Senior In-House Construction Counsel — Bid & Contracts Lead

Hindmarsh; Sydney; On-site; AUD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exclusive discounts at 400+ retailers

Flex Days and additional leave rewards

Birthday gift every year

Ongoing training and development

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Hindmarsh is seeking an experienced construction lawyer to join our Corporate team as Managing Counsel – Construction. This in-house role focuses on work-winning and live projects across ACT, NSW and SA, reporting to the General Counsel.

You will sign off on tenders and bids, negotiate head contracts with clients, and guide project teams through delivery. You’ll collaborate with business development, estimating and project teams, advising senior leadership on risk, procurement strategy and

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ post-admission experience in construction law (in-house and commercial experience highly regarded).
• Strong experience with AS, GC21 and bespoke construction contracts.
• Familiarity with ACT, NSW and SA regulatory environment, including relevant acts and security/payment regimes.
• Experience leading lawyers or coordinating multiple external advisers.
• Understanding of project controls, programming and cost management.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, commercially practical advice for non-lawyers.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities across multiple bids and projects.

Responsibilities

• Leading all legal and commercial inputs into tenders, EOIs and bid submissions, and owning the sign-off process end to end.
• Working with business development, work win, estimating and project teams to shape bid strategy and identify risk early.
• Advising on procurement strategy, contract structuring and risk allocation.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating head contracts, subcontracts, consultancy agreements and side deeds (AS, GC21 and bespoke forms).
• Negotiating key commercial terms, including programme, payment, variations, provisional sums, liability caps and step-in rights.
• Leading or co-leading contract negotiations directly with clients and their representatives.
• Developing and maintaining standard contract templates, playbooks and risk frameworks.
• Leading the handover from pre-contract to delivery, then supporting project teams to put the deal into practice.
• Giving project teams day-to-day advice on contract administration, risk management and dispute avoidance.
• Managing external counsel on complex or high-value matters, and training commercial and project teams.

Skills

Post-admission experience in/constr. C

AS/GC21 and bespoke contracts

Australian regulatory environment (ACT

Leading lawyers / coordinating externa

Project controls, programming & cost m

Drafting & negotiating contracts

Commercial risk management

Stakeholder management

Clear, commercial guidance to non-law

Education

Admission as Barrister or Solicitor in an Australian jurisdiction

Job description

Hindmarsh is seeking an experienced construction lawyer to join our Corporate team as Managing Counsel – Construction. This in-house role focuses on work-winning and live projects across ACT, NSW and SA, reporting to the General Counsel.

You will sign off on tenders and bids, negotiate head contracts with clients, and guide project teams through delivery. You’ll collaborate with business development, estimating and project teams, advising senior leadership on risk, procurement strategy and