Job Description

About the role

As a member of our Contracts team in Operations Delivery, you’ll bring your commercial acumen and contractual expertise to the forefront, managing large, complex agreements across planning, implementation, and operational phases. You’ll collaborate with key stakeholders to protect Water Corporation’s commercial interests, contributing to major projects such as desalination plant alliances, water transfer agreements, and future infrastructure initiatives including the Alkimos and regional desalination plants.

Who are we?

When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.

If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home, flexible work hours
• Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%.
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What you can expect with this role

• Drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and aligning with organisational objectives.
• Monitor contract performance, track milestones and deliverables, and mitigate risks.
• Develop and implement specific compliance and assurance checks, audits, and investigations.
• Optimise contract value, minimise risk, and ensuring all contract deliverables are met and all parties are meeting their obligations under the contracts.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This includes organising and participating in project development and ongoing relationship meetings, coordinate and work with regional management, other business units and stakeholders to develop working protocols, plans and documentation required for operations and maintenance phase.
• Update, review and provide recommendation on changes to the Working Protocols, Contract Management Plan, Governance, Assurance documentation and any associated documentation such as schedules, matrixes, and checklists.
• Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on contractual matters and may develop training programs to educate employees.

Your skills and experience

For this role, we are looking for great talent with:

• Degree level qualification in a relevant Law, Commerce, Engineering, Scientific or Environmental disciple or equivalent.
• Substantial contract management experience in providing services to customers in a service environment.
• Substantial experience and ability in communication, relationship management and key stakeholder influence.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal/written communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Highly developed report writing and contract management skills.
• Relevant experience in water treatment process and water quality principles desirable

Sound like a match? Apply today

If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your skills and experience as well as your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

Applications close Wednesday 10th June

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.

Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.

To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website