Job at a glance
Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula: Approach each client engagement as a partnership , create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.
We are seeking an experienced Procurement & Contracts Lead to lead the procurement and contracts function on large-scale data center, mission-critical, and infrastructure programs in KSA. The role sits within Decima’s Project Management Consultancy (PMC) teams, acting as the Owner’s onsite representative and leading the full procurement and contract lifecycle for EPC contractors and major project packages on the Client’s behalf.
The successful candidate will support procurement and contracting strategy, lead tendering and award activities, manage post-award contract administration, variations, claims, payments, and close-out, and protect the Client’s commercial and contractual position throughout project delivery. 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.
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