Specialist - Operations Contracts (Return to Work Opportunity)

Overview

Manage end-to-end contracts for water projects, ensuring compliance and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• contract drafting
• compliance audits
• performance monitoring
• risk mitigation
• stakeholder management
• governance updates

Tasks

-Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on contractual matters and may develop training programs to educate employees. -This role involves overseeing the entire lifecycle of contracts, from initiation to execution, to closeout. Responsibilities include: -Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This includes organising and participating in project development and ongoing relationship meetings, coordinate and work with regional management, other business units and stakeholders to develop working protocols, plans and documentation required for operations and maintenance phase. -Drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and aligning with organisational objectives. -Develop and implement specific compliance and assurance checks, audits, and investigations. -Monitor contract performance, track milestones and deliverables, and mitigate risks. -Optimise contract value, minimise risk, and ensuring all contract deliverables are met and all parties are meeting their obligations under the contracts. -Update, review and provide recommendation on changes to the Working Protocols, Contract Management Plan, Governance, Assurance documentation and any associated documentation such as schedules, matrixes, and checklists.

Requirements

• communication
• report writing
• stakeholder management
• water treatment
• contract management
• commerce degree

What You Bring

-Demonstrated excellent verbal/written communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. -Highly developed report writing and contract management skills. -Substantial experience and ability in communication, relationship management and key stakeholder influence. -Relevant experience in water treatment process and water quality principles desirable. -Substantial contract management experience in providing services to customers in a service environment. -Degree level qualification in Commerce or equivalent.

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Benefits

-Real flexibility with options to work part-time hours -Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good -Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave -Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing. -Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service -Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes an 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution.

About Water Corporation

-With roots dating back to 1996, this state‑owned utility has evolved from the Water Authority into the backbone of WA’s water life. -Boasting projects like the new Victoria Dam (built 1990–91 using fly‑ash RCC) and Aboriginal community upgrades, its engineering legacy is vast. -Financed through customer revenue, most surplus funds are channeled back to the government or reinvested in projects. -Its asset footprint spans dams, desalination plants, groundwater networks and irrigation schemes like the Ord and Gascoyne. -Its operations span regional towns (from Karratha to Albany), underscoring its mission to keep WA’s communities flowing. -An unexpected highlight: its workforce embraces five‑year flexible leave cycles, letting staff recharge creatively.

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