Contract Administrator

Transport for NSW; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW seeks a skilled Contract Manager to deliver commercial governance across the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport PPP program. You will lead end-to-end contract administration, change management and risk tracking within SSTOM responsibilities.

In this fixed-term role, you will collaborate with safety, engineering, planning and operations teams, preparing notices, managing budgets and ensuring value-for-money outcomes while meeting strict governance standards and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Strong contract administration, procurement and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with government or infrastructure procurement processes.
• Ability to manage complex contracts and communicate with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Draft modification documents and change papers; support lifecycle of modifications.
• Coordinate with safety, environment, sustainability, planning, engineering, delivery, property, and O&M teams.
• Assist in drafting contractual notices and correspondence (claims, directions, RFIs).
• Maintain project risk and issues register and support governance compliance.
• Assist in managing project budget and forecasts; provide financial reporting.

Skills

Contract management

Procurement

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Budget forecasting

Tools

MS Office

Job description

You may have been part of some big projects before, but this work is legacy-building.

You'll make a tangible impact on the people of NSW, using your finance and accounting skills to help build a sustainable and thriving transport network for generations to come.

In this role, you'll:

Be part of the commercial function supporting the delivery of Sydney Metro- Western Sydney Airport Project within Stations, Systems, Trains, Operations and Maintenance (SSTOM) package of works being delivered under a PPP regime.

You will provide end-to-end contract administration services and commercial support across the package and in interface with the other packages.

While you will be developing deep commercial capability within a major public transport organisation, this role will need you to provide expert contract administration services across the design and delivery of the Project including:

• Project Modification Management (including drafting Modification related documentation (Modification Orders, Change Papers, Briefing Notes, etc), supporting assessments and completing full lifecycle of documenting agreed Modifications)
• Working with functional teams including safety, environment, sustainability, planning, engineering, delivery, property, customer and O&M and communication internal stakeholders to coordinate and address Sydney Metro or the counterparty's concerns whilst ensuring all contractual parties are complying with the Project agreements and expeditiously progress to achieve the PPP objectives.
• Assisting in drafting contractual notices and correspondence (including claim defence, directions, notifications, RFIs) in support of the Sydney Metro team stakeholders.
• Assisting (or leading, as the case maybe) in maintaining Project risk and issues register.
• Assisting in managing project budget and finance, including developing estimates and costs to complete forecasts.
• Assisting in implementation, reporting and management of Sydney Metro’s Governance, Assurance and Compliance standards and requirements.
• Taking a primary role to manage all communications on the Project Documentation and Correspondence System including ensuring that correspondences are orderly assigned to the right individuals and closed out.

You will navigate and strengthen effective contract management practices, governance, performance monitoring and financial compliance in a fast paced, high value infrastructure environment with competing priorities and complex stakeholder interfaces.

Position will be fixed term full-time ending 30 June 2028.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and Sydney Metro information pack.

About you

You bring strong contract administration, procurement and stakeholder engagement skills developed across government, infrastructure, construction, engineering, professional services or commercial environments. You are comfortable working within tight timeframes, legislative requirements and multiple concurrent priorities to deliver value for money, compliant outcomes and high quality reporting while being well versed in working with MS Office software.

You are recognised as a trusted commercial professional with a strong sense of integrity, commercial acumen, skilled at managing complex contracts, analysing costs and performance, and engaging collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, experienced in post award contract management, NSW Government procurement frameworks, financial reporting and best practice contract administration within complex, regulated environments.

You will need to comply with the Workplace Presence Policy and will be required to co-locate with the relevant Sydney Metro Implementation Group for the duration of the engagement.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

Flexible work optionsmay be available. Learn more viaFlexible work options and policy

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Applications close 11:59 PM Wednesday 18 September 2026

For more information about this role, please contact ***************@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

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