Commercial Manager
Reporting to the Director, Contracts & Commercial, the Commercial Manager will be responsible for the successful administration of contracts with clients, consultants and subcontractors
What You Will Be Working OnWhat You Will Be Working On
- Work within a multi-disciplined team on fast paced, high value construction projects with responsibility towards Contractual obligations to ensure alignment between the client, our team, and our subcontractors.
- Highlight risks for the Project Management Team and participate in development of a risk register for the Project.
- Review Prime contracts and Subcontracts to determine obligations, liabilities, risks and change entitlement.
- Manage contract administration processes and results.
- Provide interpretation of Prime Contract language.
- Develop contract management activities to ensure compliance with the Prime Contract.
- Manage contract reporting activities and identify and track deliverables.
- Identify and implement project record-keeping requirements needed to substantiate and validate potential changes and claims.
- Identify and mitigate/prevent/resolve problems involving high risk or high monetary cost to Bird.
- Develop correspondence with Client as appropriate to request necessary changes and modifications to meet the project requirements.
- Assist in negotiations concerning changes.
- Ensure timely and accurate contractual correspondence.
- Develop and implement change management procedures, including preparing, submitting and tracking changes to the Owner; reviewing and tracking subcontractor changes; and reviewing drawings, specifications and other contract documents to establish entitlement.
- Responsible for invoicing clients and working with the project team to collect all required progress and supporting documentation.
- Manage Owner and subcontractor contractual notifications, including drafting clear and timely contractual correspondence.
- Negotiate change orders, variations and change issues.
- Prepare narratives and entitlement documentation.
- Claims avoidance and management, including review of project schedules and forensic analysis of cost and schedule impacts in support of time-related and other claims submissions.
- Assist the project team in administering subcontracts, including resolving contractual issues and reviewing change entitlement.
- Maintain excellent relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors and the public.
- Participate in client, subcontractor and consultant meetings and lead the commercial and contractual components.
- Contribute to monthly and quarterly financial forecasting, project P&L reporting and presentations to District management.
- Contribute to Prime Contract negotiations in collaboration with Legal and Risk Management.
- Provide project management teams with summaries of contractual requirements and deliver training and information sessions during project kick-off and throughout project execution.
- Liaise with project teams on a variety of matters as required and provide key updates to the District Management and Risk Management groups as necessary when issues arise.
- Develop and implement District and Company-wide commercial management best practices, processes and policies.
- Conduct monthly reviews of potential claims and opportunities with the Industrial West Management Team and participate in monthly or quarterly forums to share commercial trends and lessons across projects.
- Prepare a quarterly commercial management best-practices report for District Management and Risk Management based on project performance, recurring trends and lessons learned.
- Develop and deliver regular lunch-and-learn sessions for District staff on key commercial management principles and lessons learned.
- Work with the internal Insurance team to place project-specific insurance and contract security, including surety bonds and letters of credit, and ensure subcontract security requirements are in place.
- Letter writing and project Risk management
What We Are Looking For
- Post-secondary education, such as a degree or diploma in a related field, and/or relevant combination of experience.
- 8+ years' leadership experience in the construction industry. Five or more years of contract management experience is preferred.
- A strong background in project or contract management
- Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including Project Management, clients, consultants and engineers, subcontractors, Legal and Risk Management.
- Previous experience working directly with consultants, including engineering and architectural firms.
- Experience with a range of contract models, including lump sum, cost reimbursable, design-build, public-private partnerships (P3), alliance and integrated project delivery (IPD).
- Experience with construction claims and builders' liens.
- Understanding of the respective obligations of general contractors, engineers and architects for construction project deliverables is an asset.
- Understanding of quality assurance and quality control processes in commercial and industrial construction settings.
- Understanding of contract security options, including surety, letters of credit and subcontractor default insurance (SDI).
- Thorough knowledge of construction methods, equipment and equipment performance, construction self-perform operations and construction management.
- Collaborative and performance-oriented, with the ability to operate as part of a support team and adapt to changing stakeholder requirements.
- Tactful and diplomatic, with strong conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to use MS Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Project, Primavera P6. Experience with Procore and InEight is an asset.
- Excellent financial and numeracy management skills.
- Working knowledge of contract language and legal requirements of contracts.
- Ability to inspire trust in difficult situations by instilling confidence and engaging people on matters that affect them.
- Ability to forge, grow and maintain positive relationships.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the demands of unpredictable activities while handling pressure and challenges.
- Ability to work within tight deadlines and prioritization of work to achieve them.
- Strong project management, organizational and investigative skills.
- Strong critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts.
- Highly developed interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency and strong commitment to achieving goals in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills at multiple levels.
