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Lead all commercial and administrative aspects of a major project, including head contract and subcontract administration. Oversee procurement strategies, cost controls, budgets, and the mentoring of the commercial project team.
Requires a relevant degree and ideally over 15 years of experience within a main contractor environment on major building projects. Candidates should possess strong expertise in financial controls, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
Lendlease is a globally integrated real estate group with core expertise in Investment Management, Development, and Construction. For more than 60 years, we have created thriving places around the globe.
With a national delivery capability, Lendlease Construction provides innovative and industry-leading project management, design and construction services driven by sector focused knowledge and experience. We push boundaries and embrace challenges. Our clients come to us when it’s important to handle complexity, drive diversity, offer strategic and long-term value, and to create innovative and sustainable solutions.
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Commercial Manager to lead the commercial and administration team on a major, long-term project in Canberra.
As Senior Commercial Manager, you will be required to take ownership of all commercial aspects of a project including administration of the head contract and subcontracts, developing the procurement strategy and processes, as well as outlining cost controls, budgets and manage project cashflow. You will also be responsible to ensuring that contracts and tender documents contain the necessary risk allocation. As this is a leadership role you will manage and mentor your commercial and administration project team through to handover based on site.
Lead all commercial aspects of the project, ensuring financial performance and risk mitigation.
Manage head contract obligations, variations, and claims to protect the business.
Oversee procurement and subcontractor agreements, ensuring clarity and compliance.
Monitor project costs, forecasts, and financial reporting to support decision-making.
Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
Mentor and support commercial staff, fostering a high-performing team culture.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery.
Ensure all commercial activities align with company policies and audit requirements.
About You:
Degree qualification in a relevant discipline (preferred).
Ideally 15+ years’ experience within a main contractor environment.
Experience across major building projects is essential. Preferred but not essential will be experience on Defence/Government project or with Managing Contractor contract models.
Experience driving forecast and internal reporting to a range of Lendlease stakeholders.
Strong understanding of contracts, financial controls, and risk management, performance reporting, budget preparation and administration
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to mentor and develop team members while driving commercial performance.
Health & Well-being program, including well-being leave to relax and recharge, health assessments, and gym/exercise discounts
Balance your career and personal life with work flexibility, purchase additional annual leave and extensive family support benefits.
3x extra Wellbeing days per year (on top of annual leave).
Large pipeline of project work for career development and growth opportunities
Bonus scheme, Employee Share Acquisition program and options for salary sacrificing.
If you are interested, please apply via the link today, or reach out to Jeremy Olaivar via email on Jeremy.Olaivar@Lendlease.com
At Lendlease we offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equitable treatment and equitable opportunity are just the norm. We remain committed to supporting under-represented groups and providing a wide range of inclusion initiatives, so that everyone is supported to thrive.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is reflected in our Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan, our Bronze Award with the Australian Workplace Equality Index by Pride in Diversity, and our generous parental leave policy of 26 weeks to any parent regardless of gender.
Lendlease welcomes applicants regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, people with a disability, sexual orientation, or life stage. If you do not meet all the criteria or require adjustments to proceed with your application, we encourage you to reach out for a further discussion.
Lendlease is Australia’s leading real estate business with an international investments platform. We’re city shapers, asset creators and trusted partners. Our deep property experience and bold thinking delivers innovative real estate and investment solutions. Very few organisations can build cities from scratch, including the infrastructure to connect people, with skills to design, develop, fund, build and manage, but we can. We purposefully seek to hire people who share our values and passion to make a positive impact. Whether big or small, we make a difference and all of us have a part to play in our success. Together we make a difference.
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