Commercial Manager

Job description / Role

Leading Multi-disciplinary consultancy
Based in Kuwait

Our client is a leading regional architecture and engineering consultancy based in Kuwait with offices throughout the GCC/MENA region. To support continued growth our client is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager.

Working closely with our Commercial Director, the Commercial Manager will support our clients design, project management, and construction supervision teams, providing contractual and risk management advice, and ensuring that organisational governance and risk management processes are implemented. The successful candidate will also provide the necessary commercial support in establishing and managing subsidiaries and overseas branches of the Firm.

This is a rare opportunity for someone to develop their career with an organisation that has a strong management team, an aggressive growth plan, and is delivering some of the most exciting projects in the Middle East and North Africa region.

The Commercial Manager will be responsible for:

Review project contract agreements with clients and sub consultants
Identify commercial risks in bids and project agreements and advise on mitigation
Manage project insurance requirements
Advise project managers on claims, variation orders and contractual correspondence
Support the establishment and management of legal subsidiaries and monitor commercial licensing
Contribute to the overall risk management of the Firms operations

Requirements

In order to be considered for this position, the successful candidate will have the following skills / attributes:

Bachelors degree in Engineering or Architecture; Masters degree/MBA ideal
Experience in preparing complex professional services contracts, tenders and business proposals
Good knowledge of standard contract protocols (eg FIDIC)
Bilingual (English, Arabic) proficiency preferred
10 years plus construction industry experience
5 years plus experience with an architecture/engineering/project management consultancy
Experience in establishing new corporate entities in the GCC/MENA region an advantage
Excellent communication and leadership skills

About the Company

Macdonald & Company is the leading professional recruitment consultancy for the real estate and built environment sectors. Established in 1992 and headquartered in the UK, we apply local knowledge with true global connection through our offices in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the U.S., Africa and the Middle East.

Our specialist teams act for every class of organisation owning, occupying, financing, or advising on property, construction and engineering – developers, investors, institutions, funds, banks, consultancies and contractors.

Macdonald & Company is a subsidiary of Prime People Limited.

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