Commercial Manager

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP Middle East are currently looking for a Commercial Manager to provide operationally sound advice and support to management in relation to a broad range of commercial and contractual tasks on WSP Middle East projects, including negotiating client and sub-consultant agreement terms, variations, claims, potential disputes and related issues affecting WSP’s projects and their financial performance.

Your new role, what's involved?

• Manage the commercial administration of the Project in compliance with the Authority /PMC Project commercial administration procedures.
• Manage the checking of Contractor’s interim payment applications.
• Monitoring of the Contractor’s control over time and cost in accordance with the Construction Contract.
• Review and address all Contractor’s/Clients variations and claims and provide written response to the project lead.
• Advise the Engineer on contractual issues as they arise.
• Identify cases where claims may be a potential or imminent possibility and notify the Engineer of the same.
• Study and prepare reports providing recommendations to the Engineer on claims submitted by the Contractor for Relief for Cost.
• Manage the change management process including preparing the Business Case for the change for Client approval and preparing Site Instructions for issues by the Engineer.
• The study, prepare and provide recommendations for Variation Orders
• Manage the maintenance of variation and claims logs.
• Chair biweekly Commercial Meetings and prepare minutes.
• Chair ad-hoc meetings to discuss claims.
• Provide Input to Monthly Progress Reporting as required.
• Participate in Monthly Progress Meetings with the Contractor/Engineer/Authority as required.
• Interface with other construction supervision team members to meet overall program deliverables.
• Study contractual correspondence issued by Contractor and prepare responses.
• Review draft correspondence prepared by construction supervision team members
  
  

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Bachelor Degree in Quantity Surveying with suitable contractual, legal or commercial background
• Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) preferred
• Excellent communication skills verbal and written
• 10+ years of post-qualification experience in a similar capacity
• PMC, Infrastructure experience in the Middle East
  
  

What's in it for you?

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.