Commercial Advisor

Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood is currently seeking a
**Commercial Advisor **in order to grow its Perth Mining & Minerals group.

This full time, permanent position has a primary focus to perform a full range of commercial activities including, but not limited to, input to proposals, preparation and negotiation of commercial models, general post award administration and contract commercial close out activities.

Wood is at the forefront of engineering solutions for a net zero future. A key component of decarbonising the world is the Mining and Minerals Industry which supplies the critical minerals required for this revolution. Working in our newly fitted offices in the Perth CBD, we have an onsite gym with five-star end of trip facilities.

In this highly visible role and reporting to the Commercial Manager, it is important to support the delivery of commercial reporting to corporate function and assigned project or sub-business units. Other key tasks and responsibilities may include, but not be limited to:

- Under supervision, performs pre award activities including support to the proposals team in terms of performing commercial review of tender documents, reviewing commercial proposals prior to submission for internal approval, preparing commercial qualifications and pricing, co-ordinating commercial and contractual qualifications,
- Performs post award admin including; ensuring that the contract is set up correctly in the appropriate business system, ensuring that invoices are prepared in a timely and accurate manner and include full contract entitlement, ensuring commercial models and scope of delivery are understood by the contract management team, rate reviews are completed, change is captured in contract variations/amendments and commercial administration files are established and maintained. Interfaces with client on a regular basis
- Leads and provides commercial support to a small team of contract finance personnel to ensure contract commercial compliance
- Prepares monthly commercial management reports and input to monthly Contract Performance Reviews
- Under supervision, negotiates changes to commercial models, as required
- Under supervision, performs contract commercial compliance review
- Under supervision, performs contract close out tasks including reconciliation of costs to revenue, and where applicable KPI closeout
- Uses commercial processes and procedures to assist with tasks and can advise which should be used and when assisting the Commercial Manager in these matters
- Liaison with various internal customers (Contract/Project Managers, Engineers) in all areas of commercial management, problem solving and dispute resolution with clients
- Support implementation of the Tender Governance Process within assigned project / sub business unit
- Support governance and implementation of Financial Management Framework within assigned project / sub business unit
- Liaison with various internal customers (Contract/Project Managers, Engineers) in all areas of commercial management, problem solving and dispute resolution with clients
- Enhance project delivery and avoid any risk or commercial exposure to WOOD
- Contribute directly to value creation and commercial gain to WOOD and Clients.

Skills / Qualifications:
What will set you apart from other applicants will be a minimum of five years experience in a similar role with a large, international engineering company with experience across construction, mining, or the resources sector. Your experience in commercial / contract administration, process, and procedures will be second-to-none. You will also have:

- Completion of an undergraduate degree in law, construction management, quantity surveying, ora similar discipline
- Experience in drafting and interpretation of contractual documentation
- Exposure to proposals, and experience in completing associated cost summaries
- Experience in the preparation and negotiation of commercial models
- Experience in general post award administration and contract commercial close out activities
- Excellent communication skills, written, oral and presentation
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise key tasks and solve problems for the team
- Excellent user of Microsoft Word, Excel & Powerpoint

Please note, only applicants holding valid working rights in Australia will be considered.

So much of our success depends on feeling part of a team with people around us that we can rely on. What unites us is our values. They set the tone, help create our culture, give us one common set of principles and help us all have a great experience at work.

Company Overview:
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national