Contracts Administrator

DC House Design and Construction; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DC House Design & Construction – Burleigh Heads QLD is seeking a technical, backend estimator who will own pricing from confirmed selections to drafting and issuing fixed-price contracts. You will oversee Building Approval through to award, while the Junior Contracts Administrator handles BA paperwork.

Three priorities drive success: compiling scope, inclusions, exclusions, and provisional sums with precision, interpreting reports into pricing and scope, and applying practical constructability

Qualifications

• 4+ years' experience in estimating, contracts administration, or quantity surveying.
• Excellent building contract drafting skills to minimise ambiguity.
• Ability to read and translate engineers' and planners' reports into pricing and scope.
• Practical knowledge of residential construction methods and sequencing.
• Strong understanding of Queensland Building Approval processes and certifiers.
• Experience issuing contracts through the Master Builders Queensland platform.

Responsibilities

• Pricing base build and additional works, including fencing, garages and decking.
• Drafting and releasing fixed-price contracts through the Master Builders platform.
• Interpreting engineering, geotechnical, and planning reports for pricing and scope.
• Overseeing Building Approval documentation and related council/certifier liaison.
• Refer complex pricing decisions to the Head of Commercial.
• Manage multiple estimating, contract, and BA jobs concurrently without supervision.
• Coordinate subcontractor and supplier pricing for base and extras.
• Maintain accurate estimating, contract and BA records; identify process improvements.

Skills

Estimating

Contracts administration

Quantity surveying

Contract drafting

Pricing

Report interpretation

Residential construction

Master Builders platform

Attention to detail

Tools

Master Builders Queensland platform

Job description

DC House Design and Construction – Burleigh Heads QLD

This is a technical, backend role with no client contact. You'll take confirmed selections and site information from the Junior Contracts Administrator, price the job including any additional works, and draft and issue the fixed-price building contract yourself. From there, you'll oversee the job through to Building Approval award, while the Junior Contracts Administrator handles the day-to-day BA paperwork and authority correspondence. You'll work closely with the Head of Commercial, escalating complex or non-standard pricing calls, but the estimate and the contract are yours to own.

Three things matter most in this role: compiling scope, inclusions, exclusions, and provisional sums with contract-grade precision so the fixed-price contract holds up without disputes; correctly interpreting complex engineering, geotechnical, and town planning reports and translating their conditions into pricing and contract scope; and a practical, working knowledge of how the home will actually be built, so constructability issues and their cost implications are caught before they become contract or program problems.

Key responsibilities

Pricing confirmed jobs, including the base build and any additional works such as fencing, garages, and decking, obtaining subcontractor and supplier quotes as required

Drafting and releasing the fixed-price building contract directly through the Master Builders platform once the On-Site Sales Manager confirms the go-ahead, ensuring scope, inclusions, exclusions, and provisional sums are accurate and enforceable

Reading and correctly interpreting engineering, geotechnical, and town planning reports, and translating their conditions into pricing and contract scope

Overseeing Building Approval documentation, lodging the application, and managing all correspondence with certifiers, councils, and consultants through to award

Referring complex, non-standard, or uncertain pricing decisions to the Head of Commercial

Independently managing multiple concurrent estimating, contract, and BA jobs, prioritising without direct supervision

Receiving confirmed selections and site information from the Junior Contracts Administrator once finalised

Obtaining and coordinating subcontractor and supplier pricing for the base build and additional works

Maintaining accurate estimating, contract, and BA records, and identifying process improvements as job volume grows

About you

4+ years' experience in estimating, contracts administration, or quantity surveying, ideally within residential or low-rise building

Excellent building contract drafting skills: able to compile scope, inclusions, exclusions, and provisional sums with contract-grade precision, minimising ambiguity and post-contract disputes

Demonstrated estimating experience: obtaining, evaluating, and sense-checking subcontractor and supplier pricing

Ability to read and correctly interpret complex reports from engineers, town planners, and other consultants, and translate their conditions into pricing and contract scope

Practical, working knowledge of residential construction methods and sequencing, sufficient to anticipate constructability and cost issues before they become contract or program problems

Strong, current working knowledge of the residential Building Approval process in Queensland; established relationships with QLD certifiers and councils highly regarded

Demonstrated ability to independently manage a live pipeline of multiple concurrent estimating, contract, and BA jobs, without dropping detail

Comfortable working without direct client contact, relying on accurate handoff from the Junior Contracts Administrator and using sound judgement to flag gaps or inconsistencies in the information received

Experience issuing contracts through the Master Builders Queensland contract platform highly regarded

Excellent organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail

About us

DC House Design & Construction is a QBCC-licensed, Master Builders Queensland residential builder based in Burleigh Heads, with over 450 completed projects specialising in granny flats and secondary dwellings.