Role-specific requirements:
- Proven experience in commercial and contract management for large-scale construction projects, including claims, variations, and cost control
- Strong understanding of contract administration, change management, and payment certification processes
- Proficiency in using PRISM for contract management, claims tracking, change control, and payment workflows
- Familiarity with cost reporting tools and methodologies, including earned value analysis, forecasting, and contingency management
- Ability to analyze and manage risk-based changes and their financial implications
- Skilled in assessing the commercial impact of design and schedule changes
- Knowledge of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), and project estimating practices
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to guide junior staff and influence project outcomes
Core responsibilities:
- Champions QIC's Safety First value, specifically confident in enacting Stop Work authority, engages in relevant health/safety/wellbeing standards and behaviors
2.Demonstrates leadership behaviors, in line with the Qiddiya Values, at all times.
- Implements the standardized work breakdown structure (WBS) and cost breakdown structure (CBS)
- Implements claims management process to handle potential consultants and contractors claims and disputes
- Perform cost reporting, earned value analysis, cashflow analysis, forest analysis, forecast at completion, and trend analysis
- Fully understand the contingency management and management reserves. And able to perform contingency draw-down analysis
- Manages, processes, and certifies payment applications submitted by consultants and contractors through the QIC's enterprise systems (e.g. Prism, SAP)
- Manages and processes all changes in the project in accordance with contractual requirements and applicable procedures. Analysis of change includes desirability of the change and quantifying the effect of a change on Project outcomes
- Manages contract administration processes through recommendations, updates, and changes according to contractual terms and conditions
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Engineering, Legal or related field
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors beneficial but not essential
- 15 years Commercial construction delivery experience - ideally Contractor and Consultancy
- Previous KSA/Middle East experience preferred
- Experience in the leading Commercial Management of Major Projects in a highly regulated environment including Full project life-cycle involvement (Bidding thorough to Final Account)
- Subject matter expert across a range of standard and bespoke forms of Contracts
- Foster a culture of flexibility and adaptability in responding to changing business requirements
- Expertly manages and prioritizes the workload of the team, deadline driven
- Leverage exceptional written and verbal skills in English to effectively articulate ideas, strategies, and project performance to a range of audiences
- Leverage in-depth knowledge of enterprise-level management software, such as Prism, SAP, or similar systems
- Demonstrated leadership skills to set clear goals, motivate teams and deliver results.
