Coordinator - Contracts

This senior professional position heads up Council's high performing Contracts Section within our Enginering Division, and is responsible for ensuring efficient, timely, and high-quality procurement and project management services across Council. The position is also Council’s key procurement subject matter expert and is responsible for managing a $50M annual program of contract works.

We're looking for a leader with exceptional project management, procurement/contract management and design/construction management experience, who is able to deliver a program encompassing road, drainage, water, wastewater, building and open space infrastructure. You'll be a motivated forward thinker, dedicated to driving improvements and value for money for the organisation; with the ability to instil that approach within your team. 

About the role:

• Responsible for the management of Council's Contracts Section.
• Plan and deliver a large diverse program of capital works and procurement activities.
• Undertake and oversee procurement and contract management activities ensuring they meet legislative, risk, financial, timing, quality, and contractual constraints.

What's on offer:

• A base salary ranging from $129,924 per annum with competency-based increments up to $144,368 per annum, plus 11.5% super
• 70-hour, 9-day fortnight
• Leaseback vehicle option
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
• Generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).

We are seeking:

• Degree qualifications in Engineering, Procurement, Construction or relevant discipline and demonstrated extensive experience in a similar role.
• Strong program and project management abilities, including managing multiple and competing budgets, schedules and resourcing; whilst ensuring appropriate stakeholder communication and reporting.
• High level of competence in procurement and contract management and the ability to manage multi-discipline projects simultaneously; including contract supervision and close out.
• Ability to provide expert technical advice, review and supervision of contracts, engineering designs and construction methods for civil works and building works.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to various work environments.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated to achieve project and organisational outcomes.

About us:

• Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
• The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.  
• Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles.  We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options. 
• Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government. 

Where it's located:

This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes: 

Monday 28 October 2024 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time).  Late applications will not be permitted.

Recruitment Timeframe: 

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed week commencing 4 November 2024.

Click here to view the Position Description 

TIPS for Addressing the Selection Criteria

Click here for more information on the Recruitment Process

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Pre-Employment Screening:

Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process. 

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

• Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application will not be considered).
• Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.  Click here for more information.

Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors.  Your referees are not contacted unless you’ve been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.

How To Apply:

You must use your own email address, and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with council.

Once you start your online application, you cannot save and return to it later. 

1. Have your Resume document ready to go.
2. Fill out all questions below. Click 'Next'. 
3. You'll then be prompted to attach your resume and other documents (if applicable). Click 'Next'.
4. Review your application to confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to submit your application.

If you'd like to COPY and PASTE question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below:

1. Please detail your qualifications in Engineering, Procurement or relevant discipline along with your extensive experience in a similar role.
2. Describe your understanding of and expertise in current practices, policy directions and priorities relating to Contract Management, and the application of continuous improvement.
3. Describe your conceptual and analytical skills, including the ability to identify emerging issues, trend risks and impacts, and the expertise to resolve complex issues.
4. Detail your negotiation skills, with the ability to create consensus, resolve disputes and broker agreement to proposals and ideas.
5. Describe your program and project management abilities, including managing multiple and competing budgets, schedules and resourcing, whilst ensuring appropriate stakeholder communication and reporting.
6. Describe your ability to provide the section with clear objectives, inspire a positive attitude and succeed others towards successful goal and task accomplishment.
7. Describe your ability to identify, initiate and manage change processes and performance management.
8. Detail your commitment to people management practices that value continual learning and professional development.

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