Front End Construction Lawyer (Contract – 3 to 6 months, Perth)

Join a leading energy organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.

Duration: 3–6 months

Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)

Location: Perth

About You

You are an experienced front-end construction lawyer with a minimum of 6 years’ experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.

Your Experience & Expertise

• Demonstrated experience advising on front-end construction, procurement, and major project contracts within the energy, resources, infrastructure, or construction sectors.
• Strong drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial, procurement, engineering, construction, and services agreements.
• Proven ability to support contracting and procurement functions on a high volume of commercial transactions across multiple business units and project streams.
• Experience advising on procurement strategies, tender processes, contract risk allocation, and contractor engagement models.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to balance legal risk, commercial objectives, and operational requirements.
• Experience advising on post-award contract management issues, including contract interpretation, variations, claims management, and dispute avoidance strategies.
• Ability to provide strategic legal advice on contractual disputes, settlement negotiations, and commercial resolution pathways.
• Experience supporting major capital projects, including LNG, offshore and onshore construction, drilling, exploration, decommissioning, and energy transition projects.
• Experience collaborating with procurement, contract management, project teams, and senior business stakeholders.

Attributes

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance legal risk against business and project objectives.
• Confidence operating autonomously while managing competing demands and deadlines.
• Pragmatic and solutions-focused, with a commitment to supporting project delivery and business outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, able to build trusted relationships across procurement, legal, commercial, and operational teams.
• Excellent communication skills, providing clear, concise, and commercially relevant advice.
• Adaptable and resilient, thriving in a dynamic and high-pressure project environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with sound commercial judgement.

Requirements

• Current Australian practising certificate.
• Right to live and work in Australia.

• Current Australian practising certificate.
• Right to live and work in Australia.
• Minimum of 6 years’ post-qualification experience (PQE) as a front-end construction lawyer.