Contracts Management Director
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About the Role
Parsons seeks a Contracts Management Director to lead end-to-end contract administration for FIDIC Engineer across a major development portfolio. The role requires strategic leadership in contract governance, claims management, and stakeholder coordination.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the contracts management strategy and governance framework for the portfolio
- Ensure consistent application of FIDIC based contracts, including Red, Yellow and Silver Books, together with Client specific conditions
- Provide strategic contractual advice to the Client, Delivery Partner leadership and FIDIC Engineer
- Lead contract administration across the full lifecycle of design and construction contracts
- Review and endorse key contractual documents, notices, instructions, determinations and certifications
- Ensure Employer and Contractor obligations are clearly identified, monitored and enforced
- Oversee the valuation and administration of variations, claims, payments and final accounts
- Lead the identification, assessment, defence, negotiation and resolution of Contractor claims and Employer entitlements
- Direct the preparation of contractual position papers, delay and disruption analyses and quantum assessments
- Oversee contractual and commercial risk management, including maintenance of the portfolio level contracts risk register
- Work closely with Project Controls and Commercial teams to align schedule, cost, risk and change information with contractual obligations
- Advise on extensions of time, acceleration, liquidated damages and other schedule related contractual matters
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related discipline
- Approximately 20 years of progressive experience in contracts management and commercial leadership
- Extensive experience on major infrastructure, mixed use development or large scale construction programs
- Strong experience administering FIDIC based contracts within an Engineer, PMC, Delivery Partner or consultancy environment
- Deep knowledge of FIDIC contract forms, conditions and bespoke amendments
- Proven experience leading complex claims, disputes, delay analysis and quantum assessment
- Strong knowledge of contract administration, procurement, commercial management and financial governance
- Good understanding of project controls, including schedule, cost, risk and change management
- Strong negotiation, communication and senior stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams
- High standards of integrity, confidentiality and professional judgement
- Proficiency in contract management systems, Microsoft Office and reporting tools
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Job Description
- Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Contracts Management Director to join our team.
- In this role, you will lead and oversee end to end contracts management and administration in support of the FIDIC Engineer across the Master Development Unit Projects portfolio.
- The role will ensure that all works are delivered in compliance with contractual, technical and performance requirements under the Delivery Partner agreement.
- You will provide strategic leadership across Contract Administration, Claims Management, Project Controls and Document Control, ensuring robust governance over design development, construction coordination, change management, risk, payment certification and contract close out.
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop and implement the contracts management strategy and governance framework for the portfolio.
- Ensure consistent application of FIDIC based contracts, including the Red, Yellow and Silver Books, together with Client specific conditions.
- Provide strategic contractual advice to the Client, Delivery Partner leadership and FIDIC Engineer.
- Lead contract administration across the full lifecycle of design and construction contracts, including execution, variations, amendments and close out.
- Review and endorse key contractual documents, notices, instructions, determinations and certifications.
- Ensure Employer and Contractor obligations are clearly identified, monitored and enforced.
- Oversee the valuation and administration of variations, claims, payments and final accounts.
- Lead the identification, assessment, defence, negotiation and resolution of Contractor claims and Employer entitlements.
- Direct the preparation of contractual position papers, delay and disruption analyses and quantum assessments.
- Oversee contractual and commercial risk management, including maintenance of the portfolio level contracts risk register.
- Work closely with Project Controls and Commercial teams to align schedule, cost, risk and change information with contractual obligations.
- Advise on extensions of time, acceleration, liquidated damages and other schedule related contractual matters.
Additional Responsibilities
- Oversee payment certification and ensure progress valuations and final settlements are properly supported.
- Implement controls to prevent overpayment, unsupported claims and unauthorized commitments.
- Act as the senior point of contact for contractual and commercial matters with the Client, Contractors, consultants and key stakeholders.
- Participate in executive reviews, governance boards and steering committees.
- Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary contracts team and support capability development and continuous improvement.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
- Approximately 20 years of progressive experience in contracts management and commercial leadership.
- Extensive experience on major infrastructure, mixed use development or large scale construction programs.
- Strong experience administering FIDIC based contracts within an Engineer, PMC, Delivery Partner or consultancy environment.
- Deep knowledge of FIDIC contract forms, conditions and bespoke amendments.
- Proven experience leading complex claims, disputes, delay analysis and quantum assessment.
- Strong knowledge of contract administration, procurement, commercial management and financial governance.
- Good understanding of project controls, including schedule, cost, risk and change management.
- Strong negotiation, communication and senior stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.
- High standards of integrity, confidentiality and professional judgement.
- Proficiency in contract management systems, Microsoft Office and reporting tools.
About Parsons
- Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
- We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!
- Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices.
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