Contract Administrator

Talent Partnership; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing day

Volunteer leave

Parental leave

Strong social calendar

Job summary

Talent Partnership is seeking a Contract Administrator for Australia''s data centre projects in Sydney and Melbourne. You will negotiate and set up contracts, manage variations and progress claims from the outset to final close-out, while collaborating with project, design, finance and legal teams.

You will join a small commercial team that values ownership, direct communication and prompt problem-solving, with sensible hours and growth opportunities through internal academy programs.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years as Contract Administrator or QS on commercial or industrial construction projects.
• Experience drafting and negotiating contracts, not just administering them.
• Clear, confident communication and strong Excel.
• Australian citizenship and ability to get NV1 security clearance, which they sponsor.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and set up contracts with builders, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Manage variations, progress claims and close out through to a finished site.
• Work with project, design, finance and legal teams; your view carries weight.
• Bring ownership and resolve issues quickly, with accountability and independence.

Skills

Contract negotiations

Excel

Communication

Team collaboration

Risk management

Tools

Excel

Job description

Client side, Data Centres (Sydney and Melbourne)

Data centres are now one of the biggest building programs in Australia. Every cloud service, AI tool and government system runs out of them, and the country needs a lot more of them, quickly.

I’m recruiting for one of Australia’s leading data centre operators. They own and run secure, sovereign facilities for government and big enterprise, and they’re building new campuses in Sydney and Melbourne. Their commercial team is growing to keep up, and they’re adding Contract Administrators in both cities.

The work

You’d be on the client side. You’d come in at the start of each package, negotiate and set up contracts with builders, subcontractors and suppliers, then manage variations, progress claims and close out through to a finished site. The same business owns and runs these sites for decades, so you see the whole life of a project, not just the build.

The team’s job is to challenge, review and sign off. Most of your time goes on thinking and negotiating, not processing paperwork. You’ll work with the project, design, finance and legal teams, and your view carries real weight.

The team and culture

It’s a small, close commercial team. Each CA works alongside a senior CA on their projects, and the manager backs you on the big calls. People talk a lot, help each other when someone gets busy, and pick up the phone rather than send long emails.

They want people who take ownership, speak up when something doesn’t stack up, and get things closed off. In return you get responsibility early, plenty of access to senior people, and a lot of variety.

The hours are sensible: roughly 8:30 to 5, with some flexibility and no weekends. That’s a big change from 60 hour weeks and Saturdays on site.

Where it goes

With more campuses coming, the team keeps growing and they promote from within. There’s a clear path from CA to Senior CA and on into commercial leadership. Training comes through their own academy, and the data centre experience you build here is valuable right across the industry.

• extra paid wellbeing day each year
• volunteer leave
• generous parental leave
• a strong social calendar

What they’re looking for

• 3 to 6 years as a Contract Administrator or QS on commercial or industrial construction projects, ideally with a head contractor
• Experience drafting and negotiating contracts, not just administering them
• Clear, confident communication and strong Excel
• Australian citizenship and the ability to get an NV1 security clearance, which they sponsor