The posting
Job Summary: Our client is seeking a Commercial Operations Manager to provide strategic leadership of its Commercial function, optimizing value and cost, ensuring contractual and regulatory compliance, and supporting sustainable business growth. This role involves end-to-end commercial leadership across oil & gas and infrastructure projects, contract and claim management, and cross-functional stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will safeguard organizational profitability while driving commercial excellence.
Reports to General Manager, Commercial Operations
Internal Relationships • Finance and Accounts • Projects • Sales Leadership • Legal
External Relationships • Consultants • Client and stakeholders
Key Roles & Responsibilities
Cost and Commercial Leadership • Provide end-to-end commercial leadership across oil & gas and Infra projects, including marginal field development, brownfield modifications, and EPC/EPCM scopes. • Identify new commercial opportunities, develop business cases, and secure approvals for intercompany billing. • Advise management on commercial strategy & modelling to maximise value and manage delivery risk • Drive lifecycle costing and value engineering initiatives to optimise design, execution strategy • Establish and maintain strategic cost planning frameworks aligned with PE Energy’s capital allocation, cashflow priorities, and investment approval processes
Contract and Claim Management • Lead change management processes, including evaluation, negotiation, approval, and formalisation of variations and compensation events. • Support dispute resolution processes, including mediation, adjudication, and arbitration, with robust commercial and contractual input • Perform detailed quantum analysis, including entitlement assessment, cost build-ups, and impact evaluation for claims and variations • Administer EPC, EPCM, consultancy, and service contracts under FIDIC and bespoke PE Energy/industry specific contract forms
Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Leadership • Integral part of commercial team interfacing to customers, leading negotiations on pricing, KPIs, service credits, penalties/bonuses, and contract amendments. • Collaborate closely with EPIIM team to optimize availability, lifecycle cost, and project profitability
Inter Company Billing • Assist in developing a framework for inter-company billing • Ensure accuracy, transparency, allocations & reconciliations • Liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure end to end completion of inter billing cycle • Identify & Lead improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities: – Provide end-to-end commercial leadership across oil & gas and infrastructure projects, including marginal field development, brownfield modifications, and EPC/EPCM scopes. – Identify new commercial opportunities, develop business cases, and secure approvals for intercompany billing. – Advise management on commercial strategy and modelling to maximise value and manage delivery risk. – Drive lifecycle costing and value engineering initiatives to optimise design and execution strategy. – Lead change management processes, including evaluation, negotiation, approval, and formalisation of variations and compensation events. – Support dispute resolution processes, including mediation, adjudication, and arbitration, with robust commercial and contractual input. – Administer EPC, EPCM, consultancy, and service contracts under FIDIC and bespoke contract forms. – Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to optimise availability, lifecycle cost, and project profitability.
Requirements: Required – Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or a related discipline. – 8-10 years’ experience in commercial operations, bid management, or proposal development within industrial automation, energy, or engineering services. – Strong commercial and cost governance skills. – Proven ability in risk management and contingency planning. – Excellent contract strategy and administration capabilities. – Experience in claims management and dispute resolution. – Proficiency in procurement and commercial advisory. – Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills.
Preferred – MBA or equivalent advanced degree. – Experience with inter-company billing and cost allocation. – Familiarity with FIDIC contract forms.
What We Offer: – Competitive compensation and benefits package. – Opportunity to work on high-impact projects in the energy sector. – Professional development and career growth opportunities. – Collaborative and dynamic work environment. – Health and wellbeing support.
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