About SJ Group:
Global urban, infrastructure, and engineering consultancy with 16,500+ employees across 40+ countries, delivering complex infrastructure and development programs throughout the Middle East.
Lead the commercial, contractual, and cost management functions across major engineering and infrastructure projects. Provide strategic commercial oversight, ensure contractual compliance, and drive financial performance while strengthening client and stakeholder relationships.
Key Responsibilities:Provide strategic leadership across commercial and cost management functions.
Oversee contract administration and ensure compliance with legal frameworks.
Manage financial performance, cost control, and commercial risk.
Lead negotiations and resolve complex commercial and contractual matters.
Build strong client relationships and engage key stakeholders.
Mentor and supervise commercial teams to drive performance excellence.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Commerce, Finance, or related field.
Postgraduate qualifications highly regarded.
15+ years of commercial experience within engineering consulting organisations.
Demonstrated leadership in managing commercial teams and major project portfolios.
Proven ability to build trusted client relationships and deliver successful outcomes.
Strong commercial and business acumen with strategic mindset.
Extensive understanding of Middle East construction industry practices.
Sound knowledge of contracts and legal frameworks.
Advanced negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
Strong leadership and team development ability.
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Why Join SJ?
Join a global, multidisciplinary consultancy shaping sustainable, people-centric environments across 40+ countries. Work with world-class teams and lead impactful landscape design across the region.
All recruitment activities are managed by our Talent Acquisition team. Unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Commerce, Finance, or related field
- Postgraduate qualifications
- 15+ years of commercial experience within engineering consulting organisations
- Demonstrated leadership in managing commercial teams and major project portfolios
- Proven ability to build trusted client relationships and deliver successful outcomes
- Extensive understanding of Middle East construction industry practices
- Sound knowledge of contracts and legal frameworks
- Advanced negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities
- Strong leadership and team development ability
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
What We Do
Surbana Jurong and our member companies are a global multidisciplinary consultancy group with more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. We are architects, designers, planners, engineers and other specialists, driven by progressive thinking to create a better built environment. We are united in our mission of Building Cities, Shaping Lives. By designing and delivering quality housing, workspaces, roads, rail, hydropower, dams, underground and coastal protections and other critical infrastructure, we are creating smart and sustainable spaces where communities and businesses, present and future, can thrive. With over 70 years’ experience delivering projects worldwide, we see every project as an opportunity for us to fulfil aspirations and enrich lives. Join us, and join a culture of innovation, passion for problem-solving and commitment to shaping a better future.
