Senior Commercial Manager (Remote)

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51 st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Commercial Manage r join our our award-winning team based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

We envisage success in this role to include;
– Liaising with client, developer, consultants and contractors as well as KEO internal construction management and supervision, planning, engineering and design divisions.
– Developing and maintaining client relationships enhancing opportunities and business initiatives.
– Directing and ensuring the delivery of the contracted PM/CM services to the client.
– Demonstrated director level experience and capability in a wide range of Consultant Agreements and Construction Contracts.
– Demonstrate director level experience in complex projects from design through construction documents and implementation, including alternative forms of procurement.
– Ensuring the terms of the contract are followed and manages supplemental agreements.
– Implementing cost controls and financial control procedures as outlined in the construction contracts.
– Assessing and reporting upon client’s variations to the construction works and claims for changes from the contractors.
– Assessing, measuring, advising, and recommending on cost impact of design changes.
– Assisting in the reviews, assessments and reports upon contractor’s claims including review of time extensions, delays, and penalties.
– Prepares Change/Variation Orders and reports upon cost impacts of such orders on the construction budget.
– Making commercial decisions that impact positively on both short and long term bottom line results.
– Reviewing of projects’ proposals and plans to determine time frames, staffing plans, finding limitations and establishing procedures needed to accomplish the projects.
– Advising client on all matters pertaining to cost, scope and schedule.
– Reviewing and monitoring project cost estimates, value engineering (VE) proposals and cost reconciliation.
– Providing leadership, guidance and advice to the project team.
– Ensuring work is conducted with quality assurance protocols.
– Providing coherent presentations to shareholders and board members, on arising situations, progress status, and different reporting needs and requirements.

– To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 15 years work experience partnered with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or relevant.

Excellent experience in a previous PMC role is essential as well as membership to a professional body e.g RICS, MICE etc

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.