Commercial Manager

Job description / Role

Specific Responsibilities:

• Provide support and guidance on all commercial issues within the projects and ensure that commercial staff attains their maximum potential.
• Interact with client and address all inquiries related to commercial and contract maximize the profitability of projects.
• Payment of sub-contractors.
• Internal cost comparisons and cost projections
• Analysis of cost over-run and other implications.
• Negotiation of subcontracts.
• Preparation of sub-contractor pre-contract work packages.
• Negotiate final accounts with sub-contractors.
• Responsibility for all financial contractual issues arising during the course of his contract.
• Identify legitimate contractual claim situations and prepare suitable and sufficient documentation to clients

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or related field and 15 years experience
• Knowledge of a wide range of contract conditions.
• Knowledge of relevant IT packages and applications.
• Knowledge of partnering contracts.
• Knowledge of traditional and design and build contracts.
• Work experience on major Building / Civil projects.
• Good team player and communicator.
• Ability to work on own initiative and meet deadlines
• Must be fluent in English both written and spoken and at least reading Arabic.

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.

People make the difference. We connect you to that difference.