About Seqwater

Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.

You’ll be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.

About Your Opportunity

As the Dam Improvement Program (DIP) Commercial Manager, you will work closely with General Manager – Capital Delivery (Dam Improvement) to oversee the strategic planning, development, and execution of all commercial activities that ensure successful execution of the DIP. You will provide strategic commercial leadership throughout both the development and delivery phases of complex infrastructure projects. Working closely with the DIP Project Directors and Project Managers, you will support the project teams ensuring the works are executed within competitive commercial frameworks that reflect owner/client-side requirements. This role is crucial in driving commercial excellence from procurement to contract management to commercial performance metrics and reporting.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide commercial oversight and leadership across all projects in planning, design and execution, ensuring alignment with DIP objectives and project goals. Oversee procurement activities, contract negotiations, and develop strategic commercial plans tailored to the client/owner’s side.
• Monitor project budgets, forecasts, and financial performance of the projects. Identify and mitigate commercial risks, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and regulatory requirements. Establish and maintain suitable systems and controls that can identify and capitalize on commercial opportunities across the DIP.
• This role will operate within a matrix-style operating model, collaborating across the projects as the project teams will be led by a core project delivery team. Noting that assigned Contract Managers and Contract administrators form integral part of the project teams
• Provide comprehensive commercial oversight and guidance for all commercial activities within the DIP, ensuring alignment with the overarching business strategy and project objectives.
• Procurement Planning and execution: Develop and execute strategic procurement plans with the Commercial team with the focus on developing and implementing competitive commercial frameworks, governance and assurance processes that guide project development and delivery.
• Collaborate with the Commercial team for contract negotiations, ensuring adherence to legal and commercial standards for the benefit of the project.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

Essentials

• A degree in Business, Law or related engineering discipline.
• Extensive experience in a senior commercial or contracts management role within the infrastructure or construction sectors.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in the selection, preparation and execution of commercial agreements, with substantial experience in a major capital infrastructure delivery environment.
• Strong organisational skills including the ability to work accurately to specified deadlines and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong ability to think and act in a strategic manner and solve problems.

Desirables

• Demonstrated ability to oversee and manage complex, multiple stage tendering and contracting process.
• Superior negotiating skills and the ability to use independent judgment when dealing with issues of a complex nature.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a dynamic team environment, and with limited supervision.
• Relevant professional membership with suitably aligned institutions
• Experience across a range of delivery models including Design Build Operate Maintain (DBOM), D&C, design-only, construct-only, collaborative contracting, target cost with gain/pain share mechanisms, PMC, and reimbursable arrangements will be highly regarded

This position is initially offered as a Fixed term contract until May 2027

Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.

For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au   We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/

If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!

To apply

Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.

Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Monday 16^th June 2025

For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au

Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.