Commercial Coordinator – Americas

Wood; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Commercial Coordinator for its Consulting unit to drive commercial performance across the Americas with a hybrid US-based role. You will support growth, manage contracts, and align commercial strategies with business objectives, working closely with operations and leadership teams to mitigate risk and enable sustainable growth.

The role emphasizes governance, pricing, and pre-award activities, including tender reviews and commercial qualifications, while ensuring compliance

Qualifications

• Proven years of experience in a commercial, contracts, project controls, or other technically relevant role.
• Strong understanding of commercial management, contract administration, and risk management principles.
• Awareness and application of corporate, commercial, and project procedures and governance requirements.
• Knowledge of tendering, contract review, pricing strategies, and commercial negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong safety leadership and promote a positive safety culture.
• Act with the highest standards of ethics and integrity in all commercial activities.
• Ensure compliance with delegated authority requirements and Wood's commercial and contracting policies.
• Lead pre-award commercial activities, including tender reviews, proposal evaluations, pricing submissions, and commercial qualifications.
• Ensure compliance with commercial governance, processes, and procedures across the business unit or region.
• Oversee commercial administration activities, ensuring timely delivery of contractual and commercial obligations, including bonds and insurance requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain project commercial strategies, handover plans, subcontracting strategies, and profit improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate contract reviews and develop commercial qualifications and contract amendments with Contracts team to balance risk and reward.
• Coordinate estimate reviews to establish pricing models, cost recovery mechanisms, and client pricing compliance.

Skills

Commercial management

Contract administration

Risk management

Pricing strategy

Tendering

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Job Description

Wood is seeking a Commercial Coordinator for a position within its Consulting business unit, supporting operations across the Americas.

This role can be based at any Wood office in the US with a hybrid working arrangement.

The Role

As a Commercial Coordinator, you will be responsible for driving commercial performance, supporting business growth, and managing contractual and commercial risk across the Consulting Business Unit.

The successful candidate will implement and execute commercial strategies aligned with business objectives, ensure compliance with commercial and contracting policies, and support the commercialization of service offerings to maximize value creation.

The role also oversees working closely with operational and leadership teams, the role contributes to sustainable growth, risk mitigation, and overall business success through effective commercial governance and strategic decision-making.

Our Clients and Projects

Wood’s Consulting business unit is a global, end-to-end, multi-sector specialist consultancy, trusted by clients to provide the innovative solutions and delivery excellence needed to solve today’s most complex challenges and maximize value across the asset life cycle. As the spearhead for the future of Wood and its role in a changing world, we are leading Wood’s strategic growth in energy transition and sustainable infrastructure development across a variety of end markets including oil & gas, hydrogen, power, renewables, chemicals, minerals and life sciences.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projectsdelivered to high profile clients across the Energy Sector
• Flexible working arrangementsthat balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion;we are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive packagewith regular reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits packageincluding paid time off; medical, dental, and life insurance coverage
• Commitment to continued professional development;development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong safety leadership and promote a positive safety culture
• Act with the highest standards of ethics and integrity in all commercial activities
• Ensure compliance with delegated authority requirements and Wood's commercial and contracting policies
• Lead pre-award commercial activities, including tender reviews, proposal evaluations, pricing submissions, and commercial qualifications
• Ensure compliance with commercial governance, processes, and procedures across the business unit or region
• Oversee commercial administration activities, ensuring the timely delivery of contractual and commercial obligations, including bonds, parent company guarantees, and insurance requirements
• Develop, implement, and maintain project commercial strategies, handover plans, subcontracting strategies, and profit improvement initiatives
• Coordinate contract reviews and develop commercial qualifications and contract amendments in collaboration with the Contracts team to achieve an appropriate balance of risk and reward
• Coordinate estimate reviews to establish pricing models, cost recovery mechanisms, and compliance with client-specific pricing requirements

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Expected

• Proven years of experience in a commercial, contracts, project controls, or other technically relevant role
• Strong understanding of commercial management, contract administration, and risk management principles
• Awareness and application of corporate, commercial, and project procedures and governance requirements
• Knowledge of tendering, contract review, pricing strategies, and commercial negotiations
• Experience supporting complex projects within engineering, construction, energy, or related industries
• Ability to interpret contractual terms and identify commercial risks and opportunities
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills

Preferred

• Degree in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Law, Business Studies, or a related discipline; professional qualification

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.