Title:  Senior Contracts Administrator

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way. 

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About The Role

You are a skilled Senior Contracts Administrator, ready to play a pivotal role in Sydney's landmark M7-M12 Integration project at John Holland. 

In this role you will be instrumental in shaping Western Sydney's transport future. The role will require strategic commercial management of key subcontracts and in-house operations. You will collaborate seamlessly with stakeholders – both internal and external - and lead your team to ensure the project's financial success.

Here’s what you’ll do: 

• Draft tender packages and scopes of work for subcontractor quotations and assist engineers in this function.
• Engage with subcontractors to clarify contract terms and agree contract departures. Manage the subcontract award process within project timelines and budgets.
• Maintain accurate subcontractor registers and using the project’s commercial systems. John Holland uses bespoke systems such as Project Costs Reporting (PCR) and PPW. 
• Interpret project specifications and drawings and ensure subcontractors comply with the specifications, drawings and the Building Code. Monitoring subcontract  performance.
• Process subcontractor progress claims, manage progress claims, manage variations and disputes. Undertake general business administration in line with John Holland's policies and procedures.
• Provide management and leadership to other direct reports and guidance to the wider team.
   

To be successful in this key role, you must have:

• A relevant degree or graduate qualification in Construction Management or Quantity, Surveying, Engineering, Law, Accounting, or equivalent. 
• Proven commercial experience on large scale infrastructure projects or similar. 
• Strong skills in Microsoft Suite, in particular excel and word.
• Advanced level of industry experience as a Contracts Administrator, or Quantity Surveyor, with exposure to various projects and a range of project complexities.
• A thorough understanding of large contractor project procedures
• The ability to interpret and apply relevant legislation and codes to ensure project success.
   

We Offer

We're about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

• Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.
• Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.
• Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.
• Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.
• Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.