Commercial Director, Rail Infrastructure | General Contractor | Toronto / Vancouver | Outpost R[...]

Our client, a leading infrastructure contractor, is seeking a Commercial Director (Rail) to join their Major Projects team in Vancouver, BC / Toronto, ON locations. Salary $225,000-275,000. Outpost Recruitment is excited to work with our client on this full-time permanent role.

Commercial Director (Rail) Overview

Reporting to the Vice President, Project Controls, the Commercial Director is responsible for the overall commercial management of a major Project or group of Projects. The Commercial Director (Rail) manages the commercial and project control functions of the project including procurement, subcontract administration, main contract administration, change and claims management, cost control and schedule. The Commercial Director (Rail) has the ability to operate and manage at the executive level of the Project structure in a PPP / PFI environment delivering a major building or civil engineering project.

Essential functions and responsibilities include :

• Commercial Director (Rail) will manage Commercial and Project Control matters of major projects including, Change Management, Procurement, Prime Contract management, Cost Control, Earned Value Management, Scheduling and Risk management
• Develop and enforce commercial / project controls policies, processes and procedures
• Advise on commercial strategy for successful project execution
• Provide commercial and contractual advice and reports to Executives and Project Managers
• Lead all claims and change management with respect to clients and subcontractors
• Leadership, training and development of commercial / project controls staff
• Commercial Director (Rail) will input into bid phases including commercial review and risk analysis of contracts
• Represent the company, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the company, in negotiations or other official functions
• Commercial management of designers and the design process

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Position is part of the executive team on a major Design Build Project or within the Corporate head office (with regular travel) overseeing the Commercial aspects of multiple projects.

Knowledge and Skills of Commercial Director (Rail)

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Ideal Candidate :

Please clearly highlight relevant work experience, project overviews and project scale ($) in your resume.

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