Commercial Lead

Description

• Monitor, assess, and respond to changes in project conditions, regulatory frameworks, or venture-specific market factors that may impact commercial outcomes.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with consortium partners to manage alignment with joint objectives around funding, deliverables, and risk management.
• Represent the sponsor's commercial interests in strategic decision-making forums in SPVs and ventures.
• Develop and implement commercial strategies for both project consortia and venture structures to ensure financial sustainability and corporate value maximisation.
• 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.
• Work with UGL Legal to ensure corporate governance requirements are met and appropriate executive engagement on project commercial status is undertaken.
• 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.
• Lead the evaluation and mitigation of commercial risks across project consortia and venture structures while ensuring adherence to corporate governance requirements and contractual commitments.
• 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.
• Oversee collaboration with advisors on public and private sector partnership compliance, as well as governance frameworks for joint ventures.
• Define and maintain risk management frameworks specific to the project and joint venture arrangements, with a focus on ensuring compliance with corporate requirements.
• Maintain compliance with sponsor targets, SPV obligations, and regulatory or venture-specific legal requirements.
• Ensure timely delivery of commercial and financial reports for both SPV and venture board leadership.
• Serve as key UGL O&M commercial interface between the sponsor, SPV, venture partners, stakeholders, contractors, and external advisory teams.
• Proactively manage claims, variations, and disputes, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and minimising risks and financial exposure.

Requirements

• 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.
• Have detailed experience in risk identification, management and mitigation in multi stakeholder environments
• Ideally knowledge in the electrician transmission and distribution environment
• Degree qualified in a Law, Finance or Quantity Surveying discipline is essential.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering high value complex lifecycle asset projects over long concession periods – full process covering inception to completion.

Benefits

• Salary continuance insurance and Novated car leasing
• Leadership & Mentoring Programs
• 16 weeks of primary carer leave, and 3 weeks partner leave
• 9000 employees. 20,000 + development activities for employees each year .
• Discounts with major retailers
• Education assistance
• Private health insurance offers, wellness program and discounts
• Female leadership, sponsorship, and inclusion programs
• Empowering programs for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians
• Flexible work options

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance