Senior Commercial & Contracts Lead – Brisbane

Illumine Consulting; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumine Consulting partners with a leading infrastructure and pipeline contractor to appoint a Commercial Manager in their Brisbane corporate team. This specialist role sits within Legal & Contracts and works with Pre-Contracts, Project Controls, Operations, Finance and Engineering across multiple major projects.

You’ll review contracts, lead risk assessments, support tender strategy and advise senior leadership to shape commercial positions before bid close.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Contract Management or similar.
• 5+ years in a senior Commercial Manager or Pre-Contracts role.
• Strong experience reviewing contract terms and identifying commercial risk.
• Understanding of construction and pipeline-related project risks.
• Confident negotiating, influencing and advising senior stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and commercial judgement.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft and negotiate head contracts, ECI agreements and subcontract documents.
• Interpret scopes of work, project schedules (P6) and pricing models to ensure commercial alignment.
• Lead risk assessment activities; geotechnical, flood mapping, weather analysis, rate build-ups and construction risk.
• Maintain high-quality contractual correspondence and approval records for each tender.
• Identify and mitigate contractual and commercial risk, advising senior management.
• Support project teams during delivery with claims, letters, variations and day-to-day commercial matters.
• Develop and implement contract administration policies and procedures.
• Build strong relationships with clients, vendors, subcontractors and internal stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to junior contract administrators.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, safety and quality requirements.

Skills

Commercial management

Tendering

Contract negotiation

Risk assessment

Education

Engineering/Quantity Surveying degree

Job description

Illumine Consulting partners with a leading infrastructure and pipeline contractor to appoint a Commercial Manager in their Brisbane corporate team. This specialist role sits within Legal & Contracts and works with Pre-Contracts, Project Controls, Operations, Finance and Engineering across multiple major projects.

You’ll review contracts, lead risk assessments, support tender strategy and advise senior leadership to shape commercial positions before bid close.