Assistant Commercial Manager

JobSpace; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance after eligibility

Life insurance after eligibility

KiwiSaver employer contributions after

Parental leave top up

Ongoing training and development

Great discounts at retailers

Job summary

Fulton Hogan in Auckland, NZ, seeks an Assistant Commercial Manager to support the Commercial Manager and project teams in tendering, contract reviews and procurement planning. You will help improve commercial outcomes, reduce risk and ensure robust, contractually compliant project delivery.

You'll collaborate with operations, project teams and experts to strengthen commercial capability across tendering, contract review and subcontract management.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification and/or 5+ years experience in quantity surveying, construction management, law, engineering, procurement or similar field.
• Experience with standard form contracts and subcontract agreements.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex contractual terms clearly.
• Proactive, team-focused approach with good judgement and curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Support contract reviews for tenders, bids and projects to identify commercial, legal and delivery risk.
• Review contract documents to ensure risks are understood and managed.
• Provide clear commercial summaries and recommendations.
• Support negotiations to improve risk allocation and reduce negotiation periods.
• Assist project teams to ensure contract requirements and notices are understood and complied with.
• Ensure seamless handover from tender through to delivery.
• Support supply chain engagement and adjudications.
• Maintain centralised procurement systems for visibility and consistent buying outcomes.
• Work with teams to secure competitive pricing without compromising safety or quality.
• Provide commercial support to resolve contractual issues and disputes.
• Contribute to stronger commercial reporting through better documentation and processes.
• Participate in project reviews and close-out actions.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Communication skills

Team-focused

Proactive mindset

Curiosity

Safety awareness

5+ years experience

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification and/or 5+ years experience in quantity surveying, construction management, law, engineering, procurement or similar field

Job description

As an Assistant Commercial Manager, you'll support the Commercial Manager and wider business with core commercial functions, playing a key role in supporting the tender and project teams to improve commercial outcomes, reduce risk, lift consistency, and support more competitive and contractually robust project delivery.

You'll work closely with operational leaders, project teams and subject matter experts within the business to strengthen the business' commercial capability across tendering, contract review, procurement planning, subcontract management, and post-award commercial administration. This is a unique opportunity where the right candidate may take on a specialist or generalist role, depending on experience, to actively influence the commercial strategy.

Key role responsibilities include:

• Support contract reviews for tenders, bids, and project opportunities to identify commercial, legal, and delivery risk early.
• Review contract documents to ensure risks are understood and managed.
• Provide clear commercial summaries and recommendations.
• Support negotiations to improve risk allocation and reduce prolonged negotiation periods.
• Assist project teams to ensure contract requirements, including notice obligations and record keeping, are understood and complied with.
• Ensure seamless handover from tender through to delivery.
• Support supply chain engagement and adjudications.
• Facilitate the maintenance of centralised procurement systems to improve visibility, consistency, and buying outcomes across projects.
• Work with teams to secure competitive pricing without compromising health, safety, quality or contractual and commercial positions.
• Provide commercial support to resolve contractual issues and disputes.
• Contribute to stronger commercial reporting by improving documentation quality, process consistency, and discipline.
• Participate in project reviews and support close-out of commercial actions arising from those reviews.

We're looking for someone with:

• A relevant tertiary qualification and/or at least 5 years' experience in quantity surveying, construction management, law, engineering, procurement or a similar field.
• Experience working with standard form contracts and subcontract agreements in civil engineering or infrastructure environments.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex contractual terms in a clear, practical way.
• A proactive, team-focused approach, with sound judgement, curiosity and a genuine willingness to keep improving.
• A strong commitment to safety, respect, accountability and doing good work with low ego and high standards.
• Medical insurance and Life insurance after the eligibility period.
• KiwiSaver employer contributions after service milestones, up to 7%.
• Parental leave top up payment with additional return to work support.
• Ongoing training and development, with clear career growth and progression opportunities.
• Great discounts at a wide range of retailers.

About us:

At Fulton Hogan, good work is more than what we deliver. It's how we show up, how we treat each other, and how we keep moving forward together. We're flat, friendly and down to earth. We take the work seriously, not ourselves.

You'll join a team that backs good ideas, values safety, and sets high standards without the big corporate ego. We're serious when it counts, especially around safety, performance and doing right by our customers and each other.