Address- Perth-based role - be home every night!
- Permanent role - ongoing work after project completion
- Exceptional benefits on offer
About the role:
We are looking for a Senior Contracts Administrator to join a commercial team in Perth. This role would have you looking after a MRWA project including grading and an overpass.
The main responsibility of this role is to plan and manage the end-to-end commercial management of large subcontracts and self-performed works. This includes both direct and indirect management. The Senior Contracts Administrator will be expected to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, as well as direct reports, to deliver project commercial outcomes.
Responsibilities of the role include:
- Effectively manage allocated subcontract packages through all phases, including scope preparation, procurement, cost forecasting, subcontractor management, claims/variations processing, completion and close out
- Participate in scope of works planning, ensuring that scope gaps are minimised, cost efficiencies are maximised and subcontractor capabilities are considered
- Participate in procurement strategies, including breakdown into individual works packages, identification of potential subcontractors, procurement methods and timing
- Provide management and leadership to other commercial and construction roles
- Maintain contact and good working relationships with our local subcontractors and a maintain good awareness of market conditions and movements
- Assess commercial and contractual risks, identify and implement appropriate controls and escalate actual or potential issues to Commercial Manager and or Project Manager
- Operate and maintain commercial and contract systems
- Prepare reporting on commercial performance periodically and on an ad hoc basis as required
To be successful in this key role, you must have:
- Post graduate qualifications e.g. graduate certificate, graduate diploma in Commerce, Accounting, Business, Construction, Property, Quantity Surveying, Law or other associated disciplines
- Experience as a Contracts Administrator or Quantity Surveyor in the construction and engineering industry
- Experience in all stages of subcontract management, including scope preparation, procurement, cost forecasting, subcontractor management, claims/variations management, completion and close out
- Experience with a variety of project values and complexity, including large, technically complex works packages
- Strong commercial acumen and awareness in areas of cost management and contract law
- Knowledge and understanding of industry market conditions and movements
- Demonstrated ability to manage commercial negotiations
- Awareness and compliance with document control and records management procedures
Shortlisting will commence immediately, click apply now or please email your resume to *******@zenithsearch.com
All communication and your resume is treated strictly confidential and will be kept completely private until we have discussed the role and you are comfortable to move forward with the opportunity.
To find out more details about this position or any other opportunities in the construction industry, please call Deborah on 0488 822 ***.
Deborah Skolnik
Principal Recruitment Consultant
