Senior Contracts Manager

Senior Contracts Manager – Procurement – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This senior construction opportunity at Parsons Corporation focuses on the commercial and contractual delivery of major stadium and sports venue developments.

Key responsibilities, qualifications, skills, and company information are included below.

Job Details

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Construction
Function: Contracts Administration
Salary: 40,000 – 58,000 AED (est.)
Job type: Full‑time

Context

The Senior Contracts Manager will serve as the principal commercial link between the project management team, cost consultant, lead design consultant, contractors, suppliers, and key stakeholders. The role establishes disciplined commercial controls from early procurement planning through contract award, delivery, final account agreement, and settlement, directly influencing project affordability, contractual compliance, procurement timing, commercial risk exposure, and cost certainty.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead contract administration, procurement, commercial management, and cost‑control activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Act as the principal commercial interface between the project management team and the appointed cost consultant.
• Develop procurement strategies aligned with programme milestones, package interfaces, technical requirements, and market conditions.
• Establish procurement packaging plans for design services, construction works, specialist systems, equipment, suppliers, and operational packages.
• Manage contractor, consultant, and supplier prequalification processes.
• Coordinate requests for proposals, invitations to tender, commercial schedules, evaluation criteria, and contract documentation.
• Lead tender evaluations, commercial clarifications, bidder negotiations, and contract award recommendations.
• Review proposed contract terms, scopes, pricing schedules, exclusions, qualifications, and risk allocations.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with approved governance procedures, delegation requirements, and commercial policies.
• Monitor procurement schedules for construction packages, specialist venue systems, furniture fixtures and equipment, and long‑lead materials.
• Coordinate with technical teams to ensure commercial documents accurately reflect approved design and operational requirements.
• Review cost estimates, cost plans, project budgets, cash flow forecasts, and periodic cost reports prepared by the cost consultant.
• Monitor commitments, actual expenditure, forecast costs, and projected final cost against approved budgets.
• Identify emerging cost pressures and recommend corrective or cost‑avoidance measures.
• Lead change‑control procedures covering variations, instructions, scope revisions, and design development.
• Evaluate contractor and consultant variation submissions for entitlement, measurement, valuation, and supporting evidence.
• Maintain change registers and ensure approved changes are reflected in budgets, forecasts, contracts, and project reports.
• Review contractor and consultant payment applications, invoices, and commercial submissions.
• Coordinate quantity verification, certification recommendations, retention, advance payments, and contractual deductions.
• Manage contractual correspondence, notices, instructions, records, and compliance obligations.
• Review claims involving delay, disruption, additional cost, extension of time, and changed conditions.
• Coordinate commercial input into schedule impact assessments and extension of time evaluations.
• Promote early identification and resolution of contractual issues to reduce claims and prevent disputes.
• Support negotiation strategies for claims, variations, settlements, and disputed commercial matters.
• Maintain commercial risk registers and develop mitigation plans to protect project objectives.
• Support value engineering workshops and evaluate cost‑saving proposals without compromising quality or operational performance.
• Assess lifecycle cost, maintainability, procurement lead times, and commercial implications of technical alternatives.
• Coordinate procurement and commercial activities for venue technology, security, audiovisual, broadcast, ICT, and specialist operational systems.
• Prepare executive commercial reports, procurement dashboards, decision papers, and management presentations.
• Provide clear advice to the Project Director and senior leadership on cost, procurement, contracts, claims, and commercial exposure.
• Support project closeout, final account negotiations, release of securities, contract settlements, and completion documentation.
• Lead and mentor commercial, procurement, contracts, and quantity surveying personnel