Contracts Administrator / Australia

This building company has been building on the Central Coast for the past 7 years and is expanding and taking on larger housing projects. They are focusing on new stand-alone homes, duplexes and townhouses across the Newcastle/Hunter and Central Coast areas.

They're looking for an additional staff member for their projects team to support the two Project Managers. This role will be supported by a Project Administrator who will help with the admin. 

The Benefits: 

• Inclusive, friendly and supportive office culture
• Flexible work hours if required and good work-life balance
• Great office amenities
• Progression into senior roles as the company is picking up more work at a fast pace 
• Ability to work on commercial projects in the future

The Role: 

• Looking after all procurement
• Letting PO’s
• Take offs for carpentry and roofing
• All procurement
• Dealing with existing trade base for quick and simple procurement on granny flats (electric, plumbing, painting) 
• Managing the deliveries, trades, works done, quality checks done, EOT’s progress claims, work with finance team to make sure variations are done
• Work with the Project Admin for administration of Occupational Certificate documents
• For more complex homes: working with the Estimator to understand what they've allowed for, manage procurement, get the job off the ground,
• As the business grows, moving into a PM role or into a Site Supervising role.
• Based full time in the office

Your ideal background: 

• Tertiary qualification or relevant experience
• Sound understanding of contract management, budget management and financial reporting
• Sound ability to read and understand design documents and to formulate scopes of work
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) 
• Strong administrative experience, previous use of cost management software and project management software 
• Strong understanding of building techniques/methodologies and management of subcontractors