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About the Role
This strategic role involves shaping major transport infrastructure opportunities from their earliest stages, providing commercial and contractual expertise to manage risk and create long-term value. You will influence decision-making, solve complex commercial challenges, and negotiate successful outcomes for winning and delivering major projects across Australia.
Responsibilities
- Partner with bid and project teams to develop commercially robust and competitive tender submissions.
- Identify, assess and communicate contractual and commercial risks, supporting effective mitigation strategies and informed decision-making.
- Work closely with legal, operational and technical stakeholders to review contract terms and negotiate commercial outcomes.
- Lead the preparation of commercial responses for major Expressions of Interest (EOIs), Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and tender submissions.
- Support successful negotiations with clients, joint venture partners, and key suppliers during the pre-contract phase.
- Contribute to the development of commercial strategies that enhance project outcomes and support business growth.
- Coordinate commercial aspects of joint venture and consortium arrangements.
- Ensure compliance with UGL Transport governance requirements while balancing commercial opportunity and risk management.
- Collaborate with senior leaders to support strategic pursuits and major project opportunities.
- Foster strong relationships across internal teams and external stakeholders to support successful project outcomes.
- Represent UGL Transport professionally within industry networks and client forums.
Requirements
- Qualifications in Engineering, Commerce, Business, Law, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience in commercial management within major infrastructure, transport, engineering, construction, defence, utilities, or other complex project environments.
- Strong understanding of contract administration, commercial risk management, tendering, and procurement processes.
- Experience working with complex contract models including Design & Construct (D&C), EPC, Alliance or comparable frameworks.
- The ability to analyse issues, develop practical commercial solutions, and communicate confidently with a range of stakeholders.
- Strong negotiation, relationship-building and influencing skills.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience gained in rail, transport, defence, aviation, resources, utilities, or other safety-critical industries will be highly regarded.
Skills
- Commercial management
- Contractual expertise
- Contractual and commercial risk management
- Tendering
- Procurement processes
- Negotiation
- Relationship-building
- Influencing skills
- Collaboration
- Communication
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Professional experience
Education Level
- Degree in Engineering, Commerce, Business, Law, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
About the Company
- At UGL Transport, we're looking for a commercially savvy and collaborative professional to join our team.
- We believe diverse teams deliver better outcomes.
- We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and empowered to succeed.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, mature-aged professionals, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.