Contracts Manager

Newcastle, AU**About the John Holland & Gamuda Joint Venture**:
The John Holland & Gamuda Joint Venture have been awarded the M1 Pacific Motorway from Black Hill to Tomago within the City of Newcastle and Port Stephens Council local government areas. This major project will provide increased road capacity via the 10KM of new dual carriageway, reducing congestion and travel times for residents, improving accessibility for the surrounding road network and improved road safety for all users.

While our competitors talk about what they do, we focus on why we do it. We transform communities to make them easier to move around, more connected and better to live in.

**About the role**:
We are looking to engage with **Contract Managers** (multiples roles) with the capability to work within the Commercial function on the M1.

You will work with a high performing and supportive team of senior delivery staff who will work with you to deliver both the project and your career aspirations.

This role will see you utilise your people and stakeholder management, technical and commercial skills on a major infrastructure project within a safe, engaging and high performing team environment.

**To be successful in this role**:

- You will see yourself as an established Contracts Manager or Senior Contract Administrator looking to further their career in a key leadership role within a top tier contractor on major projects.
- You will have a clear drive to achieve quality commercial outcomes and have demonstrated success in a similar role, we are interested in your skill base and potential not the size of your past projects.
- Direct and organise control of all cost engineering, cost reporting and forecasting
- Ensure the establishment and maintenance of a register of subcontractors and identify all key data in relation to each subcontract
- Ensure selected subcontractors and suppliers are acceptable to the project.
- Conduct negotiations with subcontractors and ensure all subcontractor agreements are closely aligned to the project’s risk management principals
- Financial management: Ensure strong contract, commercial and financial risk management, accurate forecasting of both costs and revenue, take corrective action in line with JH’s authority and reporting frameworks and maximise the profit margin for the project

**What’s in it for you when you join John Holland & Gamuda Joint Venture**:
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.

**We Offer**:
**Competitive remuneration **with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice packaging options available.

**Great leave benefits** including 18 weeks paid parental leave with superannuation and up to an extra 18 weeks of superannuation paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two additional John Holland Days to prioritise health and 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, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

**Inclusion and diversity** is part of how we work and do what we do at John Holland. Our active commitment to being an employer of choice is evident in the delivery of our Gender Equality Strategic Plan supported by our Pride, Celebrate Women, RAP and Grow networks.

**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, flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.

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