PMC Procurement & Contracts Lead - (UK,US National Only)

The role

The Procurement & Contracts Lead will lead the procurement and contracts function for large-scale data center, mission-critical, and infrastructure programs in KSA. This person acts as the Owner's onsite representative within the Project Management Consultancy team to manage the full procurement and contract lifecycle.

What you will do

• Support the Client in developing procurement and contracting strategies and lead implementation.
• Develop procurement package plans, tender schedules, bidder lists, and governance processes.
• Lead contractor and supplier prequalification, RFQs, RFPs, and tendering activities.
• Prepare scopes of work, pricing schedules, contract exhibits, and tender addenda.
• Lead technical and commercial bid evaluations and negotiations.
• Lead post-award administration of EPC and major project contracts.
• Review and interpret contractual terms, payment mechanisms, and liabilities.
• Manage contract registers for notices, bonds, guarantees, and payments.
• Lead variation, change order, and change-control processes.
• Review contractor claims and support assessment of interim and milestone payments.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Nice to have

• 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.

About the company

Decima International is a professional services company providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East.