Contract Administrator

**Company Description** Te Tākinatanga | Our Story**

At Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy), we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re a power, mobile and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we’re stoked to be guided by our tikanga: _we touch lives to make life better_.

Our Major Projects team play a massive part in our mission to decarbonise Aotearoa. They provide effective front-end planning support and project execution delivery, while also building capability for future projects. They’re currently looking for an experienced Contracts Administrator to join the Taupo based team on a 12 month fixed term to provide maternity leave cover.
**Job Description** Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role**

As Contracts Administrator, you’ll be the glue that holds our engineering and construction contracts together, making sure everything runs smoothly from start to finish.

This role is broad but some of the key tasks that you’ll be diving into are;
- Helping Project Managers and Engineering Team with drafting, collating and issuing of procurement and works contracts throughout the projects.
- Analysing cost and variation claims, and figuring out their impact on the overall projects’ schedule.
- Supporting the Project Manager, Construction Managers, and Project Controls team to control costs, schedule, and quality.
- Regularly reporting against key milestones, costs and risk issues as required.
- Maintaining the project Contract Register.
- Maintain project documentation in our Aconex and SharePoint file storage areas.

Reporting into our Head of Major Project Procurement and Contracts, you’ll be part of the Contract and Procurement Team and sit within our Major Projects function.
**Qualifications** Ko wai koe | About you**

This role is broad where no two days are the same. You’ll need to be comfortable chopping and changing tasks, and thrive in environments that are dynamic and fast paced.

You’ll be a high energy individual, able to motivate others and keep things on track especially in what will be, at times, a pressured environment. You’re a natural communicator and excel at building effective working relationships.

You’re outcome driven and enjoy working in high performing teams. You’re always ready to lend a hand and muck in to help the wider team. You take pride in your work and delivering value and reducing risk on projects.

Any opportunity to lead is welcomed by you and your strengths, influencing, conflict management and negotiation come naturally to you. Your attention to detail is spot on and your curious nature means you’re skilled at identifying issues and quick to offer cost effective solutions.

Experience wise, we’re looking for someone who has extensive large scale extensive construction, and contract management experience. You’ll have worked in complex and project environments. You can administer various contract types and are a whizz when it comes to using the Microsoft Suite and learning new systems. Ideally, you’ll have used SAP and have a legal background but these are not must haves.
**Additional Information**
Although this is a maternity leave cover of 12 months, Contact is not a place you’ll stagnate. We are growing and offer superb learning and development opportunities along with perks like discounts on Contact Energy products, and a bunch of corporate discounts.