Operations Administration Officer I Work From Home I Full-Time

The Company
Sherlock Contracting is a proudly Indigenous-owned business based in Western Australia, offering high-quality contracting services across a variety of sectors, including Energy, Mining, Industrial, and Social Infrastructure. We deliver cost-competitive, agile, and innovative solutions to our clients while contributing to community initiatives. Our commitment to fostering local employment, enhancing supply chain diversity, and making a positive impact on the communities in which we operate drives everything we do. As we continue to grow, we’re seeking passionate professionals to join our team and help drive our mission forward.

Full-time | Monday to Friday | 40 hours per week
A full work from home role | 8:00 am to 4:30 pm daily

About the Role
Reporting to the Operations Coordinator, you will provide essential administrative support across our projects and operations. The role includes processing weekly payroll, maintaining employee and project records, preparing client reports, coordinating supplier orders and managing plant and equipment documentation.
Payroll administration experience and confidence using Xero and Microsoft Excel are strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Process weekly payroll, employee records and approved leave using Xero and Excel.
• Follow up missing timesheets, leave forms, approvals and payroll documentation.
• Prepare data and supporting documents for monthly client claims and invoicing.
• Complete client daily reports and assist with weekly and monthly client reporting.
• Maintain project files, registers, timesheets and document-control records.
• Take meeting minutes and assist with BHP cleaning rosters and schedules.
• Order cleaning chemicals, consumables and site supplies, and coordinate deliveries.
• Maintain plant and equipment registers and coordinate servicing, registrations, maintenance and repairs.
• Prepare reports, spreadsheets and other operational documentation.
• Provide general administrative support to the Operations Coordinator and project teams.

About You
You will be a proactive administrator who takes ownership of deadlines and follows tasks through to completion. You will have excellent attention to detail and be confident dealing with employees, clients, suppliers and operational personnel.
To succeed in this role, you will ideally have:

• Previous payroll or accounts administration experience.
• Practical experience using Xero, particularly for payroll.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and general computer skills.
• Excellent numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• The ability to work independently in a work-from-home environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience maintaining registers, records and controlled documents.
• The confidence to follow up missing information, timesheets and approvals.
• A professional approach to confidential and sensitive information.
• Previous experience supporting operations, projects, cleaning contracts, mining or resources clients will be highly regarded.
• Experience using Aconex or a similar document-management platform will also be advantageous.

Mandatory Requirements

• Availability to work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
• A suitable home workspace with reliable internet access. We provide laptop and phone but you will need your own two monitors
• A current National Police Clearance (within last 6 months), or the ability to obtain one.
• A current Australian C-class driver’s licence.
• Full working rights in Australia
• Must be a Perth based resident

What We Offer

• A full-time, Monday-to-Friday position.
• The convenience of working from home.
• A varied role supporting payroll, operations, projects and major client contracts.
• The opportunity to work with a supportive and growing contracting business.
• Exposure to a broad range of operational and administrative responsibilities.

How to apply
Please submit your résumé and a short cover letter 

As an Indigenous-owned business, we actively encourage women, as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to apply. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Please note:  Recruitment agencies need not submit candidates for this position only suitable candidates will be contacted.