What Is The Opportunity?The Commercial Director will provide a portfolio-wide commercial and supply chain advisory leadership across Major Projects West projects, ensuring disciplined contract formation, robust change management, design governance, and effective subcontract execution. The role acts as a trusted advisor to project leadership, driving standards, and building capability without direct day-to-day project ownership.
What You'll Do Here:Advisory & Commercial Leadership- Act as senior advisor to Project Directors and Commercial Managers/Directors on commercial strategy and risk.
- Provide independent challenge on high-risk projects, major changes, and disputes.
- Support complex client negotiations and claims strategy.
Contract Formation & Governance- Guide prime contract review, negotiation, and setup.
- Ensure effective contract administration frameworks (notices, change, claims).
- Promote consistency in commercial practices and risk allocation.
Change Management- Drive early identification, documentation, and entitlement positioning of changes.
- Support claims development and dispute avoidance.
- Align upstream client changes with downstream subcontract positions.
Design & Engineering Commercial Advisory- Advise on design agreements, scope clarity, and risk allocation.
- Support management of design-driven changes and disputes.
- Ensure linkage between design decisions and commercial outcomes.
Supply Chain & Subcontract Advisory- Advise on procurement strategies and market approach.
- Support subcontract formation, negotiation, and award.
- Ensure subcontract alignment with prime contract risk exposure.
Process & Governance- Lead rollout of commercial and supply chain processes and standards.
- Monitor compliance and address audit findings.
- Standardize reporting, KPIs, and controls across projects.
Capability Building- Develop and coach commercial and project teams.
- Deliver training on contract management, change management, and procurement.
- Drive uplift in commercial capability across Civils West.
What You Bring to the Team:- Act as senior advisor to Project Directors and Commercial Managers/Directors on commercial strategy and risk.
- 12-15+ years in commercial, contracts, or supply chain roles.
- Strong experience in contract formation, change management, claims, and design/commercial interfaces with proven ability to influence and implement processes across multiple projects.
Salary - $180,000 - $200,000 per annum
