Senior Pre-Contracts Commercial Manager

About the role

The Senior Pre-Contracts Commercial Manager is a key role within the Commercial Delivery team, responsible for shaping and executing high-value, strategically significant construction and supply agreements across power, gas, renewables and power generation. Acting as the commercial interface between the upstream Energy Solutions teams and the downstream Infrastructure Delivery teams, the role aligns commercial and contractual frameworks across the full development lifecycle, from concept through contract execution and handover.

Key responsibilities

• Advise on commercial models, risk profiles, procurement pathways, supplier selection and scope packaging for downstream contracts, and lead commercial inputs into sourcing and procurement strategies.
• Partner with upstream project development teams to identify and minimise gap risks between client agreements and downstream construction and supply agreements.
• Drive negotiation strategies and lead the development, tendering, evaluation, negotiation and execution of major construction and supply contracts, coordinating legal advisors and overseeing handover to the Infrastructure Delivery team.
• Prepare risk assessments, commercial recommendations and mitigation strategies for senior executives and the Board, and prepare contract approval documentation in line with governance requirements.
• Ensure adherence to procurement, probity and commercial governance frameworks.
• Lead and mentor a small team of pre-contracts commercial specialists, promoting capability development and knowledge sharing.

Required profile

• 10+ years' legal, commercial and/or quantity surveying experience on large-scale construction projects in the power, gas or renewable energy sectors.
• Proven experience negotiating and delivering high-value engineering and construction contracts, and developing procurement strategies across competitive tenders, ECIs and sole-source arrangements.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing commercial teams.
• Preferred: tertiary qualification in Law, Commerce, Engineering, Quantity Surveying or a related discipline; professional membership such as AIQS, RICS or IE Aust is advantageous.

Required skills

• EPC and EPCM contracts, Balance of Plant contracts, Framework Agreements and Alliance models, NEC4 options, Target Cost contracting, Commercial incentive regimes, Design & Construct (D&C) contracts and OEM supply agreements.
• Strong negotiation skills, stakeholder management, and the ability to analyse complex commercial issues and write clear reports and governance documentation.