Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Job Description
As the Contract Administrator you will report directly to the Contracts Manager, and work closely with the rest of the Development team, making your mark in a number of ways:
- You will provide support to the delivery teams on contracts and commercial administration across the entire lifecycle of data centre developments
- You will act as a key communicator to internal and external stakeholders on contract and financial matters relating to the development of data centres
- Assist the Contracts Manager in drafting new contracts, variations and contractual correspondence
- Manage the Contract and Purchase Order approvals process and take ownership of tracking and communication of approvals to internal and external stakeholders to ensure the process is facilitated efficiently and effectively
- Cost management system super user support – champion the process and assist the development team to ensure costs are allocated correctly with PO’s approved in a highly efficient manner
- Manage contract lifecycle responsibilities including kick off, delivery and close out of all contracts
- Coordinate payments between Development and Finance teams to ensure payment of contractors in accordance with contract payment terms
- Assisting in the development and implementation of reporting tools for measurement of key contract metrics
Qualifications
- You have successfully supported projects in a contracts or commercial role in a complex construction or development environment between 4 – 7 years
- You have a certificate or degree in Engineering, Law, Quantity Surveying or Business/Commerce
- You have high attention to detail and collaboration skills with the ability to be resourceful and communicate clearly and concisely to the team to deliver to project requirements and timelines
- Authentic and genuine personality who can build strong relationships with diverse personalities around the world
- Strong written and verbal English language skills
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.