Project Coordinator

Company Description

Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 64 countries, our 17,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert advice to clients.

The Colliers Engineering and Design team specialises in civil, infrastructure, water engineering, town planning and urban design. Key services provided to developers in this service line include site assessment and due diligence, planning approvals and engineering design through to completion of construction.

Job Description

We are seeking a Project Coordinator to join our team in our Sunshine Coast Office. You will undertake and co-ordinate the administrative functions of projects to support the Engineers and Project Managers to deliver projects successfully for clients. The aim of this role is to take the administrative functions away from engineers and designers so they can focus on client management and technical work.

Specifically:

• Liaise with clients, authorities, contractors, and team members to understand the scope of Projects, and undertake and assist the Project Manager in the administrative functions of the project.
• Understand the status of project, where they are in their lifecycle and prepare / complete all administrative paperwork including application forms, Service Advice Notices, on / off maintenance applications and other such forms that are necessary under the Authority requirements;  
• Keeping a track of applications and submissions following up Authorities, Contractors and other team members proactively to drive great project outcome
• Supporting the team with administrative functions including inputs and assistance with the processing of contract administration functions such as progress claim review and preparation, general correspondence, extension of time requests, costs to complete, variation processing, calculating bond amounts and requesting approvals from Authorities to those amounts, scheduling inspections with Authorities and contractors
• Taking meeting minutes and records of meetings, finalizing and circulating minutes to meeting attendees. 

Qualifications

• You must be a quick learner, problem solver and be determined in follow-up coupled with high attention to detail and ability to work as part of a team
• Able to effectively manage priorities and work on various projects at any one time
• Have good situational awareness and ability to quickly recall project status and where tasks are up to without the need to constantly refer to notes
• Ability to interpret and communicate basic technical information to clients, contractors and other internal and external team members.
• Assisting Project Managers to plan and manage projects through involvement in all levels and stages of the project delivery (in the context of providing administrative support).

Additional Information

At Colliers, we are enterprising. What sets us apart is not what we do, but how we do it. Our people are passionate, take personal responsibility and always do what’s right for our clients, people and communities. We accelerate their success by empowering them to think and act differently to drive exceptional results. 

With circa 9,000 experts in Asia Pacific, our enterprising culture and decentralised operating model allows us to act with speed in local markets, seizing opportunities to innovate and accelerate the success of our clients and our people.

Our collaborative culture sets us apart. We help experts become true specialists and provide the long-term structure and platform to accelerate their success.

We foster an environment in which everyone at Colliers feels respected and comfortable bringing their authentic selves to do their best work. It’s our people who set us apart and we actively recruit people who represent the diversity of the communities in which we operate. We take great pride in doing what’s right and operating in ways that benefit the business, our people, our clients, our communities, and the environment.

Experts join experts, and we welcome you to join us as we lead the industry into the future.

Please apply with your CV or reach out to [email protected]

Please be advised that applications will only be accepted directly rather than via recruitment agencies.