Project Commercial Manager

About the role

The Project Commercial Manager role is focused on providing strong commercial leadership to project managers, directors, and business administrators in areas such as financial management, general commercial support, contract administration, subconsultant management, and bid support. The role involves implementing project-specific cost control processes, supporting project profitability, consolidating budget estimation and resource planning, preparing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and managing scope changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of project specific cost control processes.
• Support the Project Manager to ensure project profitability and other commercial goals are met.
• Aid in consolidation of budget estimation and resource planning.
• Prepare a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for new projects and understand how schedule is integrated with the WBS and budgets.
• Utilize financial systems including earned value to monitor financial performance, project costs, and other performance parameters and metrics, leading the production of performance dashboards.
• Track actuals spend against budgets, conduct variance analyses, lead reporting of project financials, and respond to queries from project teams on performance issues.
• Lead the monitoring and management of scope changes; maintaining change and risk registers and preparing fee proposals and contract change orders.
• Comfortable in preparing and issuing monthly client invoices and monitoring accounts receivable.
• Collect, collate, and review timesheets of project team members.
• Prepare various monthly client reports as required to demonstrate project progression and performance.
• Manage sub-consultants' commercial issues including preparation of sub-consultant agreements, track costs, and review invoices and payments.
• Lead staff mobilization process for new resources.
• Lead the development of the annual work plan for the project.
• Consistently look for Commercial improvement and efficiencies on the project.

Requirements

• 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 experience in contractual matters including understanding main contract types and their commercial implications, and ability to read and interpret key contract clauses.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize effectively and manage deadlines; highly organized.
• Strong analytical skills related to data and able to tell a story tailored to the audience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills essential for team-based working and team leadership skills.
• Proactive, willingness to take on additional responsibilities without having to be assigned.
• The ability to work independently and seek appropriate review and support.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, data manipulation, formulas, VBA macros, Power Query and spreadsheet design.
• Experience in PowerPoint for report preparation is desirable.
• Experience in PowerBI including configuring and maintaining existing dashboards or creating new ones is required.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project is desirable.
• Experience with Power Automate, PowerApps is desirable.
• Comfortable using digital and automation tools such as SharePoint, Forms, Lists, etc… to streamline routine commercial tasks is required.
• Design-Build and experience working with or for major Contractors in a Design-Build and Progressive Design-Build environment is 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 experience in contractual matters including understanding main contract types and their commercial implications, and ability to read and interpret key contract clauses.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize effectively and manage deadlines; highly organized.
• Strong analytical skills related to data and able to tell a story tailored to the audience.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills essential for team-based working and team leadership skills.
• Proactive, willingness to take on additional responsibilities without having to be assigned.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, data manipulation, formulas, VBA macros, Power Query and spreadsheet design.
• Experience in PowerPoint for report preparation is desirable.
• Experience in PowerBI including configuring and maintaining existing dashboards or creating new ones is required.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project is desirable.
• Experience with Power Automate, PowerApps is desirable.
• Comfortable using digital and automation tools such as SharePoint, Forms, Lists, etc… to streamline routine commercial tasks is required.
• Design-Build and experience working with or for major Contractors in a Design-Build and Progressive Design-Build environment is preferred.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Excel, data manipulation, formulas, VBA macros, Power Query and spreadsheet design.
• Experience in PowerPoint for report preparation.
• Experience in PowerBI including configuring and maintaining existing dashboards or creating new ones.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Experience with Power Automate, PowerApps.
• Comfortable using digital and automation tools such as SharePoint, Forms, Lists, etc… to streamline routine commercial tasks.
• Design-Build and experience working with or for major Contractors in a Design-Build and Progressive Design-Build environment.

Benefits

At Arup, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Competitive, fair, and equitable pay.
• Career growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Profit Share, a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
• Benefits that support health and wellness, including paid time off for rest and renewal.
• A Global Profit Share Plan (paid bi-annually) providing an opportunity to share in the success of the Firm.
• A 401(k) plan with up to 10% company match to help you save for your future.
• Flexible working options, including the ability to work outside of the office for a portion of your workweek.

Pay

The Seattle hiring range for this position is $134,000 to $175,000 year. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background, and skill level. Benefits are not included in the base salary.

Schedule

Seattle Hiring Range - The good faith base salary hiring range for this job if performed in Seattle is $134,000 to $175,000 year. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background, and skill level. Benefits are not included in the base salary.