About the Role
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This Senior Commercial Manager position is a key opportunity to join our high-performing Energy & Utilities team and contribute to delivering business growth, strategic commercial outcomes, managing risk and opportunity, and supporting major tender opportunities across Australia and New Zealand.
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Responsibilities
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* Be a key member of bid teams driving the growth of Downer's Energy & Utilities business.
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* Lead and manage contract negotiations, ensuring alignment with legal, financial and operational requirements.
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* Work closely with the bid team and operational leads to ensure competitive commercial positions that align with project goals and client expectations.
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* Drive commercial excellence through a deep understanding of contract structures, risk profiles, and performance mechanisms.
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* Provide expert advice on contract compliance, risk mitigations strategies and commercial governance.
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* Review, interpret and draft contract provisions, identifying key risks, obligations and opportunities.
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* Support the development and implementation of commercial governance frameworks and best practices.
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* Contribute to post-tender reviews and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.
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Requirements
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* Tertiary qualifications in law, business, engineering, construction management, accounting, or quantity surveying.
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* 8+ years of experience in construction, maintenance, or service-based contracting within the energy, utilities, or infrastructure sectors.
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* Experience working across Australia or New Zealand (both is highly regarded)
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* Proven ability to interpret and explain complex tenders and commercial models.
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* Deep knowledge of diverse contract structures and risk profiles.
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* Strong understanding of contract structures, risk management, and performance frameworks.
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* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
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* Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.
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* A collaborative team player with a continuous improvement mindset.
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What We Offer
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* Competitive remuneration.
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* Flexible work life balance including work from home days.
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* Structured career paths with the opportunity to work in different areas of the Utilities business, supported by a robust Commercial Operating Model.
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* A suite of health and wellness benefits and initiatives.
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* Retail discounts with major retailers.
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* We are a Tier 1 ASX listed company with in-house capabilities that far exceed traditional contractor environments.
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About Us
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Downer's Energy & Utilities business unit is an integrated trans-Tasman team, providing services and solutions that connect communities to essential networks and infrastructure. We design, build, operate and maintain today's critical assets and networks, delivering complete services across the water, electricity, telecommunications, industrial and power generation and transmission sectors.
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Downer plays a key role in Australia and New Zealand's energy transition and our expertise spans in-house technical smarts, specialist engineering, integrated OEM partners, and dedicated crews of qualified tradespeople.
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We are an employer that acknowledges and embraces the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from everyone.
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