Contract Administrator - On Site Project

The CTA Clients' Mission

For almost half a century, this business has dominated the South Australian construction industry by being a builder clients can trust repeatedly. The founders of this company have passed down these values, principles, and strategies to the current leaders and managers of this award-winning business for decades. Ensuring that pioneering spirit is now in the hands of the business's people. 

Having almost 100 employees across our great state isn’t easy unless you have a culture that puts its people first above all else. This is the secret to what has made them successful and a household name in SA. 

The CTA Clients' Culture

This brings me again to what they value most: their people. Some construction companies cut corners and see their employees as the help. This business is the polar opposite. They’ve spent millions of dollars fitting out one of the best headquarters I’ve ever visited. Having a place where their staff can look forward to coming to work every day is the difference between a harmonious culture and a worker bee mindset. 

Whether it’s a flexible working environment, working from home understanding, a well-resourced team and mentor, or the open-door career development and learning policy. 

This business grows every facet of a construction professional's career pathway to ensure you become the best you can be. This begins and ends with the company's leadership being the example everyone wants to emulate and become the company's future leaders. 

The CTA Clients' Leadership

This company has had the same Construction Manager, Operations Manager, and Commercial Manager leading the organization chart from the front for almost a decade, which shows that it’s a place worth staying and a company worth working for. They live and breathe the company's vision, knowing what they do matters and that people are always watching. 

“Your culture can’t be faked because it counts only what your people do when you're not around." 

The CTA Clients' Opportunity

This opportunity would suit a Contract Administrator who feels it’s time to join a company that will give them full autonomy of the project they would be working on while not spreading them on another one. This means it would be for someone who thinks they’ve got enough experience in their career to be confident in administering a project of around $30M - $50M without having to be micromanaged and instructed in what to do all the time. 

The Project Manager on this project is looking for a partner and equal team member, not someone who sees them as their direct report. Linear leadership is critical for this business. This could mean you’ve got 3 - 4 years of experience as an intermediate Contract Administrator on projects of around $10M - $20M, and you feel it’s time to level up into the Tier 2 space and prove to yourself you're ready for the next step. 

This could also mean you’ve got 5 – 8 years of experience as a Senior Contract Administrator on projects of around $30M - $50M, and you feel your next move has to give you the freedom you’ve been looking for.  This could be working on-site instead of the office or the salary you know you’re worth, so you don’t have to worry financially. 

Whatever the motivating factors are about why you’re in the market and reading this advertisement, rest assured this business could be the place you’re looking for, personally and professionally. 

The CTA Clients' Mindset 

I find it belittling to whoever is reading this to list a bunch of generic responsibilities and skills you no doubt already have but for the sake of someone reading this who doesn’t have them all yet. Please see below for a brief breakdown of what you’d do daily if you landed this opportunity. 

Firstly, you’d be involved in the end-to-end delivery of the entire project.

Depending on which one suits you most. You could do a large commercial project worth around $30M or an even larger healthcare project worth around $40M. Both would require you to want to work on-site and have the opportunity to administer and watch the project go up in front of your eyes over the next few years. 

• Naturally, raising and submitting variations in alignment with the scope of the project and the budgetary considerations would be a daily occurrence.
• Not to mention lodging RFI’s (requests for information) and EOTs (extension of time) claims would be part of your weekly duties. At the same time, you prepare and process the progress claims for the suppliers/vendors and subcontractors you’re working with throughout the project's life cycle. 
• Although the particular personality of the person they are looking for isn’t critical in the decision-making criteria, someone who is very comfortable liaising with internal and external stakeholders without any issues would be the ideal candidate. 
• What comes with autonomy, freedom, and an excellent salary is accountability, responsibility, and specific expectations. This means they’d expect your risk analysis, improvement methodologies, and profit margin strategies to be high enough to that of an experienced CA. 
• This would show in your strong negotiation skills, efficient time management, and ability to juggle various deadlines without the pressure of the job getting to you. 

“Years of service doesn’t equate to mastery, but dedication to your craft does.”

The CTA Clients' Person 

Like my above statement, telling you how to do your job isn’t what I’m here for, but I can explain some of the critical core competencies and crucial DNA that would be advantageous if you had such traits in your repertoire.

• Start with having a sense of self-actualisation. Which essentially means having a deep drive to face challenges and find fulfillment in your work. This is the most essential and shared critical DNA trait for all top performers. 
• Someone who has some grit to them. This means you have courage, resolve, and strength of character under hardship, giving you excellent negotiation skills and a never-back-down attitude. 
• Someone conscientious. You are never late; you meet expectations and are thoughtful of others. Not because you are obligated externally to do it but because you are motivated internally to do it for yourself due to the high standards you have for yourself.
• Someone who is a team player. This means you understand your role, welcome collaboration, hold yourself accountable, have a positive attitude, and commit to your team until the project is completed.  
• Someone who is intellectually curious. This means you constantly ask questions, challenge the status quo, and intrinsically push yourself to grow. 

We are off to a great start if any of those competencies and traits resonate with you. 

The CTA Clients' Consultant 

If you want to see some reviews of clients and candidates I’ve helped over the years, please click this Sourcr below link and have a read.  

Hopefully, that gives you confidence that you're dealing with someone you can trust and help you in your career. 

The CTA Way 

The process is simple at The CTA Group. If you stay transparent and open, I’ll give you everything you need to make an informed decision as quickly as possible about the opportunity in question you can work out if it’s for you. 

Everything is confidential, and you don’t need to apply to have a chat with me about this position. Just give me a call, and let’s have a chat. 0411775***

I am excited to hear from you either way. 

I hope you have a great day.

David - CTA 

Executive Construction Consultant 

The Critical Talent Authority Group 

www.thectagroup.com.au

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