Description
partner management
contract negotiation
risk management
kpi dashboard
commercial reporting
claims management
The Commercial Lead is a critical senior-level position overseeing the commercial and contractual aspects of Contract structure, ensuring alignment with sponsor objectives, stakeholder commitments, and project agreements.
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- Develop and maintain strong relationships with consortium partners to manage alignment with joint objectives around funding, deliverables, and risk management.
- Oversee collaboration with advisors on public and private sector partnership compliance, as well as governance frameworks for joint ventures.
- Ensure timely delivery of commercial and financial reports for both SPV and venture board leadership.
- Proactively manage claims, variations, and disputes, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and minimising risks and financial exposure.
- Serve as key UGL O&M commercial interface between the sponsor, SPV, venture partners, stakeholders, contractors, and external advisory teams.
- Input and negotiation on agreements involving UGL O&M including procurement, OEM subcontracts, land use, lease structures, shared services, or operational contracts associated with the project.
- Define and maintain risk management frameworks specific to the project and joint venture arrangements, with a focus on ensuring compliance with corporate requirements.
- Support the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) and dashboards to track performance across SPVs and ventures and report these findings to relevant boards and sponsor organisations.
- Represent the sponsor's commercial interests in strategic decision-making forums in SPVs and ventures.
- Monitor, assess, and respond to changes in project conditions, regulatory frameworks, or venture-specific market factors that may impact commercial outcomes.
- Lead the evaluation and mitigation of commercial risks across project consortia and venture structures while ensuring adherence to corporate governance requirements and contractual commitments.
- Develop and implement commercial strategies for both project consortia and venture structures to ensure financial sustainability and corporate value maximisation.
- Work with UGL Legal to ensure corporate governance requirements are met and appropriate executive engagement on project commercial status is undertaken.
- Maintain compliance with sponsor targets, SPV obligations, and regulatory or venture-specific legal requirements.
- Input into, review, negotiate, and manage all project agreements, including PPP project agreement, SPV agreements, shareholder agreements, concession agreements, EPC and O&M contracts, and funding documents for equity or debt arrangements.
Requirements
risk management
ppp delivery
ppp bidding
joint ventures
quantity surveying
transmission
As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate the suitability of an applicant for a role including criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, right to work checks, and reference checks.
Australia-NSW-Sydney CBD, Inner West, Eastern Suburbs
This role is integral to managing complex commercial position and risks along with joint ventures structures/ partnership models or delivery vehicles. The position requires a strategic leader with expertise in large infrastructure projects, collaborative ventures, and risk management in dynamic environments.
- Have detailed experience in risk identification, management and mitigation in multi stakeholder environments
- Demonstrated experience in delivering high value complex lifecycle asset projects over long concession periods – full process covering inception to completion.
- Ideally knowledge in the electrician transmission and distribution environment
- Degree qualified in a Law, Finance or Quantity Surveying discipline is essential.
- Large project delivery capability in the PPP contract space.
- Detailed knowledge of the Bid process for large scale PPP including Competitive RFP to commitment deed and financial close.
Benefits
When you join UGL, you will collaborate with some of the Australia's most talented experts to help shape the nation. With opportunities to work on large-scale projects from start to finish, you will have the space to grow your skills, pursue your passion, and be supported in creating a career journey that aligns with your aspirations and lifestyle.
- Leadership & Mentoring Programs
- Salary continuance insurance and Novated car leasing
- 16 weeks of primary carer leave, and 3 weeks partner leave
- Discounts with major retailers
- Private health insurance offers, wellness program and discounts
- Education assistance
- Empowering programs for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians
- Flexible work options
- 9000 employees. 20,000 + development activities for employees each year.
- Female leadership, sponsorship, and inclusion programs
Training + Development
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