Bechtel

Bechtel

Commercial Specialist

Lake Charles, LA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
Project ManagementNegotiationExcelLeadershipCommunicationConstruction Management

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About the role

  • Working across disciplines, the Commercial Specialist helps ensure issues are captured early, assigned to the appropriate owner, supported by the right documentation, and progressed toward resolution or escalation.
  • Produce reports, dashboards, and executive-level summaries giving leadership a current view of the project's commercial position, and pursue overdue actions directly with responsible functions.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain the project's commercial registers for claims, disputes, backcharges, notices, trends, and unresolved matters, and identify emerging issues that may result in cost growth, schedule impact, unrecovered cost, commercial exposure, or dispute risk.
  • Track owner, subcontractor, supplier, and internal commercial claims from identification through closeout, and support administration of subcontractor and supplier backcharges in accordance with project and corporate procedures.
  • Review and analyse contracts, change orders, project documentation, cost impacts, delays, and entitlement issues, and provide a reasoned assessment to support the project's position.
  • Build the evidential record for each issue, assembling correspondence, chronologies, and supporting documents, and identifying and closing documentation gaps.
  • Prepare clear, defensible claim narratives, briefing materials, and negotiation support, working with Legal and project teams.
  • Assess change-related documents for commercial impact, entitlement issues, scope growth, and risk exposure, and drive commercial review comments through to disposition.
  • Maintain the notice and contractual deadline trackers, flagging upcoming notice requirements and key dates in time for the project to act on them.
  • Coordinate commercial issue reviews, confirming ownership of actions and deadlines, and support periodic reviews with Project Controls so that commercial matters are reflected in forecast, trend, and change management processes.
  • Diverse teams build the extraordinary:
  • This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

Requirements

  • Typically 8-12 years of relevant industry experience.
  • Required Knowledge and
  • Required Knowledge and Skills:
  • Sound judgement, with the ability to assess entitlement, weigh competing positions, and reach a defensible conclusion, together with strong attention to detail.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare structured narratives and executive-level summaries and present them to project leadership.
  • Some lifting may be required.
  • Must have the ability to walk into and out of the project (enter/egress).
  • Must be able to use appropriate standard issued Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required for each assigned task (i.e. harness, life vest, lift buckets, etc.).

Nice to have

  • Experience on large capital, EPC, industrial, LNG, energy, or infrastructure projects preferred.

Skills

  • Practical understanding of how contract language operates, including compliance, documentation, change orders, claims, and project risk.
  • Strong Microsoft 365 capability, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Benefits

  • Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive.
  • Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth.
  • Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards
  • Education and Experience

Company info

  • Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to acesstmt@bechtel.com
  • As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences.

Equal opportunity

  • Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer.

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