Contracts Manager

Transgrid

Contracts Manager managing commercial outcomes of infrastructure projects at TransGrid. Ensuring successful contract management and collaboration with internal teams and delivery partners.

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Managing the full lifecycle of large-scale construction contracts, including variations, extensions of time, notices, and claims.
Applying your quantity surveying expertise to assess contractor claims, value variations, and validate cost submissions against contract provisions and project budgets.
Collaborating with project teams to substantiate and issue variations, and tracking them against contract funding and contingency allocations.
Working with the Risk Manager to identify, document, and monitor contract and commercial risks within the overall project risk framework.
Coordinating with the Procurement Manager on tendering processes, tender evaluations, and contractor negotiations on pricing and commercial terms.
Supporting both upstream activities (early procurement strategy, tender documentation, contract formation) and downstream delivery (construction administration, progress claims, defects management, and contract close-out).
Preparing monthly project status reports and KPI dashboards for the Project Director and Commercial Director, covering cost, program, risk, and performance.
Maintaining contract registers, variation logs, and EOT registers to keep the project team informed of contractual deadlines and obligations.
Assisting with dispute resolution and claims management alongside contractors and delivery partners.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Tertiary qualifications in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
8+ years of experience managing large construction contracts, ideally in energy, utilities, or infrastructure sectors.
Demonstrated experience across both upstream (procurement, tendering, contract formation) and downstream (construction delivery, progress claims, defects liability, close-out) phases of project delivery.
Proven track record delivering infrastructure projects or programs of works and achieving strong commercial outcomes.
Experience working in regional and remote project environments.
Strong knowledge of contract administration, cost estimation, measurement, variations, claims, and dispute resolution processes.
Highly proficient in business systems and MS Office, with strong analytical and reporting skills.
A collaborative team player who builds trusted relationships with internal teams and external contractors alike.
A commercially driven mindset with attention to detail and an ability to manage competing priorities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employees have access to a range of corporate discounts across retail, utilities, travel, health & wellbeing etc.
Novated leasing options
Workplace flexibility
20 weeks paid parental leave
Access to regular and ongoing training
Tertiary education support
Career mentoring

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Hard Skills & Tools

quantity surveyingcontract administrationcost estimationclaims managementdispute resolutionproject deliveryrisk managementtenderingcontract formationconstruction administration

Soft Skills

collaborative team playerrelationship buildingattention to detailanalytical skillsreporting skillscommercially driven mindsetability to manage competing priorities

Certifications

tertiary qualifications in Quantity Surveyingtertiary qualifications in Construction Managementtertiary qualifications in Engineering