Budget Management, Budgeting, Change Requests/Orders, Claims Management, Coaching, Construction, Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Project Management, Contract Analysis, Cost Control, Documentation, Financial Management, Financial Projections, Interpersonal Skills, Language Interpreter, Leadership, Legal, Mentoring, Oil and Gas, Power Transmission, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Regulations, Regulatory Requirements, Reporting Skills, Risk Management, System Integration (SI), Time Management, Willing to Travel
Barnard Construction Company, Inc., based in Bozeman, Montana, is a heavy-civil construction company with projects underway across North America. Barnard is ranked by Engineering News-Record, a leading construction industry periodical, as one of the nation’s Top 400 civil contractors. We specialize in dam construction and rehabilitation, power transmission and distribution, tunneling, inland marine, oil, gas, utility, and sewer and water pipeline projects. We offer competitive salaries, profit sharing, 401(k)s, a generous health plan, annual bonuses, and challenging career opportunities with a financially solid company. Barnard’s people are the reason for the success of the company. Our reputation attracts the highest quality personnel, people who are committed to producing projects that set a standard for excellence. At Barnard, we build the riskiest, most difficult, complex jobs we can find and we hire people who thrive on tough work and demanding opportunities.
Barnard is seeking a Commercial Manager to manage the financial aspects of our projects while ensuring they align with contractual agreements and legal requirements. The Commercial Manager will report to the Project Manager and executive leadership. Position is based in Bozeman, MT, however, will require travel and relocation to projects upon assignment
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field a
- 10+ years’ experience in heavy civil and/or underground construction project management
- Proven experience in bid-build, CMGC, design build, and other alternative delivery projects
- Strong proven skill to identify, track and manage project budget, and ensure the projects economical viability and profitable.
- Strong ability to appropriately recover funds from changes and dispute
- Proven knowledge and ability to analyze and interpret contract documents, estimates, budgets, and other financial documentation to identify and mitigate project risk.
- Ability to respond and address the financial conditions to common inquiries or request for changes/claims from subcontractors, management, co-workers, regulatory agencies, or owners.
- Proven ability to efficiently and effectively work with multiple departments and direct reports to retain focus on one project completion goal and timeline.
- Proven ability to identify growth opportunities for project personnel and developed to coach and mentor project personnel.
- Expert communication and interpersonal skills proven to engage and retain positive working relationships within project and build a strong relationship with project team members.
- Ability to effectively present information to project management and/or public
Responsibilities:
- Manages the day-to-day and long-terms commercial matters for complex projects, often with staff coming from joint venture partners, subcontractors, and subconsultants.
- Provides oversight to all aspects of the commercial management function from bid to project completion.
- Interprets contract language to understand the risks, rights and responsibilities of the project team, and guide project team in properly managing in accordance with these clauses to limit exposure to additional costs.
- Oversees project change and claim reporting and provides reporting to Project Manager and executive leadership.
- Oversees change and claim preparation, management and resolution for the project, working closely with the project team and corporate legal representatives.
- Supports integration of project systems to track, monitor and control costs or schedule and claim resolution.
- Prepares action plan for resolving timely payment for change orders and work
Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled, E-Verify Employer
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Barnard Construction Company
Barnard is different from other construction companies in many ways, some small and some substantial. Like all construction companies, we strive to deliver quality, on time, under-budget projects that include terrific environmental stewardship and community relations. We are different in the way we execute our work and achieve these goals.
For starters, we are organized around one Home Office and we rely on our people as our greatest asset and resource in all aspects of our business. We started small, first one man, then one team, and we found we liked the team approach to construction. Consequently, we don’t have satellite offices or regional headquarters that compete for business or spread our resources thin. We have the Home Office based in beautiful Bozeman, Montana, where the business began. This means that if someone on a project in British Columbia has a question, he or she calls the same number that someone in upstate New York calls for an answer. Field staff can be sure that they reach the people they need for support, assistance or some well-deserved kudos. If a question requires more than one person’s answer, we can walk down the hallway, hold an impromptu meeting and work out a solution or answer without the effort becoming a scheduling event. This efficient communication and access to management is key to Barnard’s people and to our culture. In fact, our entire Executive Management meets monthly with our Department Heads to connect and keep everyone involved in the big picture as well as the individual projects and bids that we have in the works.
We also stand out among our competitors in our practice of pairing a Field Supervisor with a Project Engineer to form a “team” that is strong in office and field skills. This eliminates the problem of not knowing who to ask for a material order or not understanding if the schedule is being met. It creates a culture of accountability. Our Superintendents and Project Managers are paired as well. This splits responsibilities while also having a peer with whom to consider options and problem-solve.
As a job winds down, key project staff members are cycled back to the Home Office to estimate upcoming work. When the work is awarded, that bid team mobilizes to the project and performs the work. The knowledge that is gained from being involved in a project from the estimate to project completion is invaluable.
We believe that the more we empower our people, the better off we’ll be. After all, we are People building for People.
100 to 499 employees
Construction - Industrial Facilities and Infrastructure
http://www.barnard-inc.com/