Contract Adminsitrator

Ferrycarrig Construction; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferrycarrig Construction in Sydney is seeking an experienced Contract Administrator to join our growing team on major infrastructure projects. You will be responsible for commercial handovers, budgeting, and ensuring cost control from award through project delivery.

You will liaise with project managers and clients to coordinate commercial activity, run regular meetings, and maintain strong subcontractor relations.

Qualifications

• Requires eye for detail and strong organisational abilities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience with budgeting and commercial control would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects by completing commercial handovers with estimating and construction teams at award.
• Ensure budgets are entered and managed from the start to support cost planning.
• Monitor monthly reports, procurement budgets and variation registers for the project team.
• Liaise with Project Managers to align commercial and project activities, including regular client meetings.
• Maintain strong relations with clients and stakeholders across projects.
• Review compliance to programme and EOTs and ensure timely issuance.
• Manage subcontractor contracts and payments and update the contract records.
• Oversee performance issues related to quality and safety of subcontractors.
• Create and manage payment schedules and drive actions to close out per contract.

Skills

Attention to detail

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Budget management

Education

Related qualification in construction

Job description

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

Job Description Ferrycarrig have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Contract Administrator to join our well established team. As a business we are growing, given we continue to be awarded and currently work on some of Sydney's most high profile infrastructure projects. Consequently we are expanding our Contact Administration team.

We provide civil and mixed utilities services working predominantly on infrastructure and utility installation projects where we complete a range of different works typically relocating or installing utility services such as electricity, water, gas, storm water, telecommunications or concrete works. As part of our growing capability we continue to ensure our commercial process and risk is managed correctly on our projects with a qualified Contract Administrator or Quantity Surveyor for the post contract award phase. About the Role

The ideal candidate will be an organised individual with an attention to detail, strong stakeholder engagement and effective communication skills. The duties of the Contract Administrator will include:

• Management of projects; completing commercial handovers with the estimating and construction team at the award stage
• Ensuring budgets are entered and managed correctly from the beginning allowing the planning team to get ahead of cost planning for project commencement
• Monitoring and managing monthly reports, procurement budgets and variation registers to ensure the project team are aware of the commercial process
• Liaising and consulting with Project managers to ensure cooperation with the commercial and project teams including hosting commercial meetings on a regular basis with the client
• Building and maintaining strong working relations with the client and other stakeholders of the projects
• Reviewing the projects compliance to programme and EOTs to ensure they are all issued when required
• Managing the commercial contracts and payments with the subcontracts; Updating the

General Manager, Project Manager and Construction Manager on subcontractors scope and items; and monitoring and documenting all performance issues such as quality & safety of subcontractors

• Creating and managing payment schedules and insisting on actions proceeding and being closed out in accordance with the contract

Annual income for standard 38 hour week excluding superannuation Rage $120,000 - $150,000 per annum commensurate with industry rates, skills and experiences. Conditions covered by:

• Contract of Employment
• Fair

Work Australia National Employment Standards. You must have a related qualification and/or relevant experience in order for your application to progress. We value diversity and inclusion and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons are encouraged to apply.