Make it yours.
Experience the excitement of building a career in an evolving construction business where people and performance make amazing things happen.
This is Wamarra
Taking its name from the Wiradjuri word meaning ‘to build,’ Wamarra is a majority Aboriginal-owned, self-performing civil contractor working across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Wamarra specialises in comprehensive construction services, managing a diverse portfolio of complex projects and services. Our distinctive focus lies in fostering long-term, meaningful employment opportunities and skill development for our First Nations workforce.
Our experience in construction spans earthworks, pavements – roads and car parks, hard and soft landscaping, carpentry and site establishment, drainage and concreting.
The role:
Join our Wamarra team in Spotswood, where you will provide comprehensive admin support to our project and office teams, temporarily stepping in for a colleague on maternity leave with potential to join permanently.
Your impact:
Your presence will ensure our project teams are swift in their financial reporting and there is an overall cohesiveness achieved.
Your every day:
- Ensure accurate data collection and entry of all project related transactions to assist the project team with their project reporting and management
- Assist the team with entry of Progress Claims to ensure timely reporting of project revenue, along with assistance with monitoring Progress Claim Certifications in accordance with contract requirements
- Provide administrative support working closely with the project team, suppliers and contractors
Who are you?
- Intermediate Microsoft Office suite experience
- 3+ years relevant construction experience
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of Jobpac or similar accounting package (preferred but not essential)
A career with us
Symal is an equal opportunity employer. Our teams are made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, with aligned ways of working, enabling us to overcome any challenge, advance our careers and outperform competitors.
Staff perks and benefits offered to build an engaged and talented workforce include:
- Tailored professional development opportunities for career advancement
- Opportunities to work on a wide variety of exciting and complex projects
- Annual social calendar of fun activities and events
- A corporate social responsibility program for the chance to support not-for-profits and social enterprises
- Bonus leave days, including your birthday off and a day of wellbeing
- Bupa corporate healthcare benefits
We’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, inclusive, free from bias and accessible for all candidates.
Social responsibility
We are a socially responsible business – it’s part of our DNA and who we are as an Aboriginal-owned and operated business.
Our aim is the integration and longevity of Aboriginal people in civil construction projects and industry. That means we lead with an awareness of our cultural values and Aboriginal aspirations and invest in Aboriginal people and organisations that support meaningful careers and the sustained livelihood of Aboriginal people and their families.
We are an inclusive workplace and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, and individuals from diverse cultural and life experiences are encouraged to apply.
