Expressions of Interest - Contract Administrator/Senior Contract Administrator

UGL; North Shore; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UGL Transport is seeking expressions of interest for Senior Contract Administrators and Contract Administrators to support our Rail and Technology Systems Business Unit. These full-time roles can be based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.

Responsibilities include administering contracts, ensuring compliance with head contracts and JV agreements, managing subcontractor requirements, and supporting negotiations with the Legal team. Collaboration with Project Managers and stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of contracts, consortium and joint venture agreements, financing contracts, legal terminology, and rail regulatory requirements.
• Experience in rail or other safety-critical environments is preferred.
• Ability to read and comprehend contract terms, legislation, and regulations relevant to contract management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure UGL Transport complies with head contract and any JV agreement.
• Ensure sub-contractors meet their contract requirements in full.
• Administer contracts to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant performance.
• Maintain complete contractual records, correspondence, and change proposals.
• Establish and maintain reports on contract commercial status for interested parties.
• Support and collaborate with Project Managers and Legal team.
• Monitor and review subcontracts to report on performance and obligations.
• Identify, negotiate, facilitate, report and close-out contract variations.
• Facilitate negotiations for amendments or extensions of contracts with Legal team.

Skills

Contract knowledge

Contract interpretation

Negotiation

Job description

UGL Transport is a diversified transport company delivering critical assets and essential services that sustain and enhance the environment in which we live. Our capabilities extend across a broad range of services and whole-of-life solutions across the Transport sector, utilising world leading, sustainable and innovative technologies. We partner with some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies, government agencies, private enterprise, and public institutions.

We are guided by our Company values which extend to all leaders and team members and across all departments within the company.

Due to growth across the business, we are looking for expressions of interest from Senior Contract Administrators and Contract Administrators to join us and continue our success particularly in our Rail and Technology Systems Business Unit.

These positions can be based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.

Areas of Responsibility

• Ensuring UGL Transport complies with the requirements of the head contract and/or joint venture agreement.
• Sub-contractors and UGL Transport meet respective sub-contract(s) requirements in full.
• Administering the contract to ensure that all activities, responsibilities and obligations of the contract are met in a timely, accurate, effective and compliant matter.
• Maintaining complete contractual records, correspondence, proposed changes to contracts, warranties, delays, extensions of time and other contract management functions as directed.
• Establishing and maintaining an up-to-date framework of reports for all interested parties on the commercial status of the contract.
• Support, work closely and effectively with Project Managers and Legal team
• Monitor and review all subcontracts to report on the performance of the contract, as it relates to the purchase of equipment, materials, supplies, products, or sub contracted services, parties’ responsibilities and obligations and customer satisfaction.
• Identify, negotiate, facilitate, report and close-out contract variations.
• Facilitate & Manage negotiations for amendments to or extensions of contracts, in conjunction with the Legal team.

Typical Qualifications

• Knowledge of contracts, consortium and joint venture agreements, financing contracts, legal terminology, Australian and NSW legislative requirements that apply to the rail industry (including environmental requirements).
• Experience in the rail, automotive, military, defence, aviation or any other safety critical environment is preferred but not essential.
• Skill in reading and comprehending contract terms and conditions, legislation and regulations, technical specifications, laws and codes as they relate to contract management.

Diversity

At UGL Transport, we believe diverse teams create better outcomes. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.

We are particularly committed to increasing female representation across our business and strongly encourage women to apply, even if you don't meet every requirement listed.

We also encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people living with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse candidates, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and mature-age professionals.

Our recruitment process may include national criminal history checks and pre-employment medical assessments, including drug and alcohol screening.

REF: 269678

Discipline

Contracts Administrator

Primary Location

Australia-NSW-North Shore & Northern Beaches

Work Type

Full-time