Contracts Lead - Airport Infrastructure

Job Snapshot

Contracts Lead
- Airport Infrastructure Job Snapshot Role:
Contracts Lead
- Airport Infrastructure

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Contracts Administration

Experience:

Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time

Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Construction Function:
Contracts Administration Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality:
Any Job Type: Full-time

The Contracts Lead will sit within the Commercial and Contracts function and provide day-to-day contractual leadership across airfield and airport infrastructure works. The position will connect project delivery teams with commercial management by ensuring that delays, disruptions, technical issues, instructions, and construction events are captured accurately and addressed through the correct contractual mechanisms. The role will support multiple packages involving airfield works, utilities, fencing, access roads, and infrastructure operating within airport constraints.

Strong written contract administration will be central to protecting commercial positions, maintaining compliance, preserving entitlement, and reducing the likelihood of avoidable disputes.

• Lead contract administration activities across assigned airport and airfield infrastructure packages.
• Draft contractual letters, formal notices, responses, instructions, and claims-related correspondence.
• Convert site events, delays, disruptions, and technical matters into clear contractual communications.
• Ensure contractual correspondence is accurate, consistent, timely, and aligned with applicable contract provisions.
• Review incoming contractual notices and determine required response actions.
• Maintain correspondence logs and monitor deadlines for formal responses.
• Track contractual obligations, milestones, deliverables, notices, and commercial requirements.
• Support contract execution from active construction through completion and closeout.
• Maintain visibility of contractor and consultant compliance with contractual responsibilities.
• Coordinate with Project Managers and Engineers to establish factual records supporting contractual positions.
• Review site information before preparing formal contractual responses.
• Address issues arising from airfield works, fencing, utilities, access roads, and airport operational constraints.
• Identify contractual implications of construction delays, access restrictions, interface issues, and disrupted work.
• Prepare notices or responses where site conditions may affect cost, time, or responsibility.
• Support variation and change management across multiple project packages.
• Review change events and verify that supporting documentation is complete.
• Assist with assessment of entitlement associated with variations and instructed changes.
• Maintain accurate records of change events, contractual positions, and outstanding actions.
• Support claims management involving delay, disruption, additional cost, and other contractual matters.
• Review contractor claims and supporting substantiation for compliance with contract requirements.
• Coordinate claims input with Planning, Project Controls, Engineering, and Commercial teams.
• Support preparation of formal claim assessments and contractual recommendations.
• Participate in negotiations concerning claims, changes, disputed matters, and commercial settlements.
• Prepare structured written positions to support negotiation discussions.
• Help prevent disputes through early identification and clear documentation of contractual issues.
• Support dispute resolution activities where matters cannot be resolved through normal administration.
• Liaise with contractors, consultants, clients, and internal project teams on contractual matters.
• Attend coordination and commercial meetings involving active contract issues.
• Ensure significant meeting outcomes are captured in formal correspondence where required.
• Maintain alignment between verbal discussions, agreed actions, and contractual documentation.
• Review applicable FIDIC, NEC, or other contract provisions relevant to…