JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is seeking a Pre-Contract Commercial Lead to support our Operations business across Australia and Asia Pacific West. This role can be based in one of our key Australian offices in Perth, Melbourne, or Brisbane.

Wood's Operations APAC West business delivers brownfields and maintenance engineering, procurement, construction, optimisation, and technical services to the Oil & Gas sector and enjoys long-term partnerships with the region's most prominent producers located in Western Australia, Northern Territory and South-East Asia.

Reporting directly to the Commercial Manager, the primary focus of your role will be to provide day to day commercial support to tendering and pre-contract activities. In this fast-paced role, you will partner with a diverse range of internal stakeholders including operational and functional teams to support commercial risk management and contribute to winning work for Wood.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered in partnership to leaders of industry across energy and materials markets
• Global connections, joining an inclusive and diverse international community of inquisitive minds and recognised industry innovators, partnering to create new possibilities
• Flexible working arrangements balance client, team and individual needs with opportunities for hybrid and remote working
• Commitment to your Wellbeing, with discounted Private Health Insurance and free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program
• Access to a variety of leave: Annual (20 days), Carers & Sick (10 days), Purchased, Study, Family, Cultural, Reproductive Health & Wellbeing
• Range of Financial Health benefits with Salary Continuance Insurance, Salary Packaging, Discounts at over 400 retailers and access to discounted hotels
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans tailored to your individual needs and aspirations, access eligibility to education assistance and one paid annual professional membership
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market

RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be responsible for:

• Preparing tenders and commercial proposals in accordance with the Client Contract, Wood Policies and Procedures including Tender Governance.
• Supporting the Post Contract team in the mobilisation and transition of the contract ensuring all commercial and contractual agreements are met.
• Engaging directly with the Wood Proposals team to identify any clarifications and drafting responses to issue to Client
• Taking responsibility when delegated to lead the pre-contract commercial team

In addition, you will also:

• Promote a safe working practices within Commercial function.
• Work closely with the proposals team to perform pre-award activities including:
  • Commercial review of tender documents
  • Preparing commercial proposals including tender prices and estimates
  • Preparing commercial qualifications and pricing notes
  • Coordinating commercial and legal qualifications
  • Supporting the Tender Governance process at tender preparation, submission and completion stages
  • Leading commercial negotiations with clients and subcontractors
• Provide support and mentoring to the commercial pre-contract team

Analyse and model corporate cost and overheads elements

QUALIFICATIONS

You will be an Australian citizen or be eligible to hold Permanent Residency (PR) to work lawfully in Australia.

Ideally, you be a driven self-starter who is confident to integrate fully into the contract team.

You will have 5+ years' experience in a commercial role managing on the contractor side within Oil & Gas, Mining, or Infrastructure sector.

An undergraduate degree in business administration, commerce, quantity surveying, construction management (or similar discipline) will be well regarded. This role is a hands on role in which you will be a competent excel user able to design and improve commercial tools to meet different client needs.

In addition, you will have:

• Knowledge of key contracting concepts, principles and commercial risk management
• Knowledge of the tendering life cycle and experience in leading commercial proposals and estimates
• Knowledge and labour pricing both in the professional white collar and trade employee agreements
• Proven experience in drafting and interpretation of contractual documentation.
• Exceptional pricing and modelling capabilities. Confident to work to existing models as well as design fit for purpose models for bespoke tenders
• Understanding of applying different pricing models to various remuneration models
• Confident presenter and negotiator to both internal stakeholders and external clients

What will set you apart is your meticulous approach to your work, balancing accuracy and responsiveness while genuinely enjoying presenting to senior stakeholders.

It takes an inclusive and diverse global community of inquisitive minds to unlock solutions to tomorrow's most critical challenges. Wood encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

If you're ready to play a key role in delivering value for industry leading clients, we invite you to apply and join Wood's growing Operations team.

Shortlisting to commence immediately.

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 45 countries, employing around 25,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.