Senior Contract Specialist

Overview

Negotiate and manage construction contracts for major infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• contract review
• contract negotiation
• team support
• portfolio management
• stakeholder collaboration
• legal liaison

Tasks

-Supporting the who team across their national portfolio, you’ll report to the WA Regional Manager who has been covering the contracts function; she will be there to help you find your feet, freeing her up to tackle wider managerial and technical aspects -The role will involve review, assessment, and negotiation on a range of contracts (AS4122, bespoke construction contracts, among others), through close collaboration with project managers, external legal advisors, and internal management

Requirements

• contracts specialist
• legal pedigree
• infrastructure
• law degree
• contracts management
• negotiation

What You Bring

-Additionally, their existing management team is highly commercial, so your background as a more technical (potentially even blackletter) contracts specialist, ideally with a legal pedigree, would complement this – guiding the business on the interplay of terms and conditions and risk profiles across their contract will add benefit -Largescale infrastructure and/or consultancy experience beneficial -Tertiary qualifications in Law, Business Admin, Contracts Administration or similar -Proven experience in contracts management (review and negotiation), across the construction and/or engineering sector

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Benefits

-It is a company where you can be yourself, you won’t get pigeonholed and you can be the architect of your own career trajectory -Being a newly created role, they are confident that there will be enough for a full-time load, but would also be open to part-time (circa 0.8x), with the inclusive culture being a supportive landing for someone returning from parental leave / a career break

About Scotford Fennessy

-Over two decades it expanded its reach into corporate, construction, engineering, accounting, finance, legal, medical, trades and agricultural sectors. -It offers a seamless blend of services, from executive search and permanent placement to labour hire, payroll management and HR consulting. -Typical projects include sourcing C‑suite executives, skilled tradespeople for FIFO mining roles, and temporary staffing solutions. -Known for deep industry expertise, its consultants leverage robust networks to fill hard‑to‑source roles in specialised markets. -Unusually, the agency handles both executive search and blue‑collar labour hire, bridging elite leadership and hands‑on operations. -With offices in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, the firm often operates across regional sites—from Pilbara mines to urban corporate hubs.

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