Commercial Lead

We are moving Australia forward, and we want you to move with us.

When you join UGL, you will collaborate with some of the Australias most talented experts to help shape the nation. With opportunities to work on large-scale projects from start to finish, you will have the space to grow your skills, pursue your passion, and be supported in creating a career journey that aligns with your aspirations and lifestyle.

UGL Utilities Operations & Maintenance business is a trusted provider of essential services across power, water, and gas sectors. With a strong reputation and long-standing contracts in power distribution, transmission, and water operations and maintenance, we are poised for significant growth. 

The Opportunity

The Commercial Lead is a critical senior-level position overseeing the commercial and contractual aspects of Contract structure, ensuring alignment with sponsor objectives, stakeholder commitments, and project agreements.

This role is integral to managing complex commercial position and risks along with joint ventures structures/ partnership models or delivery vehicles. The position requires a strategic leader with expertise in large infrastructure projects, collaborative ventures, and risk management in dynamic environments.

Key responsibilities:

·       Develop and implement commercial strategies for both project consortia and venture structures to ensure financial sustainability and corporate value maximisation.

·       Lead the evaluation and mitigation of commercial risks across project consortia and venture structures while ensuring adherence to corporate governance requirements and contractual commitments.

·       Input into, review, negotiate, and manage all project agreements, including PPP project agreement, SPV agreements, shareholder agreements, concession agreements, EPC and O&M contracts, and funding documents for equity or debt arrangements.

·       Develop and maintain strong relationships with consortium partners to manage alignment with joint objectives around funding, deliverables, and risk management.

·       Input and negotiation on agreements involving UGL O&M including procurement, OEM subcontracts, land use, lease structures, shared services, or operational contracts associated with the project.

·       Proactively manage claims, variations, and disputes, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and minimising risks and financial exposure.

·       Represent the sponsor's commercial interests in strategic decision-making forums in SPVs and ventures.

·       Serve as key UGL O&M commercial interface between the sponsor, SPV, venture partners, stakeholders, contractors, and external advisory teams.

·       Define and maintain risk management frameworks specific to the project and joint venture arrangements, with a focus on ensuring compliance with corporate requirements.

·       Monitor, assess, and respond to changes in project conditions, regulatory frameworks, or venture-specific market factors that may impact commercial outcomes.

·       Support the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) and dashboards to track performance across SPVs and ventures and report these findings to relevant boards and sponsor organisations.

·       Work with UGL Legal to ensure corporate governance requirements are met and appropriate executive engagement on project commercial status is undertaken.

·       Ensure timely delivery of commercial and financial reports for both SPV and venture board leadership.

·       Maintain compliance with sponsor targets, SPV obligations, and regulatory or venture-specific legal requirements.

·       Oversee collaboration with advisors on public and private sector partnership compliance, as well as governance frameworks for joint ventures.

·       Governance and Reporting

·       Work with UGL Legal to ensure corporate governance requirements are met and appropriate executive engagement on project commercial status is undertaken.

Ideal attributes

The following Ideal attributes are highly desired, but if you do not tick all the boxes, you could still be a great fit. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

·       Degree qualified in a Law, Finance or Quantity Surveying discipline is essential.

·       Detailed knowledge of the Bid process for large scale PPP including Competitive RFP to commitment deed and financial close.

·       Ideally knowledge in the electrician transmission and distribution environment

·       Have detailed experience in risk identification, management and mitigation in multi stakeholder environments

·       Demonstrated experience in delivering high value complex lifecycle asset projects over long concession periods – full process covering inception to completion.

·       Large project delivery capability in the PPP contract space.

Next Steps

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As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate the suitability of an applicant for a role including criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, right to work checks, and reference checks.

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Why Join UGL?

·       Flexible work options

·       Discounts with major retailers

·       Private health insurance offers, wellness program and discounts

·       Leadership & Mentoring Programs

·       Education assistance

·       Salary continuance insurance and Novated car leasing

· weeks of primary carer leave, and 3 weeks partner leave

· employees. 20,000 + development activities for employees each year.

Diversity & Inclusion at UGL
We embrace diversity and are committed to a supportive, inclusive workplace. Our initiatives include:

• Pay equity and eco-friendly practices.

• Community support and charitable causes

• Female leadership, sponsorship, and inclusion programs

•  Empowering programs for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and abilities. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruitment process.