Senior Contracts Administrator / Commercial Lead - Tier 2 Contractor

Amida Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Group is seeking a Commercial Lead / Contracts Manager in Sydney to head the commercial function on multiple projects, with 7–15 years experience. The role involves leading a team of 3–4 Senior/Contracts Administrators, providing contractual and commercial guidance, and supporting project teams on complex defence, remedial and construction projects.

The role reports to the Commercial Manager and may include dipping in and out of projects, with individual projects ranging up to $15m–$75m

Qualifications

• 7-15 years+ experience in a similar role
• Tertiary qualification in Contracts Management, Engineering, Construction Management or similar
• Understanding of project administration and project controls
• Knowledge of risks and limitations across legal agreements and requirements
• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to build stakeholder relationships
• Superior analytical and time management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite with strong Excel knowledge

Responsibilities

• Commercial review of contracts, MSAs and Agreements
• Manage all reporting and submission
• Instrument and maintain the subcontract management process
• Monitor and improve contracts administration process
• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure commercial requirements are reached
• Document control management
• Assist with HSEQ and Project Managers to ensure compliance with management systems

Skills

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Project reporting

Contract administration

Education

Tertiary qualification in Contracts Management / Engineering / Construction Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

• Established, national market leading national Tier 2 Contractor
• Extensive pipeline in projects across Infrastructure, Industrial, Buildings & Defence sectors
• Excellent career progression and fantastic culture

Great opportunity to work with an established national Contractor.

A market leading Tier 2 contractor with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects, our client is now seeking a Commercial Lead / Contracts Manager to join their growing business in Sydney. It could also be a Senior Contracts Administrator stepping up too.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for leading the commercial function across projects and provide understanding to the project team while managing a team of 3 to 4 Senior / Contracts Administrators and a few grads.

The role will be providing contractual and commercial advice, dealing with disputes, adjudication, trouble shooting on projects, interrogating commercial contracts, understanding project profitability and regional corporate overheads etc. The role may or may not deliver projects, could be more dipping in and out as well as running the larger scaled specialised construction projects.

The Commercial Lead / Contracts Manager will run about $130m to $150m of work per annum that the team is dealing within defence, remedial and construction (fit-out, refurb, newbuilds, upgrades etc). Individual projects from smaller up to $15m but sometimes up to $50m-$75m.

Candidates can come from a tier 1, 2 or 3 background.

Years of experience:

7-15 years +

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Commercial review of contracts, MSA’s and Agreements
• Manage all reporting and submission
• Instrument and maintain the subcontract management process
• Monitor and improve contracts administration process
• Liaise with stakeholders to ensure commercial requirements are reached
• Document control management
• Assist with HSEQ and Project Managers to ensure compliance with management systems

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in Contracts Management, Engineering, Construction Management or similar
• Minimum 7 to 15 years+ experience in a similar role
• Understanding of project administration and project controls
• Knowledge of risks and limitations across legal agreements and requirements
• Ability to work part of a team as well as autonomously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Superior analytical skillset and time management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite with strong Excel knowledge

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.