Introduction: Base in Sydney. Take the lead on a genuinely different project.

CC Pines is looking for a Senior Contract Administrator with a minimum of 6 years' experience to join our Sydney commercial team and take ownership of contract administration on our project in Honiara, Solomon Islands. You'll be Sydney-based day-to-day, with regular trips to site, so you get the best of both worlds: your home base and routine during the week, and a genuinely different project workplace when you're on the ground in the Pacific.

If you're past the point of being told how to run a work package and want to be the one setting the standard, mentoring the team around you, and adding a proper offshore project to your career, keep reading.

About Us CC Pines is an Australian-owned, family-founded construction company with a 45-year track record of delivering complex, high-risk projects that other contractors won't touch, from embassy builds in Morocco to Defence infrastructure across the Pacific. We work with the Australian Department of Defence, DFAT, and the US Department of Defence, and we've never had a reportable safety incident. We're big enough to run world-class projects, small enough that your voice actually gets heard.

Our values, humble, hungry, smart, aren't a poster on the wall. They're how we pick our people and how we run our projects.

Description: Why This Role?

- Sydney based, Pacific project exposure. Keep your home base and your routine, while adding genuinely rare offshore project experience to your career.
- Real seniority. You'll own your work packages end to end, procurement, variations, claims and forecasting, and be trusted to make the calls.
- Mentorship built in. You'll guide and support junior Contract Administrators, embedding the disciplined commercial practices you already know work.




- A properly interesting project. The Solomon Islands don't come up on many CVs. This is the kind of experience that gets noticed.
- Travel and support handled. Flights, accommodation and travel logistics for site visits are organised and covered, so you can focus on the work.
- Career runway. The Pacific infrastructure and Defence-linked pipeline is growing fast, and this role puts you right in the middle of it.

A Bit About Honiara Honiara is the capital of the Solomon Islands, a laid-back, English-speaking Pacific city set among lagoons, rainforest and some of the best diving in the world. It's steeped in history too, this is where the Battle of Guadalcanal took place, and WWII wreck sites are still a drawcard for divers and history buffs alike. Site trips come with a genuine change of pace from Sydney: warm climate year-round, a relaxed island rhythm, and a small community where you'll get to know the project and the people properly, not just fly in and out anonymously.

The Role

As Senior Contract Administrator, you'll take ownership of head contract and subcontract administration across the Honiara project, reporting directly to the Project Manager. You'll independently manage procurement, subcontractor onboarding, variations, claims and forecasting, provide proactive commercial support that genuinely shapes project outcomes, and help develop junior Contract Administrators along the way.





Skills and Experiences

What you'll be doing:

- Owning subcontract preparation and administration, ensuring full alignment with head contract terms
- Leading subcontractor engagement, tender analysis and onboarding
- Administering variations, claims and extensions of time, and keeping commercial records fully traceable
- Maintaining cost forecasts and budgets in close collaboration with the Project Manager
- Preparing upstream notices, claims and subcontractor correspondence
- Maintaining contract registers, insurances and compliance documentation, audit-ready at all times
- Coordinating close-out documentation, including as-constructed drawings, warranties and O&M; manuals
- Contributing to monthly progress claims and commercial reporting
- Mentoring junior Contract Administrators and embedding consistent, disciplined contract administration practices

What You Bring
- A degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering or a related discipline
- Solid experience in contract administration on commercial, infrastructure or government projects, with a track record of managing work packages independently
- Strong working knowledge of AS 4000, AS 2124, GC21 and subcontract administration processes
- Proven experience in procurement, subcontract negotiation, cost tracking and claims management
- Confidence mentoring and guiding less experienced team members
- Proficiency in Jobpac, Procore, Aconex and Excel
- Willingness to travel to Honiara for site visits as required

Ready to Take the Lead? If you want a role where you'll genuinely own your work packages, mentor the next generation of CAs, and add a standout Pacific project to your career, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Senior Contracts Administrator (Sydney)
🏢 CC Pines
📍 Sydney