Senior Claims Manager

About this opportunity

• Senior Claims Manager
• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Buildings & Real Estate construction
• Post Contract Commercial Management

Gleeds in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has an exciting opportunity, supporting an iconic giga program in Riyadh. We are seeking a Commercial Claims Management professional, who wants to develop their career in a personable and professional environment.

• Managing projects to deliver high quality services and deliverables in accordance with the Gleeds procedures.
• Positively engaging with Clients and developing, growing and maintaining Client relationships.
• Review and respond to contractor contractual correspondence and notice letters.
• Establish and defend entitlement on EOT, prolongation, and disruption claims.
• Assess contractor submissions for substantiation and compliance with contract provisions ensuring that clear and auditable demonstration of entitlement and quantum are present.
• Manage a high volume of outstanding correspondence, ensuring timely and prioritised responses.
• Implement and maintain correspondence tracking systems (in line with Client's document management systems) across multiple stakeholders and being able to provide real time, live updates.
• Coordinate multifaceted letter responses across technical, project controls, commercial, and contracts teams.
• Engage confidently with complex, senior stakeholders — client and PMC level.
• Experience working under FIDIC-based contracts (or variants thereof) in a Middle East context.
• Awareness of the current contractor claims environment on Saudi mega-projects.
• Producing and presenting reports to Clients.
• Advising Directors promptly of any issues that have arisen, or that might arise, on projects.

• MRICS, FRICS, MCIArb, or equivalent Chartered status.
• LLM, BSc Quantity Surveying, Law degree or equivalent.
• 15+ years post graduate demonstrable experience in commercial claims management.
• 3+ years’ experience in Saudi Arabia.
• 3+ years’ experience with a consultancy organization.
• Experience of giga scale building projects.
• Sound knowledge and practical experience of post contract claims management.
• Clear and effective communication skills - both oral and written.
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily.
• Fluent English level written and oral skills.
• Transferable Iqama.