PMC Procurement & Contracts Lead

RESPONSIBILITIES • Support the Client in developing procurement and contracting strategies and lead their implementation across project packages. • Develop procurement package plans, tender schedules, bidder lists, and procurement governance processes. • Lead contractor and supplier prequalification, capability assessments, RFQs, RFPs, and tendering activities. • Prepare and coordinate scopes of work, pricing schedules, contract exhibits, clarification logs, and tender addenda. • Lead technical and commercial bid evaluations, including review of bidder qualifications, assumptions, exclusions, pricing, schedules, delivery methodology, and contractual deviations. • Prepare bid comparison sheets, evaluation reports, negotiation strategies, and award recommendations for Client approval. • Lead tender clarification meetings, bidder interviews, commercial alignment discussions, and negotiations. • Coordinate with cost teams to benchmark pricing and validate project budgets. • Lead post-award administration of EPC and major project contracts. • Review and interpret contractual terms, scope provisions, payment mechanisms, warranties, liabilities, indemnities, and termination provisions. • Refer matters requiring formal legal interpretation to the Client s legal function. • Own and maintain contract registers for notices, bonds, guarantees, insurance, payments, variations, claims, and contractual key dates. • Ensure contractual notices and responses are issued accurately and within required timeframes. • Lead variation, change order, and change-control processes. • Review contractor claims, including extension-of-time and cost claims, and prepare recommended Owner positions. • Support assessment and certification of interim payments, milestone payments, retention, provisional sums, and final accounts. • Monitor contractor contractual performance and compliance. • Support dispute avoidance and development of contractual and commercial positions. • Own OFCI / CFCI and long-lead equipment tracking, including responsibility splits between the Client and contractor. • Chair periodic long-lead equipment and procurement coordination meetings. • Identify and escalate delivery or procurement risks that could affect the project program. • Lead contract and commercial close-out, including final account settlement, warranties, securities, outstanding claims, and completion documentation. • Maintain warranty and defects registers throughout the applicable defects liability period. • Identify procurement, contractual, commercial, technical, and schedule risks and ensure appropriate mitigation actions are assigned and tracked. • Prepare procurement and contracts dashboards, claims reports, variation reports, risk reports, and executive updates for the Client s PMO. • Provide guidance to project teams on tender governance, contract interpretation, change management, claims avoidance, and commercial risk. • Lead and develop the procurement and contracts team, including contract administrators, procurement engineers, and tendering support staff. • Manage team resourcing, package allocation, quality review, and technical development. • Coordinate closely with project management, engineering, cost, planning, commercial, commissioning, document control, and Client teams. • Escalate matters outside the PMC s delegated authority to the Project / Site Director for referral to the Client. • Maintain confidentiality of contractual, commercial, pricing, and tender information and ensure integrity of the procurement process. QUALIFICATIONS Required Qualifications • Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Law, or a related discipline. • 12 15 years of procurement and contracts experience** on major construction or infrastructure projects. • Minimum **5 years of experience leading a procurement, contracts, or commercial function**. • Strong experience managing the full procurement lifecycle from strategy and tendering through award, administration, and close-out. • Strong contractor prequalification and tender management experience. • Extensive experience with technical and commercial bid evaluation. • Strong knowledge of EPC contract administration under FIDIC or equivalent contract forms. • Experience administering EPC lump-sum contracts. • Strong contract interpretation skills, including risk allocation, liabilities, indemnities, warranties, and termination provisions. • Strong commercial management and change-control experience. • Experience managing variations, change orders, claims, and extension-of-time assessments. • Experience supporting payment certification against contractual payment mechanisms. • Strong final account management and contract close-out experience. • Experience managing contractors and suppliers. • Experience administering bonds, guarantees, insurance, and contractual securities. • Strong procurement and contractual risk-management capabilities. • Experience managing long-lead equipment and OFCI / CFCI arrangements. • Experience preparing procurement and contracts reports for executive and Client audiences. • Proven team leadership experience, including resourcing, package allocation, and review of team output. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong skills in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. • Experience with SAP, Oracle, or equivalent ERP / procurement / contract management systems. • Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to prepare, communicate, and defend contractual positions clearly. Preferred Qualifications • Experience on data center or mission-critical projects. • Experience on at least two data center or comparable projects with individual project values exceeding **USD 500 million**. • Strong PMC or Owner s Representative experience. • Experience working with major hyperscale, government-linked, or PIF-affiliated clients. • Strong knowledge of the KSA procurement market, including regional contractors, vendors, local content requirements, and procurement regulations. • Professional accreditation such as **CIPS, MRICS / RICS, PMP, AACE, CIArb**, or equivalent. • Master s degree in a relevant discipline. • Arabic language capability. • Experience with both single-EPC and multi-package project delivery models. • Experience managing OFCI / CFCI arrangements where the Owner directly procured major equipment. • Exposure to dispute resolution processes, including DAB / DAAB, adjudication, or arbitration support. • Strong working knowledge of ERP, procurement, and contract management platforms.