Project Claims and Commercial Controls Manager

🕒 July 15

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Diversified Automation, Inc.

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2002

🚘 Automotive

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

Automotive • Logistics • Consulting

Diversified Automation, Inc. is an expert in providing automation solutions for various industries including automotive, baggage handling, e-commerce, manufacturing, and parcel services. With a headquarters in Louisville, KY, and regional offices in Las Vegas, NV, and Dallas, TX, the company specializes in systems integration and offers innovative solutions for challenging projects. The firm is recognized for successful freight and parcel projects, offering services such as system design, PLC control systems, simulation, emulation, and custom HMI development. Since 2020, Diversified Automation has been part of the Leadec Group, a global provider of comprehensive factory services.

📋 Description

• The Project Claims & Commercial Controls Manager is responsible for protecting project profitability through proactive contract administration, change order management, claims strategy, commercial risk management, and financial oversight across the project portfolio. • 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 project manager follow-up, and adherence to commercial deadlines. • Monitor aging commercial issues, drive accountability, and escalate unresolved risks. • Support the timely development and submission of Extension of Time (EOT) requests, equitable adjustment proposals, cost recovery claims, and settlement proposals to ensure successful commercial outcomes. • Perform schedule delay, disruption, and cost impact analyses in collaboration with the project Operations and Engineering leads to support claims, negotiations, and dispute resolution. • Review and evaluate project documentation and deliverables to develop and support commercial strategies for successful change order pursuits. • Proactively identify commercial, contractual, financial, and operational risks impacting project performance. • Support Cost-to-Complete (CTC) reviews with respect to change order impacts / assessed likelihood of outcome. • Provide Finance and Executive Leadership with visibility into commercial exposure, margin risk, recovery opportunities, and expected financial impacts. • Lead or support negotiations involving change orders, claims, and contract disputes. • Partner with Project Management, Operations, Finance, and Legal to develop commercial strategies and mitigate risk. • Establish commercial controls, governance processes, and documentation standards. • Coach project teams on contract compliance, commercial awareness, and change management. • Escalate significant commercial risks and unresolved issues to executive leadership as appropriate.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Quantity Surveying, Law, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. • 10+ years of experience in project-based industries with increasing responsibility in commercial management, project management, claims, contracts, or project controls. • Strong background in customer change orders, claims management, contract administration, and commercial negotiations. • Experience with project financial controls, budgeting, forecasting, and Cost-to-Complete (CTC) management. • Working knowledge of industry-standard contracts (FIDIC, NEC, AIA, or similar). • Experience in material handling, automation, systems integration, industrial construction, manufacturing, or other complex engineered project environments is strongly preferred. • Ability to travel as required to project sites and customer locations.