Contracts Administrator

ActionHRM, Pty; City Of Cockburn; Hybride; AUD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Free parking

Lunch provided

Extra annual leave

Personal leave

Wellbeing program

Recognition program

Résumé du poste

Guidera O’Connor is seeking an experienced Contracts Administrator to join the team in Bibra Lake, WA. You will manage contract administration, variations, and subcontracts across civil and water infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance and timely close-out.

You will draft notices, assess risks, guide project teams on contract rights and obligations, and maintain robust contractual records. The role offers flexible working arrangements where possible.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, quantity surveying or a related field.
• Significant experience as a Contracts Administrator on civil or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of contract administration, SOPA, cost control and subcontract management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to build stakeholder relationships.
• Strong organisational and time management skills and ability to manage multiple contracts and priorities.
• Attention to detail and ability to identify risks or inconsistencies in contracts.
• High level of integrity and confidentiality with strong problem-solving and analytical mindset.

Responsabilités

• Conduct all contract administration activities, such as identifying contract management requirements and ensuring contractual obligations are met in a timely manner.
• Draft and prepare variations and all correspondence including notices of delay, extensions and other claims for approval.
• Proactively assess commercial and contractual risks and opportunities, identify and implement appropriate controls and escalate.
• Provide support and guidance to the project teams on contractual interpretation and obligations.
• Draft, review, negotiate and administer subcontracts to ensure proper flow down from Head Contract and minimise risk gaps.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive commercial alignment.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and contractual records.

Connaissances

Contract administration

Variations drafting

Subcontracts management

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Documentation

Communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree in construction management/engineering/quantity surveying or related field

Description du poste

We are currently seeking an experienced Contracts Administrator to join our growing team based in Bibra Lake, WA. Reporting to the Commercial Manager- Delivery (West), you will play a key role in the administration, negotiation and management of a diverse range of water infrastructure projects. The purpose of this role is to ensure contractual obligations are complied with, contracts (head and sub) are administered efficiently and commercial risks are identified and escalated promptly.

This is a genuine opportunity for an experienced CA to grow with a high performing team that is proudly delivering projects for one of the most essential services in our dry region, Water.

More specifically you will:

• Conduct all contract administration activities, such as to identify contract management requirements, ensure contractual obligations are met in a timely manner, monitor contract securities and insurances and completion of contract close-out documentation
• Draft and prepare variations and all correspondence including notices of delay, extensions and other claims (including payment claims) for approval in accordance with the Authorities and Obligations Matrix, whilst maintaining the change register and other systems and procedures
• Proactively assess commercial and contractual risks and opportunities, identify and implement appropriate controls and escal…
• Provide support and guidance to the project teams on contractual interpretation and rights and obligations under the relevant contract
• Draft, review, negotiate and administer subcontracts (from RFQ to closeout) to ensure appropriate flow down from Head Contract, ensuring that risks gaps are minimised
• Build strong relationships with internal and external key stakeholders to drive commercial alignment
• Maintain accurate project documentation and contractual records

As our ideal candidate you will have:

• A bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, quantity surveying or a related field
• Significant experience as a Contracts Administrator on civil or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of contract administration, SOPA, cost control and subcontract management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple contracts and priorities.
• Attention to detail and an ability to identify risks or inconsistencies in contracts.
• High level of integrity and confidentiality coupled with strong problem-solving and an analytical mindset.

If you meet most, but not all, criteria, we’d still love to hear from you. We are also happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to attract the highest calibre candidates.

About Us:

From desalination plants providing clean water to Australian communities, to treatment facilities that return wastewater safely to the environment, Guidera O’Connor designs and delivers tailored solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives.

Guidera O’Connor designs, constructs, and commissionsw ater treatment plants, p umping stations, c hemical dosing systems, filtration, o dour control, d esalination plants, a quifer storage and recovery, r euse systems.

We work with customers across Australia, including w ater authorities, l ocal government, m ining and resources companies, p rivate asset owners, h ead contractors, e ngineering organisations.

Our business is founded on five guiding principles: Care, Integrity, Passion, Respect, and Future, each of which inform our collaborative, innovative, solutions-focused approach.

More than infrastructure, we deliver value, creating the systems that make safe, clean water possible for people and communities across the country, now and into the future.

About our Benefits:

In return for your skills and experience,we offer you supportive colleagues and inspiring leadership; training & development opportunities; meaningful and interesting work all within a great culture and work environment.We also offer:

• Free parking
• Site and office lunches provided
• Additional annual leave for service milestones and purchased leave
• 15 days personal leave each year
• Company-funded wellbeing program with wellbeing benefit paid annually on a wide range of health and wellbeing related expenses
• Regular recognition and celebration of success

At Guidera O’Connor we respect and value a diverse, inclusive, and belonging workforce. We strongly encourage applications from all people, regardless of age, sex, or culture. We are committed to reconciliation action and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for all positions.

Further, we are committed to real progress toward gender equity in the engineering and construction industry and strongly encourage applications from female candidates for all positions.

Please note applications will only be accepted from candidates who have the right to work in Australia.