Commercial Director

Parsons; Jeddah; In loco; SAR 180.000 - 280.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Parsons is seeking a Commercial Director to manage all contracts and commercial activities for a major project. You will interface with the client's Commercial Team and Executive Steering Committee to advise, present, and report on the program's commercial health.

The role requires leading a team across commercial, procurement, and contract staff, with extensive experience in FIDIC contracts and international projects, and strong negotiation skills in English and Arabic.

Competenze

• Bachelor's in engineering, QS, or cost engineering.
• MRICS certification and PMP/RMP preferred.
• 20+ years in contracts and commercial management on large projects.
• Experience with FIDIC contracts and international projects.

Mansioni

• Lead a team of commercial, procurement, and contract staff.
• Oversee project commercial performance against budgets.
• Negotiate terms and manage change orders.
• Interface with client commercial teams and executives.

Conoscenze

MRICS Certification

PMP/RMP

Contract management

Arabic/English communication

Formazione

Bachelor's in engineering, quantity surveying, or cost engineering

Strumenti

MS Word

MS Excel

Visio

PowerPoint

Descrizione del lavoro

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Commercial Director to join our team! In this role you will get to manage all contracts and commercial activities for a major project either before the contract receives final approval or during the life of the contract. Interface with client's Commercial Team and Executive Steering Committee to advice, present, and report status of the program's commercial and contract wellbeing.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Manage a team of commercial, procurement, and contract staff, including subconsultants, to analyze, evaluate and manage project finances, contracts, as well as assuring commercial performance against established schedule, budgets, and other critical project data.
• Provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to project team for the resolution of project commercial and contracts related issues, ensuring latest information and resources are available for dealing with all issues.
• Oversee the commercial performance of assigned project areas to ensure project commercial procedures and objectives are maintained by sharing best practices and continual improvement techniques with staff, monitoring, and reporting to senior management concerning compliance with client objectives.
• Interface with client team as required, attends regular meetings, and provide critical project updates/ reports and presentations.
• Assist with key contract negotiations or contract modifications, drawing upon broad prior experience to effectively negotiate the most favorable terms and conditions for the assigned project to achieve client objectives.
• Establish and lead implementation of strategic commercial project plans.
• Manage successful commercial execution of assigned projects to meet project goals and requirements, in coordination with the Senior Project Manager of assigned area, by:
• Assisting with the development of work plans and budgets.
• Reviewing project proposals or work plans to determine time frame, financial objectives, and procedures for accomplishing work.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's in engineering, quantity surveying, or cost engineering from an accredited university.
• Must be certified in Contracts/Commercial with Chartered Membership in the Royal Institution of Quantity Surveyor (MRICS), Project Management Professional, OMI-PMP/RMP.
• Minimum (20) years' experience in contracts and commercial management including overall responsibility for contracts/commercial managements on large-scale projects.
• Direct experience of managing workload distribution, execution of work and personnel management, pre-qualification, compilation of bid requests, receipt of bids, bid evaluation, award, monitoring contractor performance, back charges, resolution of claims and disputes. Technical and administrative knowledge of engineering/construction industry contracting practices, government and commercial procurement regulations and practices, policies, procedures, and work practices.
• Practical experience and expertise in Fidic contracts, Red/Yellow/Silver.
• Demonstrated experience in pricing, contract law, contract drafting, administration and negotiation of change orders, effective correspondence, planning and scheduling. Through knowledge of prime contracts management administration as well as (sub)contract formation and administration, execution office and field procedures and documents related to a multi-discipline construction project.
• The candidate shall demonstrate evidence of working similar projects/mega projects with international PMC firms.
• Must have led large Contracts working with top firms an on prestigious projects.
• Knowledge of precedents in the specialty are knowledge of principles and practices of related international contracting law as well, execution office and field procedures and documents relating to multi-discipline construction projects.
• Excellent Arabic/English verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in working internationally (Preference for KSA).
• Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio).
• Native Arabic speaker.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Preparing project status reports, including updated cost projections and schedules for senior management and client.
• Identifying changes in scope or differing conditions and securing appropriate change orders for project cost and time if approved.
• Reviewing project progress reports and status of contracts, indicating current status with regards to financial situation and provide guidance and recommendations for improvements.
• Advising management of ways to limit any potential claims deriving from the failure to strictly adhere to project contract terms and conditions.
• Managing the review of contractual notices of claims and providing contractual advice to the project delivery teams, where appropriate.
• Managing the preparation and maintenance of Engineer's Instructions, contract changes (amendments), variation orders, insurance and claims logs.
• Facilitating the contract close-out procedures to ensure that all terms and conditions of contracts have been complied with prior to final payment

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! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-