial records are accurate, and project financial outcomes are protected.

• Review, interpret, and administer head contracts, including FIDIC-based agreements, for assigned utilities and commercial infrastructure projects.
• Track contractual obligations such as notices, deliverables, insurances, bonds, warranties, approvals, time bars, and reporting requirements.
• Prepare and manage contractual correspondence including delay notices, extension of time notices, variation notices, claims notices, formal letters, and commercial responses.
• Support negotiation and agreement of contract amendments, commercial resolutions, variation settlements, and contractual terms with clients and key subcontractors.
• Identify, evaluate, and price variations and claims arising from design changes, site conditions, client instructions, programme impacts, and scope changes.
• Prepare variation proposals, cost substantiation, supporting documents, narratives, records, and evidence packages for client review and approval.
• Assist with contractual claims involving delay, disruption, extension of time, loss and expense, and related project impacts.
• Work with planners, project managers, commercial teams, and technical staff to substantiate and defend claims with accurate records and clear entitlement.
• Support the Contracts Manager in resolving commercial issues, subcontractor disputes, client queries, and contractual disagreements.
• Prepare tender packages for subcontractors, including scope documents, commercial conditions, pricing requirements, and evaluation criteria.
• Evaluate subcontractor tenders, support negotiation of terms, and prepare award recommendations.
• Draft, review, and administer subcontracts while ensuring back‑to‑back alignment with head contract obligations.
• Manage subcontractor progress claims, variations, extension of time requests, payment assessments, final accounts, and commercial closeout records.
• Assist with project budgets, cost plans, cash flow forecasts, cost‑to‑complete updates, and commercial performance reporting.
• Prepare monthly cost reports covering committed costs, incurred costs, forecast final cost, contingency use, margin position, and variation status.
• Coordinate with finance and project teams to reconcile project accounts, resolve discrepancies, and support accurate revenue recognition.
• Support procurement strategies for trades, suppliers, and specialist packages in line with project schedule, scope, and budget expectations.
• Identify commercial and contractual risks, recommend mitigation measures, and help ensure risks are properly reflected in contract documents and commercial arrangements.
• Check that required insurance, securities, guarantees, warranties, and commercial protections are in place and maintained during the project.
• Assist with supplier and subcontractor performance reviews from a commercial and contractual standpoint.
• Maintain complete commercial records including correspondence, contract documents, variations, claims, approvals, meeting minutes, cost reports, and final account files.
• Ensure compliance with company commercial policies, governance requirements, delegations of authority, and project procedures.
• Support internal audits, commercial reviews, lessons‑learned exercises, and management reporting requirements.
• Assist with project closeout documentation, final accounts, commercial summaries, and contract completion…