Junior Contracts Administrator – Commercial, Industrial, Retail Contractor

Willmot Construction Recruitment; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Phone allowance $1,200

Superannuation

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Willmot Construction Recruitment – Southport QLD is seeking a Junior Contracts Administrator for a commercial, industrial and retail contractor on the Gold Coast. The role focuses on contract letting, procurement and cost reporting across service stations, warehouses and shopping centres.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or construction management with 1–2 years of CA experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or construction management is required.
• 1–2 years experience as a Contracts Administrator (CA) preferred.
• Experience with mid-tier Australian contractors is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Contract letting and procurement
• Cost reporting and forecasting
• Working on a Design and Construct (D&C) project
• Preparing Scope of Works
• RFI’s
• Assess progress claims and subcontract payments
• Preparing and submitting variations to the client

Skills

Contract administration

Procurement

Cost reporting

RFI management

Subcontract payments

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or construction management

Tools

CHEOPS

Jobpac

MS Projects

Hammertech

Procore

Job description

Junior Contracts Administrator – commercial, industrial, retail contractor

Willmot Construction Recruitment – Southport QLD

Junior Contracts Administrator – commercial, industrial, retail contractor

Current projects includes service stations, industrial warehouses, fast food restaurants, supermarkets and shopping centres. Both new build construction and refurbishment projects from $3M - $50M

Gold Coast based, offices in Southport

Excellent mid-tier refurb, fit-out and new build contractor

Bachelors degree in civil engineering or construction management with 1-2 years experience as a CA anticipated.

National presence and growing in Brisbane, huge growth opportunities

$110,000 - $130,000 + Super on offer + laptop and $1,200 mobile phone allowance (D.O.E) – Monday – Friday working week + 25 days Annual leave per annum

The company:

Our client is an established, National contractor specialism in delivering D&C industrial, retail and commercial building, fit-out and refurbishment projects throughout Australia. Due to a heavy work-load and several recently secured additional projects from repeat business clients including in the retail, fast food and industrial space, this building contractor seeks to hire a construction Project Manager with previous, demonstrable success with mid-tier construction, fit-out and refurbishment contractors in Australia

Your duties will include:

• Contract letting and procurement
• Cost reporting and forecasting
• Working on a Design and Construct (D&C) project
• Preparing Scope of Works
• RFI’s
• Assess progress claims and subcontract payments
• Preparing and submitting variations to the client

Qualifications and experience:

• Will have approx. 1-2 years experience as a Contracts Administrator
• Ideally have a construction related tertiary qualification, ideally in Construction Management or Engineering
• Must have worked for reputable Australian building contractors in the mid-tier building contracting space
• Experience working on retail and industrial construction projects would be highly desirable.
• Will have worked with construction software in-keeping with the mid-tier commercial and industrial construction space.
• Experience with construction software and systems such as CHEOPS, Jobpac, MS Projects, Hammertech and/or Procore would be hugely beneficial.