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Your impact

At Jacobs, we're partnering across the globe to create creative solutions to some of the world's most complex infrastructure challenges. From transportation and transit systems to large-scale capital delivery programs, our teams deliver sustainable solutions that improve communities and create lasting value.

We are seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to join our Program Management and Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will provide commercial leadership on major infrastructure and transit projects, ensuring effective contract administration, risk management, commercial governance, and financial stewardship throughout the project lifecycle.

Your Impact

As a Commercial Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of large, complex infrastructure and transit programs. You will work closely with project management, project controls, procurement, legal, finance, and technical teams to proactively manage contractual obligations, commercial risks, financial performance, and stakeholder relationships.

This position requires a strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and extensive experience working on major capital projects in infrastructure, transportation, rail, transit, or related sectors.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead commercial management activities across large-scale infrastructure and capital delivery projects.




- Manage contract administration and ensure compliance with contractual obligations, policies, and governance requirements.
- Provide commercial advice to project teams throughout project planning, design, procurement, construction, and closeout phases.
- Develop and implement commercial management plans, procedures, and reporting frameworks.
- Lead the management of contract changes, variations, amendments, extensions of time, and claims.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate commercial, contractual, and financial risks.
- Support procurement strategies, tender reviews, negotiations, and contract award recommendations.
- Monitor project financial performance, including revenue, cost forecasting, contingencies, and profitability.
- Collaborate with project controls teams to ensure alignment between commercial outcomes, schedule performance, and cost management.
- Review and negotiate commercial terms with clients, contractors, suppliers, consultants, and joint venture partners.
- Prepare commercial reports, executive briefings, recommendations, and contractual correspondence.
- Support dispute avoidance and dispute resolution activities as required.
- Ensure compliance with corporate governance, contracting standards, and applicable regulations.
- Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders while supporting successful project delivery.




- Mentor and guide project teams on commercial and contractual best practices.

Here's what you'll need

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Law, Finance, or a related discipline.
- A minimum of 10 years of progressive commercial, contract management, project controls, or project delivery experience supporting large-scale infrastructure, transportation, transit, rail, or capital delivery projects.
- Demonstrated experience managing the commercial aspects of major infrastructure or transit projects valued at $100M+ and preferably within multi-billion-dollar capital programs.
- Proven experience administering complex construction, engineering, consulting, and professional services contracts.
- Strong understanding of commercial management principles, contract administration, procurement processes, and project financial controls.
- Experience managing contract variations, change orders, claims, negotiations, and commercial risk assessments.
- Knowledge of project delivery models including Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, P3, Alliance, EPC, and EPCM.
- Experience working with owners, consultants, contractors, and public-sector stakeholders on complex infrastructure projects.
- Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to interpret complex contractual documentation and provide practical commercial solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams and fast-paced delivery environments.

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