Ready to make a splash in your career?
WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Regional Contracts Specialist (Full-Time, Permanent) to join our team.
This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.
This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you'll be supported to build a rewarding career.
Preferred location: Albury, but we are also open to having the successful candidate be based anywhere in NSW where we have a WaterNSW office, with a willingness for state-wide travel.
Our perks and benefits: Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise AgreementUp to 16 weeks paid parental leaveFertility leaveYearly corporate wear allowanceProfessional development and educational assistanceAttractive remuneration starting from $131,851 base + superAnd so much more!
What you'll do: Contract Development & Negotiation: manage, drive and negotiate contract delivery, facilities management, and rural contracts to drive cost improvement initiatives.
Negotiate contracts to secure favourable terms, partnering with Procurement to ensure all new contracts are accurately drafted and reflect WaterNSW's needs and legal obligations.Financial & Performance Reporting: track performance to ensure that contracts deliver expected financial returns and adherence to budgetary constraints and preparing performance reports, with recommendations on pricing, competitiveness and performance.Risk Management & Compliance: identify commercial risks and opportunities with the Contract Program, ensuring WaterNSW and its Stakeholders benefit from sound decisions made by assessing and addressing these within a timely manner, whilst ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations and WaterNSW's policies and procedures.Stakeholder Management: maintain strong relationships with external and internal stakeholders (e.g.
area managers, projects, dam safety) to facilitate smooth contract negotiations and act as a key point of contact for resolving complex issues and/or disputes, escalations, or contract breaches in a timely and professional manner, whilst ensuring alignment with WaterNSW's goals to foster longterm partnerships.Contract Closeout: manage the contract close out process by ensuring that all deliverables are completed, resolving any outstanding issues and confirming proper documentation and compliance.Process Improvement & Best Practices: analyse contract management performance and outcomes to identify lessons learned and make recommendations for process improvements.
Contribute to knowledge sharing and the ongoing development of contract management processes, systems and workflows, ensuring efficiency and alignment with industry standards.What we are looking for: Tertiary qualification (bachelor level or above) or equivalent experience in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.Current NSW Drivers Licence.Knowledge of different construction contract types and implications from a contract administration perspective along with good financial practices and processes.Strong commercial acumen to identify benefits, opportunities and trade-offs to be made when formulating and executing business cases, project plans and contract negotiations.Extensive contract management and Project Management experience.Experience in the management of end-to-end contract process, from drafting and negotiation to performance monitoring and closeout, with a proven ability to manage a range of different stakeholders and their potentially conflicting needs to obtain agreement on actions and outcomes.How we will support you: At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.
When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way.
If you're required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.
We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women.
Visit our WORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities.
More about our team/culture: No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority.
This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.
WaterNSW operates the state's dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community.
With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state's water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW.
We're the people taking care of the state's water at the source – capturing, storing, delivering.
Find out more at waternsw.com.au
Please note applications for this position will close on the 20th January 2025.
You must have full work rights in Australia to qualify for all positions at WaterNSW.
We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
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