Senior Commercial Engineer

CSI Global is a multi-disciplinary engineering and contracting group delivering advanced electromechanical, building MEP systems, testing and commissioning, contracting, construction and project management solutions across the GCC and beyond. Through our group companies, we serve the power, utilities, and infrastructure sectors with full lifecycle capabilities—from tendering and design review to execution, commissioning, and handover. We combine engineering precision with commercial excellence to power progress across complex projects in the region.

We are seeking a Senior Commercial Engineer to support our Commercial Department in managing financial and contractual performance across multiple projects. The role focuses on project-level commercial reporting, progress payment management, and proactive coordination with QS, Finance, and Project Controls teams to ensure full commercial visibility and accuracy.

• →Liaise with project-based commercial/QS teams and internal departments like finance and tendering.
• →Monitoring ongoing projects in terms of progress payment applications, certifications, invoicing and collections
• →Monitoring costs and expenses and comparing against determined budgets to assure that all commercial activities are executed within the limits
• →Implement Cost Control through EPR, issue regular cost control reports including variations from cost baselines and future forecast
• →Assistance to technical departments and project teams in interpretation of specific contract clauses
• →Monitoring ongoing contracts in terms of consuming Contractual Durations and Agreed Values
• →Monthly Commercial Reporting of ongoing projects
• →Regular updates of estimate progress and completion of projects and future forecasts
• →Project based cash flow diagrams and monthly updates
• →Directly reporting to the Commercial Director

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical preferred)
• Master’s Degree in relevant fields is a plus
• Minimum 7 years of active experience in the Commercial fields of the Construction Industry.
• Hand-on experience in progress payment applications, Variation Order submissions, Earned Value and Gap Analyses
• Hand-on experience in Cost Control, cost breakdown structures and taking proactive mitigation strategies for Cost Overrun Forecasts
• Proficiency in drafting and amending contract clauses
• Real Hands-on Experience in the specifics of Construction Projects, such as, Contract administration, Variations, progress payments, advance payments and recoveries, retention, close-out and handover requirements, defects liability obligations, etc.

• Regional Experience: Prior practical experience within MENA Region,
• Commercial Systems Proficiency: Experience with ERP or cost management tools.
• Analytical Reporting: Capability to prepare performance dashboards or KPI reports using Excel or Power BI.