Contracts Administrator / Assistant Project Manager – Client Side

Amida Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Group in Sydney is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Project Manager to join a growing boutique project management consultancy. This role supports multiple projects across Education, Health, Hospitality, Hotels, Aged Care, Office and Government sectors, from front-end through delivery.

You will come from a head contractor or client-side background with 2–5+ years’ experience and deliver robust project management across varied building projects, ensuring strong client liaison and timely

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar.
• 2 to 5+ years’ experience in a client side PM role or head contractor experience would also be ideal.
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion.
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths.
• Experience of end-to-end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage.
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902.
• Experience of running multiple smaller projects.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants.
• Contracts administration and claims management.
• Management of statutory approval and design development processes.
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types.
• Issues, risk and dispute management.
• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget.
• Preparing tender submissions.
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services.
• Managing regulatory approvals.
• Design co-ordination.
• Stakeholder management and liaison.
• Working in a “live” environment (the buildings remain open during construction).
• Health and safety.
• Program management.
• Construction management of project delivery.
• Management of site variations and design changes.
• Cost management.

Skills

Client facing

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's in PM/Construction

Tools

MS Office

Project

Job description

• Excellent project pipeline across Hotel, Hospitality, Office, Govt. & Education sectors
• Great culture, great team with excellent tenure with excellent progression opportunities

Running multiple projects through full life cycle from front end through to delivery on jobs from smaller up to $60m+ but sometimes to $100m+ across a variety of sectors.

Our client is a growing boutique project management consultancy with an established pipeline of Education, Health, Hospitality, Hotels, Aged Care, Office and Government sectors to name a few. Projects can be fit-out / refurbishment as well as new build projects from smaller up to $60m+ and sometimes up to $100m+. They are now looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Project Manager or entry level Project Manager to join their successful team in Sydney.

Candidates coming from directly from the head contractor side could be a Contracts Administrator, Site Engineer or Project Engineer/Project Coordinator.

The candidate can come from a head contractor or a client-side background (ideally having some client-side experience but not essential) with excellent progression opportunities. Candidates ideally will have experience working across a variety of construction projects in different phases of the construction lifecycle from front end through to delivery.

Candidates will need to have strong client facing and stakeholder management skillset with excellent communication skills and a can-do attitude.

Years of experience

2-5+ years

Responsibilities include but not limited to

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants
• Contracts administration and claims management
• Management of statutory approval and design development processes
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types
• Issues, risk and dispute management
• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget
• Preparing tender submissions
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services
• Managing regulatory approvals
• Design co-ordination
• Stakeholder management and liaison
• Working in a “live” environment (the buildings remain open during construction)
• Health and safety
• Program management
• Construction management of project delivery
• Management of site variations and design changes
• Cost management

Qualifications and Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar
• 2 to 5+ years’ experience in a client side PM role or head contractor experience would also be ideal
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
• Experience of end-to-end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem-solving skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902
• Experience of running multiple smaller projects

This is a permanent full-time position providing a great opportunity to work with a successful and growing organisation who offer challenging work and the potential for career progression.