About the job

• About usLaurence Coatings is a licensed painting and decorating company in Newcastle, now in our 7th year. We run 3–4 crews across residential repaints, new construction, strata and commercial work throughout Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland and the Hunter.We’re growing, and we need someone organised to keep our jobs running smoothly behind the scenes.The rolePart-time: 4 days a week, 5 hours a day (20 hours total)
• Days and hours: Ideally 9am - 2pm happy to discuss this further to suit.
• Based at our office in Mayfield West
• Pay: $35-45 per hour + super based on experience and ability
• What you’ll doSet up jobs in Fergus (our job management software) and prepare job packs for crews
• Book and schedule jobs, and coordinate with our operations lead on crew availability
• Send clients booking confirmations, reminders and progress updates
• Order paint and materials from suppliers, and track deliveries
• Support quoting and invoicing (we use Xero)
• Keep staff admin and compliance documents up to date: SWMS, white cards and super
• Build and improve templates, checklists and workflows so things run the same way every time
• What we’re looking forExperience in an admin, scheduling or office coordination role (trade or construction experience is a big plus)
• Highly organised, and you follow through without being chased
• Confident on the phone and by email with clients, suppliers and tradies
• Comfortable learning software (Fergus, Xero or similar)
• Someone who likes building systems, not just following them
• Why join usStable, growing local business
• Flexible part-time hours
• A real say in how our systems are built
• Small team, direct access to the owner