QS / Contracts Administrator - Greenfields

b-g; Nambour; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation packages on offer

Job summary

b-g is seeking a Quantity Surveyor / Contracts Administrator for a major greenfields rail and civil works project across South East Queensland. As part of the head contractor team, you will provide disciplined commercial support to protect the position while enabling timely procurement, accurate payment and change resolution across early and active delivery streams.

Australian experience is required, with a qualification in quantity surveying or related discipline.

Qualifications

• Qualification in quantity surveying or related discipline.
• Experience with contract administration on civil/rail projects.
• Australian experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare tender comparisons, scope clarifications and commercial recommendations for subcontract and supply packages.
• Draft and administer subcontracts, purchase orders and consultancy agreements within approved delegations.
• Measure completed quantities and assess subcontractor claims against progress and entitlement.
• Maintain variation, notice, claim and correspondence registers and manage time bars.
• Support monthly cost-to-complete, cash-flow, risk and opportunity reviews.
• Support final-account preparation and orderly commercial close-out of packages.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Contract administration

Civil/rail projects

Australian experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying or related field

Job description

A major transport infrastructure project (valued at more than $1 billion) is underway across South East Queensland, delivering complex rail, station and civil works in both brownfield and greenfield environments. Having won numerous major projects in Queensland in the past 12 months, the head contractor is seeking a QS / Contracts Administrator - Greenfields to provide disciplined quantity-surveying and contract-administration support across early and active greenfield delivery, protecting the commercial position while enabling timely procurement, accurate payment and practical resolution of package-level change.

Workstream: Greenfields | Indicative start: 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare tender comparisons, scope clarifications and commercial recommendations for subcontract and supply packages
• Draft and administer subcontracts, purchase orders and consultancy agreements within approved delegations
• Measure completed quantities and assess subcontractor claims against progress, quality records and entitlement
• Maintain variation, notice, claim and correspondence registers and actively manage time bars
• Support monthly cost-to-complete, cash-flow, risk and opportunity reviews
• Support final-account preparation and orderly commercial close-out of completed packages

What We're Looking For

• Contractor-side commercial experience on civil, rail, transport or major building projects
• Qualification in quantity surveying, construction management, law, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of head-contract and subcontract administration in a delivery environment
• Awareness of Queensland security-of-payment requirements

• Relocation packages on offer.

Australian experience is required.