Precontracts Administrator

Make it yours.
Experience the excitement of building a career in an evolving construction business where people and performance make amazing things happen.
This is Wamarra
Taking its name from the Wiradjuri word meaning ‘to build,’ Wamarra is a majority Aboriginal-owned, self-performing civil contractor working across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Wamarra specialises in comprehensive construction services, managing a diverse portfolio of complex projects and services. Our distinctive focus lies in fostering long-term, meaningful employment opportunities and skill development for our First Nations workforce.
Our experience in construction spans earthworks, pavements - roads and car parks, hard and soft landscaping, carpentry and site establishment, drainage and concreting.

**The role**:
As a Pre-contracts Administrator, you will support the Estimating team, assisting in the preparation, structure and development of tender review presentations and bid submissions.

**Your impact**:
You will be highly organised and thrive in a busy environment, developing relationships with various stakeholders to ensure high-quality and timely tender submissions are produced.

**Your every day**:

- Oversee the submission element of a tender in accordance with the organisation’s submission manual
- Ensure the submission document is structure to address all key questions and evaluation criteria as outlined in the RFT
- Facilitate submission review processes, review all documents, document packaging and submission
- Prepare high-quality graphics for incorporation into the submission document
- Ensure standard company submission templates are continuously improved to provide a uniform theme and maintain a high-quality standard
- Attend and minute estimating meetings as required
- General administrative support for the Estimating team and coordinate travel arrangements or site/client meetings as required

Who are you?
- More than 12 months experience in an administrative support role
- Interest in working in the construction industry
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Office and computer literacy
- Exposure to Adobe or InDesign preferred but not essential
- Professional written and verbal communication skills, taking pride in producing documents that are grammatically correct
- Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise important tasks
- Capability to handle confidential information and exercise discretion
- Good sense of humour and enjoy working in a busy and sociable team
- Ability to travel to and work from Spotswood, VIC

A Career with us
Wamarra is an equal opportunity employer. Our teams are made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, with aligned ways of working, enabling us to overcome any challenge, advance our careers and outperform competitors.
Staff perks and benefits offered to build an engaged and talented workforce include:

- Tailored professional development opportunities for career advancement
- Opportunities to work on a wide variety of exciting and complex projects
- Annual social calendar of activities and events
- A corporate social responsibility program for the chance to support not-for-profits and social enterprises
- Bonus leave days including your birthday off and a day of wellbeing
- Bupa corporate healthcare benefits
- Flexible working arrangements

Social responsibility
We are a socially responsible business - it’s part of our DNA and who we are as an Aboriginal-owned and operated business.
Our aim is the integration and longevity of Aboriginal people in civil construction projects and industry. That means we lead with an awareness of our cultural values and Aboriginal aspirations and invest in Aboriginal people and organisations that support meaningful careers and the sustained livelihood of Aboriginal people and their families.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.