Senior Project Commercial Leader – Infrastructure

Arup; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Arup is seeking a Project Commercial Manager to lead commercial operations on major infrastructure projects in Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles. You will provide financial leadership, manage costs, subconsultants and contract changes while improving project performance.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's in a related field, 8+ years in engineering/design or construction, and strong Excel/Power BI skills. A Master’s and Design-Build experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Master’s degree in construction management or business preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in engineering design or construction industry services.
• General knowledge of commercial management and understanding of contract types and clauses.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize deadlines; highly organized.
• Strong analytical skills related to data and storytelling.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; team leadership.
• Advanced Excel, data manipulation, VBA, Power Query and spreadsheet design.
• Experience in Power BI dashboards; PowerPoint for reports is desirable.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and MS Project is desirable.
• Experience with Power Automate and PowerApps is desirable.
• Comfortable with SharePoint, Forms, Lists to streamline tasks.
• Design-Build experience with major contractors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of project specific cost control processes.
• Support the Project Manager to ensure project profitability and other commercial goals are met.
• Assist in consolidation of budget estimation and resource planning.
• Prepare a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and integrate with schedule and budgets.
• Utilize financial systems including earned value to monitor performance and produce dashboards.
• Track actual spend against budgets, conduct variance analyses, and report performance issues.
• Lead the monitoring and management of scope changes; maintain change and risk registers.
• Prepare and issue monthly client invoices and monitor accounts receivable.
• Collect, collate and review timesheets of project team members.
• Prepare monthly client reports to demonstrate project progression and performance.
• Manage sub-consultants’ commercial issues and track costs/payments.
• Lead staff mobilisation for new resources and develop annual work plans.
• Identify commercial improvements and efficiencies on the project.

Skills

Commercial mindset

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Proactive

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree in construction management or business

Tools

Excel

VBA

Power Query

PowerBI

Power Automate

PowerApps

SharePoint

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Arup is seeking a Project Commercial Manager to lead commercial operations on major infrastructure projects in Seattle, San Francisco or Los Angeles. You will provide financial leadership, manage costs, subconsultants and contract changes while improving project performance.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's in a related field, 8+ years in engineering/design or construction, and strong Excel/Power BI skills. A Master’s and Design-Build experience are preferred.