Senior BESS Contracts Lead – Renewable Energy Projects

Ev Dealer Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Large-scale BESS projects

Global energy storage business

Job summary

BYD Australia seeks a Senior Contract Specialist for the Energy Storage team in Sydney to review, negotiate and manage commercial contracts for local BESS projects in Australia. You will work with Sales, Legal, Finance, Engineering, Project Delivery, Procurement and After-Sales to identify risks, coordinate reviews and ensure contracts align with policies and project requirements.

This role offers exposure to large-scale energy infrastructure and career growth within a global energy storage

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Law, Business, Commerce, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in contract review, contract management, commercial operations, legal support, or project commercial management.
• Experience in energy, renewable energy, BESS, infrastructure, construction, EPC, or related industries is highly desirable.
• Experience reviewing commercial contracts in the Australian market is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Review customer contracts, supply agreements, purchase orders, amendments and other commercial agreements.
• Identify and assess key risks relating to payment, delivery, liquidated damages, warranty, performance guarantees, liability, indemnity, termination, COD.
• Compare customer terms against company standards and approved commercial terms, and relevant project requirements.
• Prepare contract review comments, deviation lists, risk summaries, and internal approval materials.
• Coordinate with Legal and relevant internal teams on legal or high-risk contractual matters and ensure escalation.
• Develop and maintain an understanding of the commercial and contractual structure of BESS projects.
• Understand key BESS contractual matters, including equipment supply scope, delivery and acceptance, warranty and performance guarantees, commissioning and COD, augmentation, LTSA/M&O, payment milestones, liquidated damages, and interface responsibilities.
• Support the business in assessing contractual implications arising from project scope changes, technical requirements, delivery schedules, and customer requests.
• Apply lessons learned from previous projects to future contract reviews and negotiations.
• Support Sales and Legal teams in contract negotiations with customers, developers, EPC contractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Prepare and maintain contract negotiation trackers, issue lists, and action items.
• Analyse customer comments and proposed amendments and coordinate internal responses.
• Support meetings and discussions with customers on contractual and commercial matters.
• Ensure agreed positions and outstanding issues are clearly documented and appropriately escalated.
• Act as a key coordination point between Sales, Legal, Finance, Engineering, Project Delivery, Procurement, and After-Sales teams during the contract review process.
• Consolidate and coordinate internal comments to ensure efficient and timely responses to customers.
• Track outstanding contractual issues, approvals, and actions through to closure.
• Escalate material contractual or commercial risks to management where required.
• Help ensure different functions have a clear understanding of their respective contractual obligations and responsibilities.
• Support contract lifecycle from initial review through negotiation, internal approval, execution, and post-signature management.
• Maintain accurate contract records and documentation in relevant internal systems, including CRM, legal review systems, and OA.
• Monitor key contractual milestones, obligations, notices, and deliverables.
• Support contract amendments, variations, extensions, and other post-award contractual matters.
• Develop and maintain contract review checklists, templates, standard positions, and risk assessment tools.
• Identify recurring contractual issues and recommend improvements to internal processes.
• Maintain a database of key contractual deviations, customer positions, and lessons learned.
• Support the development of standard commercial and contractual positions for future BESS projects.
• Contribute to improving the efficiency and consistency of the contract review process across the Australian business.

Skills

Contract review

Contract management

Commercial operations

Legal support

Project commercial management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or above in Law, Business, Commerce, Engineering, or a related discipline

Job description

BYD Australia seeks a Senior Contract Specialist for the Energy Storage team in Sydney to review, negotiate and manage commercial contracts for local BESS projects in Australia. You will work with Sales, Legal, Finance, Engineering, Project Delivery, Procurement and After-Sales to identify risks, coordinate reviews and ensure contracts align with policies and project requirements.

This role offers exposure to large-scale energy infrastructure and career growth within a global energy storage