Contracts Administrator / Assistant Project Manager - Client Side

Amida Recruit AU; Sydney; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Recruit AU is seeking an enthusiastic Contracts Administrator / Assistant Project Manager on the client side in Sydney. The role covers end-to-end project support across education, health, hospitality and government sectors with lifecycle involvement from concept to delivery.

The position values client-facing stakeholders, strong communication and the ability to manage procurement, design coordination, approvals and risk across multiple concurrent projects.

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.
• Contract Administration experience and exposure to program management.
• Experience with multiple building projects and commercial fit-out is advantageous.
• Excellent communication, high attention to detail and strong analytical skills.

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 the client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget.
• Scope development and preparing tender submissions.
• Develop and maintain a strong network and deliver outstanding services.
• Managing regulatory approvals and design coordination.
• Stakeholder management and liaison in a live environment.

Skills

Client-facing communication

Stakeholder management

Contract administration

Procurement

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related

Tools

MS Office Suite

MS Project

GC21

AS4000

AS4122

AS4902

Job description

Contracts Administrator / Assistant Project Manager - Client Side

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

• Growing multi state boutique Project Management consultancy
• 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
• Scope development
• 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
• Contract Administration experience
• 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.