Senior Commercial Manager

About John Holland At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day. That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.  Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.  About The Role This role will be engaged as the lead commercial resource,  managing both upstream and downstream commercial and claims issues, complex stakeholder relationships and a challenging completion requirements.   Your remit will add value to the project through proactive involvement in the management of procurement, cost management, revenue management and project reporting. Key accountabilities for this role include:   Develop and mentor the commercial team to ensure that the commercial requirements of the project are successfully delivered. Provide advice in commercial matters to project team as needed e.g. claims, contractual issues, contractual correspondence, disputes, preparing subcontract terms and conditions, and setting up administration procedures on and off site with accounting. Ensure strong contract, commercial and financial risk management, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue, including the establishment and implementation of earned value; take corrective action in line with authority and reporting frameworks and maximise the profit margin for the project. Manage commercial issues, minor and major contract disputes and claims and report on issues to project and senior management. What You’ll Need to Succeed: Qualification in relevant field  Advanced experience on large infrastructure projects within the construction industry working within a similar position. About Us We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee. We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits. We offer: Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options. Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing. Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities. Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities. Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation. Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.