Contracts Administrator / Assistant Project Manager - Client Side

Amida Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Recruitment in Sydney seeks an enthusiastic Assistant Project Manager to join a growing boutique consultancy delivering education, health, hospitality and government projects. You will support front-end through delivery on projects up to $60m+ with potential to $100m+, work across fit-out, refurbishment and new builds, and coordinate with clients and contractors in a live environment.

Ideal candidates have 2–5+ years PM experience, strong communication, and proficiency with MS Office and

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar.
• 2–5+ years’ experience in a client-side PM role or head contractor experience would be ideal.
• Proven end-to-end project management skills from concept through to completion.
• Contract Administration experience and exposure to program management.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialists.
• Contracts administration and claims management.
• Management of statutory approvals and design development processes.
• Exposure to various procurement models and contract types.
• Issues, risk and dispute management.
• Delivery of project management services toClient to agreed scope, schedule and budget.
• Develop and maintain strong networks and deliver outstanding services.
• Managing regulatory approvals and design coordination.
• Stakeholder management and liaison in a live construction environment.
• Health and safety and program management oversight.
• Construction management of project delivery and cost management.

Skills

End-to-end project management

Client-facing communication

Stakeholder management

Team coordination

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Contract forms GC21/AS4000/AS4122/AS4902

Job description

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.