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 teams.

What you will do

• Support the Client in developing procurement and contracting strategies.
• Develop procurement package plans, tender schedules, and bidder lists.
• Lead contractor and supplier prequalification and tendering activities.
• Prepare scopes of work, pricing schedules, and contract exhibits.
• Lead technical and commercial bid evaluations.
• Lead tender clarification meetings and negotiations.
• Lead post-award administration of EPC and major project contracts.
• Manage variation, change order, and change-control processes.
• Review contractor claims including extension-of-time and cost claims.
• Lead and develop the procurement and contracts team.

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.