About Us
Forbes Bros. Group of Companies is a leading utility infrastructure contractor helping power communities across Canada and the United States. Built on family roots, we value safety, hard work, and getting the job done right for our clients. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to build your skills and grow your career.
Role Details
- Location: Edmonton, Alberta, supporting the Major Projects portfolio.
- Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Travel: Visits to project sites may be required.
The Opportunity
The Commercial Manager is a shared services role supporting commercial performance across the Major Projects portfolio. Reporting to the Director, Commercial Management, you will work with Operations, Project Directors, Finance, Market Development, Supply Chain, and project commercial teams to manage contractual risk, preserve entitlement, and align commercial activities with project execution.
This opportunity suits an experienced commercial professional who understands construction delivery and can turn complex contract requirements into practical direction. You will influence project outcomes across transmission, substation, and infrastructure work while helping strengthen commercial processes and capabilities across the portfolio.
Key Elements of the Role
- Review and interpret prime contracts and major subcontracts, identify risks, and work with Legal and project leadership on mitigation, contractual notices, documentation, claims preparation, and dispute resolution.
- Partner with Market Development on pre-award contract negotiation strategy, commercial risk evaluation, and pricing assumptions.
- Lead contract review sessions during project mobilization so operational teams understand key obligations, risk allocation, and commercial priorities.
- Oversee change order validation, pricing, documentation, and submission, helping teams preserve entitlement, document scope and schedule impacts, and resolve outstanding changes to protect cash flow and margin.
- Support Supply Chain and project teams with vendor qualification, bid evaluations, subcontracting strategies, long-lead materials, and supply chain risks. Ensure subcontracts reflect applicable prime contract obligations.
- Work with Project Directors and Finance to assess commercial exposure, cost-to-complete forecasts, contingency use, and margin risks. Align commercial records with project controls, financial reporting, and revenue recognition.
- Mentor project personnel, support training for operational leaders, and improve commercial systems, standardized workflows, supplier frameworks, and lessons-learned practices.
What You’ll Bring
- Minimum ten years of commercial, contract management, or procurement leadership experience in heavy civil, powerline, transmission, or industrial construction.
- Strong understanding of EPC, unit-rate, lump-sum, and cost-reimbursable contract models, along with supply chain risk, subcontract negotiation, and commercial governance.
- Demonstrated experience leading change order strategy and preserving contractual entitlement on high-value projects.
- Experience partnering with Operations and Finance to protect margin in construction environments.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex contractual requirements into practical direction and present commercial risks and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Proficiency with project controls or construction management systems such as SAP, Viewpoint, Primavera, Procore, or similar platforms.
- A degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field is preferred.
The range shown is the expected base pay range for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on role requirements, experience, qualifications, work location, applicable project/site requirements, internal equity, and any applicable collective agreement or union requirements.
This range does not include overtime, premiums, per diem / LOA, bonuses, benefits, or other forms of compensation unless specifically stated in the job posting.
Forbes Bros. Group of Companies and its affiliated entities are committed to providing a respectful and accessible recruitment process.
Employment is subject to the requirements of the applicable role, location, project, and employing entity. Depending on the position, this may include verification of work authorization, background screening, driver abstract, drug and alcohol screening, credential verification, client/site access requirements, and other pre-employment conditions permitted by applicable law.
Applicants who require accommodation during the recruitment process are encouraged to contact the recruitment team.