Commercial Manager

About Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is dedicated to addressing critical global challenges across various sectors, including urban development, environmental resilience, and scientific discovery. The company focuses on transforming concepts into tangible solutions that contribute positively to the world.

Role Overview

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Commercial Manager - NEOM to provide contractual leadership for a major program. This full-time position is based in Neom and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires a minimum of 10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain a prioritized closeout plan and tracker for Work Orders, Service Orders, and assigned standalone contracts, including status, dependencies, actions, owners, and target completion dates.
• Review each order or contract against its scope, commercial terms, deliverables, amendments, and approval history to establish specific closeout requirements and identify evidence gaps.
• Verify completion and acceptance of contracted services or works with project and technical teams, obtaining relevant completion, handover, or acceptance records.
• Reconcile awarded values, approved changes, commitments, invoices, payments, accruals, and remaining balances across contract records, Unifier, and SAP, escalating discrepancies for resolution.
• Lead the agreement and documentation of final accounts, including the assessment and closure of outstanding variations, claims, contra-charges, disputed amounts, and other commercial matters.
• Develop, substantiate, and agree on estimated costs for rectifying outstanding NCRs, defects, and incomplete works, ensuring appropriate deductions, provisions, or financial offsets are incorporated into the final account.
• Confirm the completeness of required contractor deliverables, including final reports, records, warranties, manuals, as-built information, and other applicable documents.
• Coordinate the closure or release of applicable securities, guarantees, retentions, insurances, and other contractual instruments, subject to contract conditions and required approvals.
• Confirm the position on defects, outstanding obligations, and post-completion responsibilities, ensuring residual actions are recorded, assigned, and monitored beyond administrative closeout.
• Prepare closeout recommendations, approval submissions, final account documentation, settlement records, and closure certificates in accordance with contract and governance requirements.
• Ensure purchase orders, Work Orders, Service Orders, and associated commitments are administratively and financially closed in applicable systems following final position approval.
• Maintain a complete, accurate, and auditable closeout file, with clear linkage between contractual correspondence, approvals, financial records, deliverables, and system transactions.
• Provide concise periodic reporting on closeout progress, ageing, forecast completion, blockers, risk exposure, and required management decisions.

Candidate Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a commercial management role.
• Demonstrated ability to provide contractual leadership for major programs.
• Proficiency in managing contract closeout processes and financial reconciliation.

Work Environment

This is a full-time, onsite position requiring attendance at a Jacobs workplace. Jacobs fosters an inclusive culture that supports employee well-being and professional growth, offering opportunities for global collaboration and diverse perspectives.

Application Process

Jacobs is committed to an accessible recruitment process. For support or reasonable adjustments regarding the application process, please contact the Careers Support team.