Project Claims & Commercial Controls Manager

Position Summary   The Project Claims & Commercial Controls Manager is a strategic commercial leader responsible for protecting project profitability through proactive contract administration, change order management, claims strategy, commercial risk management, and financial oversight across the project portfolio.   Reporting to the CFO, this role serves as an independent partner between Finance and Operations, ensuring contractual entitlements, customer change orders, commercial risks, supplier exposure, and project financial assumptions are identified, documented, challenged, and resolved before they impact project margins.   The successful candidate combines project management experience with strong commercial, contractual, and financial expertise to improve commercial discipline, maximize customer recovery, minimize risk, and strengthen project financial performance.   This position works closely with Project Managers, Project Engineers, Program Directors, Finance, Operations, Executive Leadership, customers, and subcontractors. While Project Managers retain ownership of project execution and customer relationships, this role provides independent commercial oversight, governance, and strategic support.   Key Responsibilities Partner with project teams to identify scope changes, schedule impacts, engineering changes, and other events requiring commercial action. Monitor and oversee the change order process to ensure timely submission of supporting documentation, proactive