Commercial Manager

CPB Contractors Pty Limited; Belo Horizonte; Presencial; BRL 300 000 - 540 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Sedgman seeks a Commercial Manager based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to lead commercial and contract administration on a major EPCM project. You will influence decisions, manage risks, and advise project leadership on contractual issues, while protecting value and client relationships.

The role requires engineering/commercial qualifications, extensive contract negotiation experience, and fluency in Portuguese and English to collaborate across disciplines and with the client and suppliers.

Qualificações

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, commerce, quantity surveying, construction management or related discipline.
• Postgraduate contract law or commercial qualification is advantageous.
• Extensive experience in engineering and construction contract negotiation, administration and claims management.
• Strong understanding of commercial models used in EPC, EPCM and industrial project delivery.
• Proven capability managing variations, claims, contractual notices and major commercial issues and disputes.
• Expert negotiation, stakeholder engagement and written communication skills.
• Ability to translate commercial strategy into practical project action.
• High professional ethics, integrity and sound commercial judgement.
• Experience in the resources or mineral processing sector is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Brazilian commercial and contracting environments is advantageous.
• Professional fluency in Portuguese and English is strongly preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement the project’s commercial and contract administration strategies.
• Provide expert commercial and contractual advice to project leadership and delivery teams.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities and develop strategies to mitigate or realise them.
• Support the negotiation and administration of project agreements including major equipment orders and supply contracts.
• Manage EPCM contractual compliance notices, variations, claims, extensions of time and correspondence.
• Coordinate with project controls on cost and schedule implications of changes.
• Lead commercial reviews and ensure compliance with policies and authorities.
• Maintain registers and documentation for commercial decisions and claims.
• Build relationships with client, stakeholders, suppliers and advisers.
• Provide commercial guidance and capability development to project personnel.

Conhecimentos

Commercial leadership

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Strategic thinking

Ethics & integrity

Formação académica

Engineering degree

Commerce degree

Quantity surveying

Construction management

Descrição da oferta de emprego

At Sedgman, we deliver some of the world’s most complex mineral processing projects, supporting clients across the global resources and critical minerals sectors. AsCommercialManager, you will provide thecommercialleadership, contractual discipline and strategic advice required to support the successful delivery of a major EPCM project.

Based inBelo Horizonte, Brazil, you will work closely with project leadership, legal, project controls, procurement and the client to manage contractual obligations,commercialrisk, change and claims throughout project execution.

This is an opportunity to influence decisions at the centre of a complex project, create clarity aroundcommercialexposure and help strengthen project performance, client relationships and sustainable profitability.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and implement the project’scommercialand contract administration strategies.
• Provide expertcommercialand contractual advice to project leadership and delivery teams.
• Identifycommercialrisks and opportunities and develop strategies to eliminate, mitigate or realise them.
• Support the negotiation and administration ofproject agreements including major equipment purchase orders, manufacturing and supply contracts and construction works packages.head contracts, subcontracts , purchase orders and other project agreements.
• ManageEPCMcontractualcompliancenotices, variations, claims, extensions of timeandcommercialcorrespondence.
• Work with project controls to assess the cost and schedule implications of changes and emerging issues.
• Support the resolution of significant contractual andcommercialmatters.
• Leadcommercialreviews and ensure compliance with contract administration policies, procedures and delegated authorities.
• Maintain accurate registers, records and supporting documentation forcommercialdecisions and claims.
• Build strong relationships with the client, internal stakeholders, suppliers, subcontractors and external advisers.
• Providecommercialguidance and capability development to project personnel.
• Lead with integrity, sound judgement and a strong focus on protecting project and business value.

What we’re looking for

You’re acommercially astute leader who can interpret complex contracts, anticipate exposure and develop practical strategies that protect value while supporting productive client and delivery relationships.

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, commerce, quantity surveying, construction management or a related discipline.
• Postgraduatecontractlaw orcommercialqualification is advantageous.
• Extensive experience in engineering and construction contract negotiation, administration and claims management.
• Strong understanding ofcommercialmodels used inEPC, EPCM andindustrial project delivery.
• Proven capability managingvariations, claims,contractualnotices and majorandcommercialissuesand disputes.
• Expert negotiation, stakeholder engagement and written communication skills.
• Ability to translatecommercialstrategy into practical project action.
• High professional ethics, integrity and soundcommercialjudgement.
• Experience in the resources or mineral processing sector is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Braziliancommercialand contracting environments is advantageous.
• Professional fluency in Portuguese and English is strongly preferred.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to providecommercialleadership on a major mineral processing project, influence critical decisions and help establish the contractual discipline behind successful delivery.

If you’re looking for more in your next move, you’ll find it here:more opportunityto influencecommercialstrategy,more impactthrough value-focused decisions,more perspectivethrough complex stakeholder engagement, andmore purposesupporting the resources and critical minerals projects helping shape the future.

About Us

Sedgman is a leading provider of integrated minerals processing solutions. Informed by decades of experience, hundreds of projects, and global reach, driving industry benchmarks, our core focus is minerals processing. Our engineering-led approach tackles diverse challenges with confidence, incorporating modern technologies and innovative techniques across commodities.

We have advanced the standard of excellence and innovation in design, delivery, and operations for clients. Our expertise includes base and precious metals, industrial minerals, iron ore and critical minerals.