Senior Commercial Business Leader

About this role

What We're Looking For At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

Overview The Post Let CBL functions as an essential member of the Program Management Team—including engineering, construction, legal, procurement, project controls, and operations—focused on supporting the active administration of large alternative delivery projects (DB, DBF, DBFM, DBFOM, CMGC).

This role helps manage the flow of information, contract compliance, documentation, communications, and issue resolution throughout the post award and construction phases of major transportation projects. The Post Let CBL supports the Owner’s interests in day-to-day contract oversight, interpretation, documentation management, and coordination with technical experts to resolve challenges efficiently and consistently. The role routinely participates in meetings with the Owner, contractor, designer, stakeholders, utilities, and oversight partners—acting as a representative of the Owner’s project team.

We are seeking motivated team members who bring strong analytical skills, curiosity, communication ability, and a desire to learn the complexities of alternative delivery and P3 delivery. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, comfortable in a fast-moving construction environment, and able to proactively organize, track, and communicate critical information.

Key Responsibilities Contract Administration & Issue Resolution • Support resolution of construction phase project issues by researching contract language, gathering technical input, and developing recommendation options for management and Owner leadership. • Assist in developing technical memos, determinations, owner positions, and written analyses documenting how contract provisions apply to specific issues, trends, or disputes. • Support tracking, documentation, and analysis of change orders, potential change orders, claims, disputes, and resolution pathways. • Provide background research and documentation for dispute resolution meetings, commercial negotiations, or litigation support as needed. Document Management & Communications • Manage and coordinate flow of post let project documentation, including RFIs, submittals, non-conformance reports, notices, correspondence, meeting minutes, and progress reports. • Assist in preparing, reviewing, or consolidating responses to correspondence, contractor notices, and technical submissions. • Help maintain version control, document logs, and compliance tracking to ensure timely handling of all contractual communications. Owner Representation & Coordination • Participate in project status meetings, risk meetings, design/constructability reviews, and partnering or coordination sessions. • Engage regularly with technical SMEs, contractor and designer staff, commercial leads, and Owner stakeholders to ensure alignment and communication. • Support development of contract policy revisions, guidance memos, and improvements based on lessons learned or observed process gaps. Team Support, Training & Knowledge Management • Assist in mentoring project team members on interpreting contract requirements, communicating in accordance with contractual obligations, and documenting issues effectively. • Support the development of best practices, process improvements, templates, and training materials related to contract administration.

What You’ll Do: • Provides commercial support on resolving project issues, including application of contract provisions, working with technical and legal experts, and making recommendations for strategies and solutions for resolution. Draft and co- draft technical memos, policy papers, and issue analysis codifying recommendations, contract position taken, or resolution documents. • Reviews correspondence works with various members of the project team and the owner to develop responses and propose and draft responses. • Oversees the project team’s review of technical and administrative submittal responses, participates in meetings, reviews reports and minutes, and coordinates project communication utilizing a variety of methods. • Assists in the resolution of potential change orders, change orders, dispute resolution, and provide claims, formal dispute, and litigation support. • Performs administrative audits, including both process and product audits. Identifies procedural noncompliance and nonconforming work, opportunities for improvement, and necessary corrective and preventative actions. • Reviews and audits of subcontracts, insurance and bonding provisions and subcontracting procedures. • Mentors and trains the project team on general principles of contract interpretation and application of contract policies and requirements, proper communication and documentation, and risks and liabilities related to project roles and responsibilities. • Makes recommendation for revisions to contract policies, strategies, and provisions, and revise or draft corresponding contract provisions. Recommendations are in written report format. • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need: • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Legal Studies or related field, and • 15 years of project management, contract drafting & negotiation, construction claims resolution or related experience.

What You'll Bring: • Demonstrates a high level of initiative and proactiveness in mitigating risks and recognizing resolutions • Proficient in complex document interpretation, analysis, problem solving, and communication • Decision making ability that may have an impact on policies, procedures or the achievement of strategic goals; projects costs and risk exposure • Excellent writing, editing, verbal, and presentation skills

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