About the Role
HKA is a leading infrastructure advisory and dispute resolution company providing end-to-end advisory services across the infrastructure lifecycle. The Commercial Advisory team supports clients with complex challenges, offering practical solutions and driving strategic change. This role offers meaningful, high-impact work on major capital programs within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment with a commitment to professional growth.
Responsibilities
- Developing procurement and delivery strategies, including packaging, contract, and commercial models for major, complex, and/or high-value infrastructure projects.
- Delivering complex procurement transactions, including industry engagement, tender management, negotiation, and assurance recommendation documents.
- Developing initiatives and contributing to business growth.
- Supporting the management of key stakeholder client relationships.
Requirements
- Proven project, procurement, and commercial experience.
- Knowledge of construction commercial principles.
- Willingness to learn and develop.
- Strategically minded, with the initiative and eagerness to develop strategies to overcome challenges.
- Willingness to support and contribute to the professional development of others within the team.
- Sound working knowledge of public sector procurement and probity principles.
- Experience developing procurement, commercial, and contracting strategies for major infrastructure projects.
- Robust understanding and experience working with standard form or bespoke contracts, commercial acumen, and working with clients and the supply chain to achieve value for money and risk reduction.
- Experience managing the tendering process from requirements gathering through to contract award, including developing procurement and internal assurance documentation.
- Proven ability to create trusting and lasting relationships with clients and stakeholders.
- Ability to prioritize and manage your own time in an environment with several competing requirements.
Skills
- Front-end strategic procurement
- Transaction
- Commercial experience
- Strategic Procurement
- Contracting
- Commercial Maturity
- Supply Chain Optimisation
Location
- Sydney
- Perth
Work Type
- Flexible working pattern
- Flexible remote working
Experience Level
- Lead Consultant
Education Level
- Degree qualification in any related discipline, including but not limited to Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Project Management, Procurement, Law, Accounting, Commerce.
Benefits
- Inclusive and collaborative culture
- Opportunities for people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path
- Flexible working pattern both in terms of hours and location
About the Company
- HKA is a leading infrastructure advisory and dispute resolution company.
- We provide end-to-end advisory services at every level, from project to enterprise, and across the entire infrastructure lifecycle: from strategic planning, procurement and delivery to post contract claims and disputes advising major infrastructure clients and large asset businesses to help them achieve their goals through strategic and operational excellence.
- Our Advisory team is an agile group that works with clients to set up their portfolios, programmes and projects for success.
- We thrive on supporting clients with their most complex challenges and opportunities that are varied and interesting.
- We have a compelling track record of providing practical, pragmatic solutions and partnering with our clients to implement strategic change.
- HKA’s Commercial Advisory business provides advice to a range of organisations including large government and private entities across a range of sectors, including utility, aerospace, transport and energy.
Equal Opportunity
- HKA has a thriving ED&I committee working hard to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment for a truly diverse set of employees.
- We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy.
- All HKA employment decisions are firstly made on merit and shall be made without regard to age, disability, gender or gender reassignment, marriage, and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation, or any other basis in compliance with local legislation.
