Commercial Manager

**An exciting opportunity to be a part of Sydney Water’s Capital Works Programme, which is a $34 Billion Infrastructure upgrade project**:

- ** Generous salary package + benefits on offer**:

- ** Join our growing team to deliver essential services for a sustainable and prosperous water future**

**Why you can stop your search**:
Everyday Sydney Water is providing world-class water and wastewater services to the over 5 million people who call Greater Sydney home. We have an extensive capital delivery program to ensure we can continue to deliver for our customers, both now and in the future. At Sydney Water, we are dedicated to our environment, our customers, and our employees. We are looking for the best-in-class **Commercial Manager** ideally with backgrounds in **Water Infrastructure Projects other infrastructure and/or** **Construction Projects**. We need your skills and expertise to help Sydney Water deliver a $34 billion dollar investment program over the next 10 years to build, maintain and protect the future of our iconic water resources.

**About the Commercial Manager role**:
In this role the **Commercial Manager** will lead the procurement, contract management and financial management within the multi-billion dollar nominated **Program Delivery** portfolio and drives strategic commercial outcomes by ensuring performance remains within the approved funding/funding envelop. This role is responsible for leading and managing the commercial advisory during major project transactions, proactively mitigating commercial risks during the delivery phase through dispute avoidance and resolution strategies, providing commercial recommendations and briefings to the senior executives on key commercial issues and driving them to timely closure.

**About you**:

- 10+ years’ contract and commercial management experience in construction and infrastructure projects in a large complex organisation, preferably in a similar organisation or industry sectors, such as civil, rail, mining, oil and gas
- Relevant work experience for Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors in addition to client side
- Experience managing commercial contracts from $300M to $500M
- Strong understanding of construction transaction and delivery models, including incentivised target cost model, DBOM, D&C, EPCM and Alliance.
- Demonstrated experience in partnering with the business in effective contract and commercial management strategies
- Ability to partner closely with the business while maintaining a degree of functional independence
- Tertiary qualification in quantity surveying, Construction Management, Law, Business and engineering

**Why our team like working at Sydney Water**:

- Huge multi-billion-dollar program of work which shapes Australia’s busiest and largest city. It’s rewarding
- Positive team culture which celebrates wins and binds together to face challenges (have we told you were the No.1 company in Australia for graduates)
- Flexible working arrangements, to give you fair work/life balance.
- Be part of a committed, highly skilled team who’ll appreciate what you bring to the table. You’ll set and achieve real goals and make decisions that matter, as together we help shape the lifestyle of greater Sydney.

**Dive into Our Great Benefits**
- ** Competitive Remuneration**: We’ll ensure that your skills and contributions are valued and rewarded appropriately.
- ** Hybrid Work Environment**: We offer a hybrid work model that balances remote work and office collaboration, supporting our team's productivity and well-being.
- ** Continuous Professional Growth**: We will invest in your career with leadership and development programs to propel your success.
- ** 24/7 Wellbeing Support**: Access for you and your family to free and confidential mental health and general health support through our EAP portal.
- ** Subsidised Private Health Insurance**: Unlock affordable access to top-tier health coverage with our discounted insurance plans.
- ** Family First**: Prioritise your family with up to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a generous childcare allowance.
- ** Fitness Passport**: Achieve your physical fitness goals using our Fitness Passport, granting you access to a multitude of gyms and pools across NSW.
- ** Novated Leasing**: Get in the driver's seat of your financial future with our novated lease options.

At Sydney Water, we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities. We have a proud heritage and progressive future providing world class drinking water and services that are vital to our customers’ quality of life and safeguarding Sydney’s future. We see the world is changing, so we are changing too.

Our vision is to create better lives through world-class services, and we believe that starts with our people. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve. Our diverse skills, mindsets and backgrounds work together on exciting and challenging projects that make a