Commercial Director
WSP in Australia
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Port Hope, ON
Contract type: Full time
Job Description
The Opportunity:
Are you a seasoned construction professional with a passion for leadership and innovation? Look no further! We’re seeking a dynamic Commercial Director to join our high-performing Remediation team in Ontario.
The role involves leading all commercial aspects of the business unit, including managing teams for Supply Chain, Commercial, Project Accounting, and Project Controls programs. While not directly responsible for project execution, the role focuses on ensuring the commercial processes, staffing, and support are in place to enable successful project execution. Additionally, the role includes supporting project directors in commercial activities and contract administration, leading risk management, and maintaining positive relationships with clients and project teams.
Please note we will consider candidates based in various locations throughout Ontario.
Why WSP?
#WeAreWSP
What You Can Expect To Do Here
WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.
We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.
At WSP
Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.
Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).
WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.
The Opportunity:
Are you a seasoned construction professional with a passion for leadership and innovation? Look no further! We’re seeking a dynamic Commercial Director to join our high-performing Remediation team in Ontario.
The role involves leading all commercial aspects of the business unit, including managing teams for Supply Chain, Commercial, Project Accounting, and Project Controls programs. While not directly responsible for project execution, the role focuses on ensuring the commercial processes, staffing, and support are in place to enable successful project execution. Additionally, the role includes supporting project directors in commercial activities and contract administration, leading risk management, and maintaining positive relationships with clients and project teams.
Please note we will consider candidates based in various locations throughout Ontario.
Why WSP?
- We value and are committed to upholding a culture of Inclusion and Belonging
- Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
- A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
- Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
- Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
- A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.
#WeAreWSP
What You Can Expect To Do Here
- You will have overall leadership of commercial aspects of the business unit. You will have direct reports including Commercial Managers, Project Accounting Managers, Project Controls Managers, and potential Supply Chain Managers.
- You will manage commercial process, staffing, support, and organization to enable project/program execution to be successful.
- You will lead Supply Chain programs, policies, process, and team.
- You will lead Commercial programs, policies, process, and team. You will lead Project Accounting programs, policies, process, and team.
- You will lead Project Controls programs, policies, process, and team. You will support project/operations Directors in commercial activity.
- You will support project/operations Directors in contract administration – both client-facing and subcontractor/supplier-facing.
- You will be accountable for understanding, management, and interpretation of various contracts.
- You will lead risk management.
- You will support the negotiation and execution of new opportunities and contracts.
- You will support the approval process for new opportunities and contracts.
- You will lead financial, project, and operations reporting.
- You will coordinate with wider company groups (legal, supply chain, commercial, executive groups). You will create and maintain positive client relationships.
- You will create and maintain positive relationships with project teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline
- More than 10 years’ experience in EPC/EPCM project execution, with 5+ years of experience in commercial aspects of project execution.
- Excellent leadership skills
- Strong ability to communicate internally, influence internal policy, report to executive level.
- Strong knowledge of contracts, project security mechanisms, dispute resolution, legal aspects of contracting, etc.
- Knowledge of project controls, including critical path method scheduling and budgetary control systems.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of project management.
- Ability to manage, coach, and lead mid-sized teams.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
- Eligible for CNL Reliability Status security clearance (individual must have 3 full years of verifiable current history in Canada, USA, UK, New Zealand and/or Australia).dividual must have 3 full years of verifiable current history in Canada, USA, UK, New Zealand and/or Australia).
WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.
We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.
At WSP
- We value our people and our reputation
- We are locally dedicated with international scale
- We are future focused and challenge the status quo
- We foster collaboration in everything we do
- We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable
Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.
Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).
WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.
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