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Embedded Senior Leadership · WA Civil & Resource Sector

Bridge the gap between
ambition and execution.

SOLV Strategic Partners embeds senior delivery, commercial, and business development leadership directly into WA's mid-tier civil and resource businesses — so leaders can grow with confidence.

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Built to Deliver. Driven to SOLV.

$1B+
Scope Value Delivered Over The Years
$75M+
Annual Revenue Managed
200+
Personnel Led on Major Projects
What We Do

Not advice from a distance. Embedded leadership.

SOLV is not a consulting firm that writes frameworks and departs. We sit inside your business — at the senior table, on the bid, on the site — and we stay until the system works without us.

Available on a fixed-fee or fractional basis, SOLV gives mid-tier WA contractors access to the calibre of senior commercial and project delivery leadership that has previously only been available to much larger organisations.

"We embed senior leadership directly into civil and resource businesses to unlock growth, stabilise delivery, and build lasting commercial capacity."

01

Work Winning

Bid strategy, estimation reviews, pre-contract analysis, and tender submission management — designed to win and win commercially.

02

Project & Contract Management

End-to-end project strategy, commercial management, site engineering, and financial oversight across all disciplines.

03

Business Development & Growth Strategy

Sector entry, pipeline identification, client relationship development, and pathways to prequalification with major contractors.

04

Commercial & Financial Systems

Cost reporting, monthly valuations, CAPEX/OPEX strategy, and the commercial infrastructure to grow safely at scale.

05

Leadership & Workforce Capacity

Mentoring site teams, senior leadership placement, workforce recruitment and retention, and building the internal bench that scales with you.

06

Design Interface & Civil Delivery

Constructability reviews, design optimisation, service relocation management, and delivery of complex civil and underground works.

Our Competitive Edge

The difference between
advice and execution.

Embedded, Not Visiting

We work inside your business — attending tenders, reviewing financials, mentoring site teams. You get a senior partner at the table, not a PowerPoint on the sideline.

Commercially Driven

Every recommendation has a number, a timeline, and a clear return. We don't solve problems we can't cost, and we don't leave until the outcome is real.

Senior & Specialist

Some of WA's most experienced infrastructure and resource sector leaders. Not a staffing firm. Not generalists. Principals with skin in the game.

Growth as Legacy

We build the capability so you don't need us for it again. The goal is a business that can execute independently — at scale, with confidence, without us on every call.

We are this. Not that.

Embedded, not visiting
Advisory from a distance
Commercially driven
Theorists without project experience
Senior & specialist
A staffing or labour-hire firm
Outcome-obsessed
Reports delivered, problem left
Direct & plain-spoken
Frameworks without outcomes
Fixed-fee fractional leadership
Unpredictable consultant billing
Who We Serve

Built for contractors
at the inflection point.

Our Target Partner

WA civil and resource contractors with $10M–$200M+ in revenue who are scaling aggressively but lack the senior commercial, delivery, or business development leadership to do it safely — and who need a trusted partner embedded in their business, not a consultant on the sideline.

We solve the problems your growth creates.

  • Growing faster than your systems and people can handle — delivery capacity isn't keeping pace with revenue targets.
  • Winning tenders without the commercial infrastructure to submit competitive, compliant proposals.
  • Cash flow and cost reporting are lagging — project financials are unclear at the end of every month.
  • No clear pathway to prequalification with major Tier 1 clients, Water Corporation, or other government bodies.
  • The right people aren't in the right roles — or the senior roles don't yet exist in your business.
  • Entering a new sector (utilities, resource civils, defence) with no existing relationships or pricing model.
  • Leadership capable in delivery but with limited commercial and contractual experience at scale.
  • A business with real capability being held back at the critical moment of growth.
Our Story

Built by those who have delivered it.

J

Justin de Mello — Director

A project delivery leader with a passion for empowering teams and business growth. Nearly 20 years in the WA construction industry spanning the resource, oil and gas, infrastructure and services sector across Perth metro and regional WA.

The Spark

After 20 years delivering WA's most complex infrastructure projects — from local council roads to major resource and infrastructure projects — the same pattern kept repeating: ambitious businesses with real capability, held back not by talent, but by the absence of embedded senior leadership at the moment it mattered most.

The Problem

The WA market had plenty of consultants who wrote frameworks and departed. What it lacked was a firm that would sit inside a business, work through the tender with you, mentor the PMs, and actually fix the cost reporting — not just recommend it.

The Turning Point

SOLV Strategic Partners was established to offer embedded, senior-level delivery and commercial leadership — available on a fixed-fee fractional basis, without the cost or risk of a permanent executive hire. Built to deliver. Driven to SOLV.

The Result

Clients grow their revenue, capability, and market position. Businesses win at the next tier. Leadership teams operate with confidence — and the capability stays permanently within the business.

Brand Values

How we work,
every engagement.

01

Execution Over Advice

We are judged by outcomes, not reports. We stay until the work is done and the system runs without us.

02

Commercial Clarity

Every recommendation is commercially grounded. We don't solve problems we can't cost. Numbers, timelines, and returns — always.

03

Trust Through Transparency

Clients know our fees, our scope, and our deliverables upfront. Fixed-fee engagements. No surprises. No scope creep.

04

Growth as Legacy

We don't just solve today's problem. We build the capability so you don't need us for it again. Your growth becomes your own.

Get In Touch

Schedule a Strategy Session.

A focused working conversation to identify your single biggest growth constraint and map the first 90 days together. No pitch. No scope creep. Just a clear next step.

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Email justin.demello@solvpartners.com.au
Web solvpartners.com.au
Location Perth, Western Australia
ABN 47 696 383 383

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