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Alternative Delivery Project Commercial Manager
WSP
USA
Manager · 12+ years experience
Onsite
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Key Responsibilities:
- Provide commercial and project controls oversight on complex infrastructure projects from start‐up through execution, closeout, and dispute resolution.
- Support project managers and design teams in development of pricing for work product, and in management of risks and contingencies, including avoidance of “scope creep”.
- Proactive project and contract change and claims management and resolution.
- Engage and advise WSP legal counsel as required.
- Provide input/recommendations on project team staffing.
- Recommend, and support the project team in applying, strategies for proper project setup to align with alternative delivery project control standards.
- Project kick-off meeting contribution; technical and commercial (internal and external).
- Implement development and negotiation strategies for amendments and supplements with WSP project leadership.
- Develop, monitor and manage WSP commercial metrics (e.g., earned value, cost tracking, schedule, cash flow, change orders, cost vs budget trends, etc.).
- Develop and maintain relationships with project-level WSP Project Accountant and project control teams to provide the project team with sufficient support.
- Apply alternative delivery best practices to commercial management on projects.
Who You Are
- You are an experienced commercial leader with proven background in large-scale project delivery, project controls, contract change management, and contractor claims management. You are a commercially-driven professional who understands how project management, contracts, risk, and financial performance at the project level align with broader business objectives. You are collaborative, analytical, and confident operating in fast paced and complex delivery environments that exist when working as the designer of record for a Design-Build contractor or a concessionaire.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, legal studies or business management or a related field.
- 12 years of experience supporting major infrastructure, aviation, transportation, and/or water/utility capital projects.
- Demonstrated expertise in construction contract change management, claims analysis, and commercial negotiations.
- Strong background in project controls, cost forecasting, schedule analysis, and risk management.
- Ability to produce and present executive‐level cost, schedule, risk, contingency allocation, and performance reporting.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience advising and influencing senior leadership and clients.
- Experience delivering design‐build, P3 and other alternative delivery models for large programs/projects.
- Demonstrated experience in controlling and mitigating projects costs and risk exposure.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex contractual or technical information.
- Detailed, organized, and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Advanced degree such as an MBA or MS in engineering, construction management, legal studies or business management.
- Experience within owner, developer, general contractor, or commercial advisory environments.
- Advanced proficiency in project controls and reporting tools (e.g., Primavera P6, Power BI, cost management systems).
- Experience developing and reviewing legal and contractual documents, including MOUs, IGAs, RFQs, SOQs, RFPs, proposals, and contractor correspondence.
- Experience supporting procurements, including development and review of letters, proposer inquiries, and formal response documents.
- Professional presence and customer service mindset when interacting with contractors, consultants, leadership, and stakeholders.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team while maintaining a strong sense of ownership over assigned tasks.
- WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
- Expected Salary (all locations): $264,700-$296,600/year
- WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
- Expected Salary (Colorado only): $163,000-$278,000/year
- WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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About WSP
Professional Services10,001+Founded 1959
WSP is a global professional services firm headquartered in Montréal, providing engineering, advisory, and science-based expertise. It serves clients across transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, earth and environment, energy, water, and other sectors.
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