Position Summary
The Commercial & Contracts Manager is the PMC's senior commercial authority responsible for protecting the Project Owner's contractual and commercial interests throughout the delivery of a multi-billion-dollar renewable energy and transmission project comprising Solar PV, BESS, HVAC substations, HVAC transmission systems, and the Indonesia–Singapore subsea interconnector. Acting independently through the PMC appointment, the role provides leadership across contract administration, change management, claims management, dispute avoidance, commercial risk management, and contractor performance oversight, with particular focus on managing complex commercial interfaces involving major Chinese EPC contractors, marine contractors, international suppliers, and cross-border infrastructure stakeholders.
Role Purpose
The Commercial & Contracts Manager is the PMC's senior commercial leader responsible for protecting the Project Owner's commercial interests and providing independent commercial, contractual, and claims management services across the project lifecycle.
Acting on behalf of the Owner through the PMC appointment, the role provides strategic oversight, governance, assurance, and administration of all major project contracts covering:
The Commercial & Contracts Manager is responsible for ensuring that contract administration processes are robust, commercial risks are proactively managed, contractor obligations are enforced, changes are properly controlled, and potential disputes are identified and resolved before escalation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Commercial Leadership – Lead the PMC Commercial & Contracts function, providing commercial strategy, governance, risk management, contract oversight, and decision-support to ensure alignment with project objectives and owner interests.
2. Contract Strategy & Governance – Develop and implement contracting strategies, governance frameworks, and contract administration processes while ensuring appropriate risk allocation, compliance, and protection of contractual rights.
3. Contract Administration – Oversee administration of all major contracts, including compliance monitoring, correspondence, notices, contractual obligations, milestones, warranties, guarantees, bonds, and contract records.
4. EPC/EPCI Contractor Management – Manage commercial performance of EPC and EPCI contractors, including contract compliance, claims evaluation, negotiations, dispute avoidance, and preservation of contractual entitlements.
5. Vendor Management – Build effective relationships with major Chinese contractors and suppliers while managing supply-chain risks, delays, variations, claims exposure, and potential dispute areas.
6. Change & Variation Management – Establish and manage change control processes, evaluate variations, assess commercial and schedule impacts, maintain registers, and safeguard contractual positions.
7. Claims Management – Lead claim assessments, entitlement reviews, commercial responses, negotiation strategies, claims tracking, and exposure management while providing early warning on emerging claims risks.
8. Dispute Avoidance & Resolution – Promote proactive dispute avoidance, facilitate negotiations, coordinate legal advisors, and support formal dispute resolution processes where required.
9. Commercial Risk Assessment – Identify, evaluate, monitor, and mitigate commercial and contractual risks, maintaining risk registers and supporting project risk management activities.
10. Procurement & Tendering Support – Support tender development, bid evaluations, commercial assessments, negotiations, contract awards, and procurement of EPC, EPCI, equipment, and specialist services contracts.
11. Commercial Cost Governance – Review payment applications, verify contractual entitlement, assess variation and claims impacts, and oversee commercial commitments in collaboration with Project Controls.
12. Commercial Interface Management – Coordinate commercial matters across multiple work packages, contractors, utilities, government obligations, and interface agreements to ensure alignment across contract boundaries.
13. Commercial Reporting – Prepare and present commercial reports, claims and variation status updates, risk assessments, executive dashboards, and board-level reporting.
Key Accountabilities