Project Commercial Manager

Wood is currently recruiting for a Project Commercial Manager (contract) with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical, renewable energy, and energy transition industries. The successful candidate will work with a 'Project Commercial' team and will be working on one or more projects to provide commercial support to those projects.

The primary duties of the role entail:

• Working with Wood's client company to develop the project EPC contracting strategy.
• Identifying and prequalifying potential EPC contractors.
• Overseeing the development of the EPC invitation to bid (ITB) packages.
• Managing the EPC contracting process, in accordance with Wood's contracted scope of services.

Scope of work includes:

• Ensuring the project operates in accordance with Wood’s commercial policies and procedures, including the business Delegation of Authority.
• Leading commercial activities during the project life cycle, from negotiation of contract terms through contract delivery to commercial close out.
• Implementing and ensuring compliance with the Financial Management Framework.
• Reviewing project specific commercial strategies to ensure best commercial solutions are deployed for Wood and the client.
• Developing and implementing commercial processes that support compliance with Wood’s obligations under the contract.
• Ensuring that any necessary contractual notices are served in accordance with the terms of the contract, including client approvals, reporting requirements, preparation and submission of variation and contract amendment requests.
• Administering project KPI scheme(s) in accordance with the terms of the contract.
• Contributing effectively at Wood internal and client project meetings.
• Contributing directly to value creation and commercial gain to Wood and the client.
• Establishing confidentiality agreements and providing assistance to clients on contracting strategy, preparing pre-qualifications and invitations to bid for licensors and contractors.
• Providing assistance to clients on addressing bidder queries, evaluating bids, and supporting client in negotiation and finalisation of contract documentation.

Qualifications:

• An appropriate professional qualification (individuals may have formal legal training/qualifications, but this is not essential), or may have wider background project commercial experience.
• A good all-round understanding of the oil and gas petrochemical and renewable energy and energy transition contracting environments.
• Good knowledge of different EPC contracting strategies, the pros, and cons of different approaches.
• Hands-on experience managing the tendering of large complex high value contracts, and tendering of licensor technology packages.
• Experience managing project commercial issues in the oil and gas petrochemicals and renewable energy and energy transition contracting environments.
• A sound working knowledge of key terms within engineering services head contracts.

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people.

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 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.