Contract Administrator

Sccsinternational; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sccsinternational in Canberra seeks a contract administrator to manage head contract claims, variations, and subcontractor assessments on large building projects. The role requires liaising with the client, preparing variations, and coordinating with site teams.

You will also handle cost forecasts, cash flow statements, and financial reports to executive management, and prepare tender documents for subcontractors.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in building, construction management, civil engineering, quantity surveying or similar.
• Solid experience as contracts administrator or quantity surveyor on large scale building work.
• Understanding of commercial and legal issues under head contracts.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, as well as tender and procurement experience.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the client on progress claims under the head contract.
• Prepare head contract variations and assess subcontractor variations.
• Prepare cost forecasts and monitor the project financial status.
• Prepare cash flow statements and contribute to executive financial reports.
• Prepare tender documentation including pricing schedules, scope of works, comparative tender analysis and recommendations.
• Maintain site staff awareness of project scope and manage relationships with clients, subcontractors, suppliers and consultants.

Skills

Negotiation

Influencing skills

Tender processes

Trade procurement

Client liaison

Commercial awareness

Legal awareness

Education

Tertiary qualification in building/construction

Job description

A contract administration appointment in Canberra on large scale building projects. The posting sets the work at head contract level: liaising with the client on progress claims under the head contract, preparing head contract variations, and assessing subcontractor variations.

Financial duties named are the preparation of cost forecasts, monitoring the financial status of the project, preparing cash flow statements, and providing input to the financial reports that go to the executive management team.

On procurement, the holder prepares the tender documentation for engaging subcontractors, which the employer lists as tender and pricing schedules, scope of works, comparative tender analysis and the recommendation that follows it.

The holder is also expected to keep site supervisory staff aware of the project scope and of what each tender package includes, and to maintain the working relationships with clients, subcontractors, suppliers and consultants.

Qualifications sought are a tertiary qualification in building, construction management, civil engineering, quantity surveying or a similar discipline, with solid experience as a contracts administrator or quantity surveyor on large scale building work.

The employer asks for an understanding of the commercial and legal issues arising under head contracts, a working knowledge of the major building trades, negotiation and influencing skills, and experience of tender processes and trade procurement. Full time and permanent. No salary and no closing date are published.