Commercial Officer

Amentum; Port Stephens; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Commercial professional to support procurement planning, tendering and contract formation within the Air Warfare Systems Project Office (AWSPO) at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW.

You will liaise with CASG entities, draft schedules and policy-compliant documents, and provide commercial input to plans and Endorsements. On-site with potential for occasional work from home depending on task requirements, subject to task needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement planning, tendering and contract formation.
• Experience working with government procurement policies, processes and probity considerations.
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels and build productive relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with capability to prepare templates, plans and reports.

Responsibilities

• Support procurement planning, tendering and contract formation across CAP/contract development activities.
• Provide assistance on procurement policy, technical, commercial and financial requirements to support contract outcomes.
• Prepare and review procurement documents, schedules and correspondence.
• Collaborate with CASG entities to ensure compliance with legislation and policy obligations.
• Draft key planning documents such as Endorsements to Proceed and liability risk assessments.
• Provide input into and draft procurement schedules and plans.
• Support the existing Commercial team at AWSPO.

Job description

Amentum is a leader in global engineering, project management and solutions integration, trusted to modernise the most critical missions anywhere in the world. Driven to create a safer, smarter, cleaner world, we innovate as a team of inventive doers passionate about making a difference. Underpinned by a strong culture of ethics, safety and inclusivity. Amentum is fiercely committed to operational excellence and successful execution.

Are you seeking a career that offers a healthy work-life balance, a friendly company culture, and engagement with a supportive community?

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, please refer to our Enterprise Agreement and www.fairwork.gov.au for more information.

Role Description

This function will work under limited direction to perform and achieve moderately complex operations, administrative and commercial tasks within an integrated workforce. They will liaise with stakeholders of all levels, building good working relationships and providing a point of contact for all commercial inquiries. Air Warfare Systems Project Office (AWSPO) are responsible and manages acquisition and sustainment programs for Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) combat and trainer aircraft .

The successful candidate can will based out of RAAF Base Williamtown, near Newcastle, NSW. The successful candidate will be supporting the already existing members within the Commercial team at AWSPO.

Essential Requirements

• Supporting commercial elements of the capability lifecycle, including procurement planning, tendering and contract formation, contract management and closure of contracts ensuring compliance with legislation, procurement policies, processes and procedures across all contract development and management activities
• Providing assistance and services for procurement policy, technical, commercial, financial investigation and other requirements to support contract development/management outcomes
• Applying experience to Product/Project teams to ensure delivery of quality procurement related documentation including templates, schedule, correspondence, reports, submissions, plans and strategies
• Collaborating with other CASG entities such as Materiel Procurement Branch (MPB),Financial Investigative Services (FIS) /Commercial and Financial Analysis (CFA) /Defence Finance Group and Defence Legal to seek advice, comply with legislative and policy compliance obligations and critical commercial risk and performance
• Responding to complex enquiries and contract development issues, taking the initiative to identify alternative courses of action where necessary
• Building and sustaining productive relationships with AWSPO Exec, and team members
• Provide commercial input into and draft the procurement schedule for plans, processes and strategies
• Providing support to the already existing Commercial team
• Provide input into and draft key planning documents including Smart Buyer documentation, Endorsements to Proceed, Intellectual Property Needs Analysis, and Liability Risk Assessments;
• Provide assistance on Commonwealth and AWSPO specific conflict of interest and Probity policies, including the assistance of Probity Plans and engagement of a Probity Adviser for procurement’s

Desirable Requirements

• Resilience in a highly demanding, fast paced, complex and constantly evolving work environment.
• Strong Defence writing skills.
• Compliant and responsive to Acquisition and Sustainment, Procurement Reform, ERP and NDS requirements.
• Receipt of activity progress updates from project stakeholders.
• Timely delivery of tasks from ACS Branch.
• Strong Communication Skills
• Demonstrated Stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to prioritise and adapt to changing work demands.

Required Security Clearance Level

Active NV1 Clearance.

Location

RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW.

Weekly Hours

Monday to Friday / 40 hours per week, with options for work from home on Friday’s - depending on task requirements.